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Puny Bird
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Port Hope (near Toronto) On, Canada
Posts: 4,566
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Originally Posted by Tobra
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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Originally Posted by yetibone
I am a Superbeetle owner and I approve this message. 
A fella could build one strong running type IV for the price of a 616 motor. |
I'm a 1967 bug owner and I've done this message 
...oh... but I went a bit overboard both in cost and power...160+hp in a 1750lbs bug. 
Check my signature.
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'74 Porsche 914, 3.0/6
'72 Porsche 914, 1.7, wife's summer DD
'67 Bug, 2600cc T4,'67 Bus, 2.0 T1
Not putting miles on your car is like not having sex with your girlfriend, so she'll be more desirable to her next boyfriend.
Last edited by Mark Henry; 01-02-2014 at 04:15 AM..
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