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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Eastern Chatham co. NC.
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Originally Posted by Tobra View Post
If you want a hot rod, put a type IV motor in it; flip the R&P in a 914 drive train and you have a very good starting point. A nice progressive spring and some good shocks you can make a super beetle handle plenty well. You will want to swap the drums for some disk brakes on the front, no skinny front tires either. I can't imagine it would be that hard to do with a 912 motor

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A fella could build one strong running type IV for the price of a 616 motor.
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