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 veegrub
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| posted on November 22nd, 2009 at 01:00 AM |
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wrx motor in beetle
hi i was wondering if anyone on this site has sucessfully achieved fitting a subaru complete with turbo engine in a bug if so i would like to have a
chat with them
before i buy a half cut i have quite a few questions
theres a couple on youtube which have given me an itch that wont go away and before i do anything would like to speak to someone thats been there and
done it
bye for now
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| posted on November 22nd, 2009 at 06:59 AM |
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A subie motor in a vw is very common ,
IMO very boring
a good vw motor is much more exotic and unusual.
Please don't hack up another bug to do this , if you want one buy one already converted , there is plenty of them out there.
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| posted on November 22nd, 2009 at 09:46 AM |
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Check out the next topic down, Non vw conversions, there is quite a few check em out.
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| posted on November 22nd, 2009 at 10:55 AM |
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There is a whole section for this as stated above. A Forum member called Seagull (Neil) is a wonderful source of information for Turbo Conversions...
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
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| posted on November 22nd, 2009 at 12:53 PM |
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http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewforum.php?fid=59
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hellbugged
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| posted on November 22nd, 2009 at 12:54 PM |
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http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=67295
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=66118
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| posted on November 22nd, 2009 at 07:56 PM |
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search button is your friend, plenty of them, seems avd is the site to go to internationally regarding subie bugs, other than VWKD at least
Volkswagen Drivers Club of Queensland - member 
STIDUB - yep its still a work in progress
Vwdcq club car racing/ and crashing while my bug isn't finished.
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| posted on November 22nd, 2009 at 11:23 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Brian
A subie motor in a vw is very common ,
IMO very boring
a good vw motor is much more exotic and unusual.
Please don't hack up another bug to do this , if you want one buy one already converted , there is plenty of them out there.
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Look out for the VW fun police, you must fit into their narrow view of VWs or suffer their wrath.
If you think they are boring, go for a ride in one, but take spare undies.
It his car he can do what ever he wants, I don't know of any WRX powered VWs that could not easily be converted back to air cooled, so what is the
problem with doing a conversion.
As already said look in the non VW engine section.
Steve
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| posted on November 22nd, 2009 at 11:57 PM |
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thanks steve for that
i guess thats what a forum is about i suppose alot of people here are helpful and know their stuff,
opinions are fair and just, what i found on this site are people that love vw and are passionate which is a good thing
thanks to everyone thats responded
that black and white dub (dub sti) i think oooooman
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| posted on November 25th, 2009 at 10:41 AM |
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A normally aspirated EJ20 will fit without body mods but the ej20t does require the engine bay side panels to be modded to clear the larger cylinder
heads and induction pipes. I think this is why purists don't like the mod as there's a fair bit of work needed to get it back to original 
Oh and you also need to chop the front around to fit the radiator
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| posted on November 25th, 2009 at 01:23 PM |
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Hi
I did most of the same chopping of sheet metal with my old WBX powered bug, I converted it back to air cooled and sold it, no big deal.
Steve
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| posted on July 20th, 2011 at 09:28 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by forry2000
Old post, but its just Ben Durie being negative and offering an opinion behind closed doors as usual.
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Brian
A subie motor in a vw is very common ,
IMO very boring
a good vw motor is much more exotic and unusual.
Please don't hack up another bug to do this , if you want one buy one already converted , there is plenty of them out there.
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 Thats old news Forry, we've all known that................but then
again you are a tad slow !
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| posted on July 22nd, 2011 at 02:16 PM |
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Take a look at CB Performance website. I just got my engine from them. 2387 injected turbo, aircooled VW engine. Dyno test got me 400hp at 15 pounds
of boost and it bolts straight in.
Getting it shipped to Australia will be costly though.
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| posted on August 8th, 2011 at 08:30 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by STIDUB
search button is your friend, plenty of them, seems avd is the site to go to internationally regarding subie bugs, other than VWKD at least
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Thats cos Aussies like cheap power and a decent type 1 motor cost 5 times the price it would in the UK or USA to put together. If you can buy a cheap
WRX motor then conversion plate kit and a rad is the only major outlay, if your brakes are OK.
Cheap and easy
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| posted on August 8th, 2011 at 09:14 AM |
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A gearbox that's not gonna go bang usually costs more than the engine and conversion.
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Johnnie B
Take a look at CB Performance website. I just got my engine from them. 2387 injected turbo, aircooled VW engine. Dyno test got me 400hp at 15 pounds
of boost and it bolts straight in.
Getting it shipped to Australia will be costly though.
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Impressive engine yes, but most people don't want a big ugly fuel tanker that follows them everywhere to feed a beast like that.
Fuel isn't quite as cheap here in aus as it is in North America.
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| posted on August 8th, 2011 at 11:43 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Joel
A gearbox that's not gonna go bang usually costs more than the engine and conversion.
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Johnnie B
Take a look at CB Performance website. I just got my engine from them. 2387 injected turbo, aircooled VW engine. Dyno test got me 400hp at 15 pounds
of boost and it bolts straight in.
Getting it shipped to Australia will be costly though.
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USA has caught up BIG time with fuel prices. Some staes are on par with Oz prices.
For a suitable gearbox do a search for subaru gearbox conversion. There is an Oz company that sell a reversed ring and pinion so that the
Liberty/Impreza 5 speed fits a Beetle or Kombi 4.5K dollars Oz for a
converted shortened box that'll take over 220bhp from a std WRX EJ20T so add 100bhp and that box will still handle it
Impressive engine yes, but most people don't want a big ugly fuel tanker that follows them everywhere to feed a beast like that.
Fuel isn't quite as cheap here in aus as it is in North America.
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