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has anyone made a beetle drift/track car that people know of??

pro and cons??

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This thread oughta create some interesting repsonses.

Plenty of people have track bugs but drifting a bug you have one very large con in the way.

All the weight is over your rear wheels right where you don't want it to be.

there is the odd drift out there but the driveline to do it costs more than you can imagine.

If you wanna go drifting just get an old RWD Corolla or datto and weld the diff.

Cheaper to but a KE70 Corolla and drop in a 1UZFE..Cheap drifter and skids in all gears!.

Would be very hard to drive.

my brother (boozo bug) took his out to an open drift day some years ago, and can definatly confirm a bug is real hard to drift. Tends to be better at doing donuts

Have seen a few drifters, and know of a vert 1303 that is being made into a drift missile.

Two of them that I know of run 2.4l Type 4's, and another one has a ej22 in it.

Either way, would be a bitch to handle as, like Joel mentioned, all the weight is in the rear. This makes getting the rear out easy, but not necessarily bringing it back in.
Because it is heavier at the rear, it will always want to spin due to the momentum in the rear swinging around. I've done it, not good fun.

Definitely get an old school RWD front mounted engine car if you want to drift. R31's are nice.

yeah could get something 'easy' to do skids in... my r32 skyline does fine but there is a million of them... i've never seen a beetle!!

just putting it out there!!! i want to see one... Can Rod Penrose put up the motor ie donation lol... everyone can chip in and get this done i'm sure!!

Christians Lbug pulls a mean drift but it's got a massive f__k off type4 in to do it

should i say that its too expensive... if it was cheaper would there be more race bugs??

I don't think it would be impossible. It would just be a little more difficult and you you would have to be creative during the build of the car.

Like moving as much weight up the front as you possibly can and lightening the crap out of the rear. And yes you would need a good engine like a Type 4.

Would be an interesting challenge for someone to undertake.



Smiley

My Baja drifts ok on the sand or dirt


Smiley

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Originally posted by Smiley I don't think it would be impossible. It would just be a little more difficult and you you would have to be creative during the build of the car. Like moving as much weight up the front as you possibly can and lightening the crap out of the rear. And yes you would need a good engine like a Type 4. Would be an interesting challenge for someone to undertake. Smiley

A type4 converted to upright is not much heavier than a type1

Its that stupid pancake cooling system with the cast shroud that adds weight to a type 4 in stock form.

THis guy is out there mixing it up with the Jap scrap using a type1 engine, I bet he does a lot of engine tear downs after each season though

Put the engine in the front.

EJ25T+more boost!

My old turbo beetle drifted well until a tree got in the way!

from another forum
http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=132978&hilit=drift 
also try contacting this user
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=53880&page=3#pid856739 
he has been drifting them for a while

I've promised a few drifting mates ill get mine to qld raceway one Friday night, eventually, or a private day to save on embarrassment, just gotta finish it first

Hi

Now that I have Quaife I might give it a go in the future, it will have to be wet track as I cant break traction in the dry.

A friend of my son is building a Beetle bodied drift car, with all Corolla running gear.

Steve

2nd gear was always interesting in my old 4age panel. 8000rpm ringing in nothing more than a biscuit tin!!! Hahaha

Here is a thread on the French drift beetle.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=446188&highlight=drift 

Seeing as more and more people these days opt for transplants into vw's especially of the Subaru variety if I had the cash I'd do the same. I'd get an impreza wrx and gut the crap out of it and put a 2.7L type 4 in it with a gt42r with 20psi. Make it rear wheel drive and go and have some fun and upset some people hahaha

Funny you say that Brenndan, Col and I were discussing exactly that a few weeks ago. He knows of a cheap wrx that has had the engine robbed and we suggested exactly that to get the rice eaters to stand up and take notice.

Do it Matt!! Take one back for the air cooled team!! I reckon it would be awesome!! 6 speed sti box and cooling system would be so easy!! Porsche shroud with ducting to where radiator would normally be so always pulling fresh air. Barrel cooler for intake and away we go!! Imagine the looks when you lift the bonnet!!

Golf