Vehicle Owner

Member ID: V8bug

Location: bufflao, NY

Vehicle Info

1971 Volkswagen Beetle

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP250
  • Weight2300lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Jan 03, 2007

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Matt’s Volkswagen Beetle

  • Currently 3.6 /5 Stars.
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V8bug's 1971 Volkswagen Beetle


heres the dask, made it out of a piece of stainless that I polished by hand, guages are nothing special, autogauage nice and cheap

V8bug's 1971 Volkswagen Beetle


Gas pedals out of a 90' geo prism, brake pedal is out of a 32' ford. Foot room is limited.

V8bug's 1971 Volkswagen Beetle


grill with fenders. Had to add 3" to each fender to cover the tires

V8bug's 1971 Volkswagen Beetle


fenders from the back

V8bug's 1971 Volkswagen Beetle


lookin mean

As of fall 2006 the car was finished, and running on the 283, everything was fine. With 2.75 rear gears it crused great on the highway, got good milege and was fun to drive. Still need a posi though, left great one wheel peels. But I have had a change of heart, and the genI sbc must go. I picked up a 5.3L genIII ls1 style sbc. I am currently rebuilding the trannsmission myself and will drop the 5.3 in this winter. I will post more pics of the swap soon I hope.

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yortoolman  

Posted by: yortoolman

09/21/2008 03:51PM

hello can anyone help me on a my vw to put a v 8 if ya have any plans that will help let me know thanks todd 1 608-996-2020 or 1 608-306-2356 thanks todd

ziggycheche  

Posted by: ziggycheche

08/24/2008 09:16PM

Yes i to would like to build a v8 bug. like all the others any info on the frame would be very helpful. Wouldnt mind paying for some plans. if you have time and dont mind you can email me @ ziggychechehoneycutt57@yahoo.com thanks Cliff

mattvey  

Posted by: mattvey

06/14/2008 02:27PM

Hello,

I have been looking for someone who had the same idea as me.

Do you have plans for what you did?
I would love a little guidance to get me started off.
I've kind of left the project but your build has me ready to go again.

Hope to hear from you.

Matt

trikerdude  

Posted by: trikerdude

05/13/2008 02:23PM

any way on geting copy of your plan any help would be helpful

tranks jerry

turnaround89  

Posted by: turnaround89

01/18/2008 11:55PM

How did you build the frame? I would love to build on of these and hoped you could help me find some info and help me with the frame? could you email me at aheimer89@yahoo.com. thanks

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: V8bug

Location: bufflao, NY