Vw Beetle Frame Swap

Vw purists this is your chance to look away.

Vw beetle frame swap.

Power comes from a 5 7 v8 from a 1995 corvette connected to a t5 five speed manual transmission and subaru sti rear end. Gone is the original rear engine air cooled wonder of the vw motor. V8 vw bug frame. V8 vw bug frame for.

Pictures of me working on the rear suspension on the s 10 chassis for our v8 beetle. A pro street bug stage iii chassis was professionally fabricated for this beetle to make the v8 swap safe and reliable. Making a new crossmember for the s10 chassis and 200r4 transmission. Since then the project has made read more custom vw beetle with a rb25det inline six update.

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. A short update video of the s10 frame swap volkswagen beetle or should i say rat bug. Whats people lookup in this blog. Its a hotrod of the ratrod style this update video was made on the.

The beetle sits on a chevy s 10 chassis with power disc brakes on all four corners. This is what we wanted so we would have a little extra room for the engine. Here is the heresy and brilliant lunacy of this project in a nutshell. The volkswagen beetle officially the volkswagen type 1 informally in german the käfer meaning beetle in parts of the english speaking world the bug and known by many other nicknames in other languages is a two door rear engine economy car intended for five occupants later beetles were restricted to four people in some countries that was manufactured and marketed by german.

This unique 1971 volkswagen super beetle is for sale in thousand oaks california with no price listed. 1972 volkswagen beetle with. 1968 vw beetle frame up restoration 100 conversion to electric 12995. 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.

Pictures of me cleaning up the back part of the s 10 chassis on our v8 beetle. Doing this let me shorten the wheel base to 97 5 which is about 3 longer than the stock beetle wheel base. 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.

A volkswagen v8 beetle bug. Gone is the original chassis.