wow, i am stoked! i got a quote for a 1915cc vw beetle (1971) earlier. quoted £388 a year fully comp! woohoo!

 

*def not bothering with a zed now*

 

:rofl:

Only problem is, to build a 1915cc VW aircooled motor to run that fast would cost much more than a nice Z32 example. Look after it well, and dont try keeping up with the 300s when they pass you at 150 plus MPH :nono: The 94mm bore makes the walls real thin, a lot of the race VW guys go 90.5 bore & stroke em to 78mm giving 2007cc

 

Whats been done to it apart from the 69mm stroke & 94mm bore??? Ive seen some real fast Bugs run at the Pod in the past, & I've also heard some some exaggerated 1/4 mile times. I did witness a high 13s run once with a 1600cc Beetle, but that had monster work done on it & run twin 48 IDAs, the car was a gutted out lightweight with scooter (Vespa type) front wheels.

Now a Z32 engine in that Beetle, mid mounted, would be fun, just don't let your insurance Co know :mac1:

 

Well I don't know anything about bores and strokes (if you wana explain it would be appreciated :)), but i know its a 1915cc with twin webber 45's, Eliminator heads (what are they?!), a Pro Comp gearbox, and the car also has a 4 inch narrowed beam, half cage and original EMPI buckets.

 

obviously i won't trust that quarter mile time without a proper slip but i was originally only intending on getting a bug to save money, so to get anything relatively fast would be a bonus :)

 

you say to build it would be more expensive, but that's the decent thing about second hand. this bug is only £3,500 :) are you a bug owner?

Doesn't a Pork 911 engine virtually drop straight into a beetle?

 

Of course I don't mean the new 993/996 engines or even the 3.3 turbo, but certainly some of the older, smaller engines may. That would give the little bug a fair turn of speed......

 

......still wouldn't have one though. Not my kind of thing ;)

 

Richard :D

 

 

pretty much, i used to have a trike that was designed for a beetle engine... but we threw it away and dropped a 2 litre flat four from the old 911 in it.. that was seriously quick as the trike only weighed about 450kilos!! mega grin time :D

Well I don't know anything about bores and strokes (if you wana explain it would be appreciated :)), but i know its a 1915cc with twin webber 45's, Eliminator heads (what are they?!), a Pro Comp gearbox, and the car also has a 4 inch narrowed beam, half cage and original EMPI buckets.

 

obviously i won't trust that quarter mile time without a proper slip but i was originally only intending on getting a bug to save money, so to get anything relatively fast would be a bonus :)

 

you say to build it would be more expensive, but that's the decent thing about second hand. this bug is only £3,500 :) are you a bug owner?

Sounds Good.

Yes Iv'e got a 1915cc motor (just the engine) blue-printed, spec= 69mm counter weighted crank..... duel relief case Full oil flow system...... Straight cut gears.....Engle 120 cam....Lightened & balanced rods..... lightened Flywheel.... Berg oil pump & cover... Mahle 1915 forged pistons..... Chrome molly Pushrods..... Big valve Hemi cut heads with SS valves.... swivel feet rockers etc & twin 40 Dellortoes. I fired it up,, bolted to a gearbox on an engine stand with a fully merged race exhaust,, it sounded awsome,, in fact it screems to red line as if on a switch. As fast as it sounds (maybe not as fast as yours) I would love to think she would run a high 14 in a 750kg vehicle. I guess its not impossible.

Eliminator heads are good,, check the ''end float'' by grabbing hold of the fan pully and ''push n pull'' see how much movement, should be very little, check out how heavy its breathing, a lot of those big bore VWs spew it out all over the place. Total seal rings are a good thing to fit. If its a good strong motor it could be fun :hyper:

 

PS have you told your insurance it runs 13s :shock: :smash: :rofl:

:confused: :confused: I seem to have logged onto the VW Beetle forum by mistake .........

 

no hold on I just checked and this is the 300zx forum, just been hijacked by hippies :D :D