4wd Beetle???

Was just over at Brickyard and there was a post about a company that does Subaru transaxle conversions

These transaxles can be used with rear-mounted Subaru engines to create a number of different drivelines, for example :

· 4wd VW type 1 beetle (torsion bar cutting required)
· 2wd VW type 1 beetle (no torsion bar cutting required)
· Replace the VW driveline in a 4WD Syncro
· Convert a 2WD Syncro to 4WD and replace the VW driveline.

Here is the link to the company

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ttriebler/index.htm

Could be interesting

Could be some REAL interesting Baja's hitting the road (or dunes) soon??

Barry

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=76880&page=1

Barry, you of all people should read your own forum a little better🤪

There used to be 4x4 beetles used in rallycross in the UK about 30 years ago. I remember watching it on telly and from what I recall though they were 1303s.

matberry wrote:http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=76880&page=1

Barry, you of all people should read your own forum a little better🤪

hah!

ME?? in Conversion Perversion?? 😂

It's a fair cop !

In 1941 there was a Type 877 called Commandeurwagen built as 4WD...but only a few survived...

cb john wrote:In 1941 there was a Type 877 called Commandeurwagen built as 4WD...but only a few survived...

With swimmer runninggear basically, but a top speed of only about 70km/h.....doh.

Hardly strong enough for a 2180 IDA motor. Handling might also be a bit 'interesting'.

matberry wrote:

cb john wrote:In 1941 there was a Type 877 called Commandeurwagen built as 4WD...but only a few survived...

With swimmer runninggear basically, but a top speed of only about 70km/h.....doh.

Hardly strong enough for a 2180 IDA motor. Handling might also be a bit 'interesting'.

From that point of view you are dead right...😂

bet your thinking now Matt 😀

I vaguely recall reading about a 4X4 beetle years ago that used a Datsun rear diff in the front.

All very interesting. Thanks for the pics Daimo, saw that Euro bug a while back. Would be an extreme amount of fun thats for sure.

I'm sus on this Subi box for use for offroad, more of a rally setup I guess, as the final drive works out to 3.73:1. Anyone know the Subi gear ratios?

The budget option is still the Renault in my books.