Vw Beetle Frame Swap

I had the choice of springs rated for 1000lbs or 2500lbs as a set and i went with the 2500lbs set and figure i can remove a leaf or two if they are too stiff.

Vw beetle frame swap.

Working on a rear cross member shocks and sway bar. Not many v8 conversion beetles are for sale so this is your chance to own one that was built by the professionals. Here is the heresy and brilliant lunacy of this project in a nutshell. A volkswagen v8 beetle bug.

Since then the project has made read more custom vw beetle with a rb25det inline six update. This is what we wanted so we would have a little extra room for the engine. Earlier this year we shared a custom beetle being built with a bmw e36 chassis suspension and turbo rb25det inline six. Its a hotrod of the ratrod style this update video was made on the.

1968 vw beetle frame up restoration 100 conversion to electric 12995. 1972 volkswagen beetle with. Working on a a set of homemade traction bars. Gone is the original chassis.

Gone is the original rear engine air cooled wonder of the vw motor. Power comes from a 5 7 v8 from a 1995 corvette connected to a t5 five speed manual transmission and subaru sti rear end. Whats people lookup in this blog. Making a new crossmember for the s10 chassis and 200r4 transmission.

V8 vw bug frame for. Pictures of me cleaning up the back part of the s 10 chassis on our v8 beetle. In is a front mounted v8 powerhouse that is stroked out for more power. A short update video of the s10 frame swap volkswagen beetle or should i say rat bug.

The beetle sits on a chevy s 10 chassis with power disc brakes on all four corners. A pro street bug stage iii chassis was professionally fabricated for this beetle to make the v8 swap safe and reliable. Vw purists this is your chance to look away. Mid engine v8 beetle rorty aluminum chassis kit for running an audi v8 in a vw beetle for 1971 beetle on a s 10 chassis with sbc v8 engine shortening the s10 chassis for our v8 powered 69 convertible vw mid engine v8 beetle rorty.

This unique 1971 volkswagen super beetle is for sale in thousand oaks california with no price listed. Doing this let me shorten the wheel base to 97 5 which is about 3 longer than the stock beetle wheel base.