Any ideas for an engine coversion for the 68 IRS VW Beetle, and what other mods will be necessary for the conversion.
Body for chassis may be a beach buggy when finished or my original plan of a purvis eureka :-)

I'm thinking along the lines of a good old V6 or V8, something with a bit of grunt.
Open to all ideas.
Cheers

u plan on making this street legal?

Cause there seems to be alot of V8 rover kits and 3.8ltr v6 commodore engine adapters available for dubs. But it certainly wouldn't pass a non-bodgey blue plate compliance officer.

Yea mate, street legal all the way. Rover V8 would be a bit of fun, what's in the kit for the conversion?
I assume that it would be a good idea to change the trannie and rear torsion arms for added strength for the V8?

Based on the fact that a 68 beetle weighs only approx 840kg you can only fitt a motor of a maximum capacity of 2520cc which i don't believe any V8 easily available in OZ is below that capacity .
By the way where are you located , please fill in your details in your user profile .
I would recomend a subaru engine conversion myself which you have quite a wide range of engine sizes , turbo'd and non turbo and all within reach of being legally registered.
If your in Brisbane drop in and see us at Custom Vee Dub ( see below ) or just give us a buz as we have done quite a few subie conversions now and have sorted the doe's and don'ts out not to mention we have an engineer on hand to legilise it all at the end .