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 Eatsleepvw
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| posted on August 7th, 2009 at 12:15 PM |
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Handling question
I am looking at getting an early 60's beetle and putting a large but streetable engine in it. Can I make an early pan handle well enough for street
use or do I have to do the whole 68 irs pan thing?
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| posted on August 7th, 2009 at 12:47 PM |
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yes-ish
IRS is better than swing axle
An early pan will come drum brakes.
As a minimum you will want to upgrade the fronts to disc and dual circuit
It is a LOT easier (and cheaper) to do the conversion
The down side is you loose wide 5 bolt pattern
hmmmmm..................looks V safety 
There are ways to retain the wide 5 though
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on August 7th, 2009 at 03:26 PM |
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It's even easier (and cheaper) still to stick with the drums & swing axle set-up. There are a few inexpensive mods that you can do to improve
handling, and the drums are quite adequate. My swing axle, drum brake, link pin, 15x4.5F, 15x5.5R '59 Beetle handles 100+ HP nicely thank you.
Cheers, Greg
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| posted on August 7th, 2009 at 05:39 PM |
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Greg, were you running in the matte black bug at the supersprint? because you looked quick and it really seemed like good fun... what sought of set-up
are you running?
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HappyDaze
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| posted on August 7th, 2009 at 06:02 PM |
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Yes that was me in the black-ish '59. It sure is good fun! I assume you mean suspension set-up. Basically it's This:-
FRONT......Stock beam with tosion bar adjusters, stock trailing arms,link pins,king pins etc.,15x4.5 rims,19mm tubular A/R bar, and another secret mod
to limit lower trailing arm flex. Koni adj. shocks.
REAR......Stock swing-axles and torsion bars,15x5.5 rims with heavy (about 10mm) compensating spring. Koni adj. shocks.
Stock drum brakes all round, with finned aluminium rings shrunk onto drums - helps to keep them round.
Oh, there's one more thing that helps..............50 years of driving Beetles!
Cheers, Greg
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| posted on August 7th, 2009 at 07:42 PM |
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Thanks alot for the advice, I would really like to keep the wide 5 pattern, so I guess I'll have to rack up 50 years of beetle experience lol.
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