Performance for pennies?
 

Morning from Texas?

Last night I was chatting with a guy from England telling
him what I wanted from my Beetle project? He told me
how to get the every thing I wanted out of my project with
out the $$$$$$$?

He bought a Pontiac Fiero and stripped it down to the frame it's unibody
I know but it strips better that a 914! Then you shorten the frame up front
5" to 6" and the wheelbase is then that of a Beetle! With a little body mods
you have a V6 Beetle with 4 wheel power disc brakes, power steering, and
a 5 speed trans! with a output of as little as $500 to $1000 for the whole
Fiero! Thats less that the cost of a good 914 motor?

The cool thing is the V6 is a 2.1 to a 2.8 stock and
they make so many aftermarket performance parts for the Fiero!

What do you think?
porschedub@live.com

wouldn't it be easier to just mount the V6 on the VW pan? I have seen bugs with midmounted V-8's before, on a vw pan, built a little subframe for drivetrain, also had a full cage, definitely not a sleeper

Power steering would be difficult to mount on a bug, and pretty much pointless. Disc brakes can be had for all four corners already.

Yes thats true! But then you don't get get the 4 wheel power disc brakes, power steering, 5 Speed or automatic Trans, Etc?

General Specifications

Dimensions

Wheelbase - 2373 mm (93.4 in.) Track (Except SE)
Front - 1468 mm (57.8 in.)
Rear - 1492 mm (58.7 in.)
Track (SE)
Front - 1482 mm (58.4 in.)
Rear - 1506 mm (59.3 in.)
Length
Except SE - 4082 mm (160.7 in.)
SE - 4193 mm - (165.8 in.)
Width - 1752 mm (68.9 in.)
Height - 1192 mm (46.9 in.)
Weight Distribution (F/R %) - 44/56
Suspension
Type - manual rack and pinion
Turns lock-to-lock -3.00
Brakes
Front - 9.72" x .43" disc
Rear - 9.72" x .50" disc
Power Assist - Vacuum
Calipers - Semi-metallic
Wheels
Size & Type - 13" x 5.5" steel
SE - 14" x 6.0" aluminum
Tires
Size & Type - 185/80R 13 Steel Radial
SE - 195/70R 14 Steel Radial

Beetle wheelbase is 2400mm

yes, but you're driving a Fiero...

touche' ain't that the truth! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/suppo.../hotbounce.gif

sounds too complicated.