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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 |
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05-08-2008, 05:24 AM
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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.
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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 |
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05-12-2008, 09:22 AM
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yes, but you're driving a Fiero...
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06-18-2008, 01:48 PM
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sounds too complicated.
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