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curious, has any1 fitted an aircooled motor to a new bug?
vwjon - August 30th, 2011 at 09:49 PM

i know T2D fitted an old bug running gear to a golf, interesting project, but has anyone done a retro fit to a new bug?

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/kombijon/golfbug.jpg

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff192/kombijon/golfbug1.jpg

Sides - August 30th, 2011 at 10:14 PM

Rod's putting a flat four into the front of a New Beetle to go drag racing... does that count ???

Car build thread is here - http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=42287&page=1#pid391723 

Engine build thread is here - http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91646&page=1#pid852517 

Joel - August 31st, 2011 at 09:24 AM

That's just a Golf shell plonked on a type 3 floor pan which is about the only way you could do it with a new beetle as well and I doubt any engineer would pass something like that in Aus, so it would only be a shits and giggles show/strip car.

New Beetles being a FF layout would make it very hard to fit the engine up front unless you used some like a mk1 Gol which had a FWD gearbox connected to an aircooled type1 1600.

Cool idea in theory though.
Bit like the VW powered Subarus

Sides - August 31st, 2011 at 05:13 PM

There were VW powered Subaru's ???

Interesting kind of irony methinks....