SeanStone
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| posted on 8/4/11 at 05:41 PM |
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Recommend an engine for my sisters beetle
Want some recommendations for an engine to put into my sisters beetle. She's quite into the idea of changing it to something a bit more sporty
(doesn't want to upgrade the standard engine), but I don't really want to see her putting a porsche engine in it (if I said oversteer to
her, her eyes would glaze over).
I was thinking maybe a 1.8 of some sort. Maybe something that can use bike carbs as throttle bodies to give it some noise, keep it fairly cheap.
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scudderfish
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| posted on 8/4/11 at 05:50 PM |
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Scooby boxer engine?
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Johneturbo
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| posted on 8/4/11 at 05:54 PM |
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911 turbo?
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 8/4/11 at 06:00 PM |
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new beetle or old beetle?
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marcjagman
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| posted on 8/4/11 at 06:08 PM |
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Read somewhere that some people use Golf engines, can't remember which engine though, but one of them fits the beetle box.
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SeanStone
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| posted on 8/4/11 at 06:47 PM |
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it'll be for the old model
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 8/4/11 at 07:06 PM |
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I'd suggest nothing more powerful than the standard engine until the dire brakes and handling of the standard car have been fixed (as well as
they can be).
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 8/4/11 at 07:19 PM |
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try this ....http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=233443
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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beaver34
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| posted on 8/4/11 at 07:40 PM |
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I run a nice 1641 with twin 36 dells, that's in a van it's fine, I wouldn't want to go any faster
What age is the beetle?
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ianclark1275
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| posted on 8/4/11 at 08:39 PM |
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my pal got his standard 1300 rebored to 1600 ish
it was fast enough.
or a subaru flat 4, ive seen that done. it takes quite bit of effort tho.
IC
measure twice, cut once, scrap it, start again.
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adrianreeve
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| posted on 8/4/11 at 08:50 PM |
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1776cc VW engine, 044 heads, C35 cam, dual twin 40s or throttle bodies, fully balanced and a lightened flywheel is a great combination, powerful
enough, but still reliable. With a decent exhaust, will be a big difference to what she has now. Built a few of these over the years, and they always
turned out well.
Cheers
Adrian
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