exactly what im looking for how many doctors kids in there $250k cars are expecting an old beetle to be faster than theres i got 5 or so more you cant do it replies on another forum so im really getting motivated to do this thanks again for the help guyseben wrote:320hp Subaru engine in a bug equates to 0-60 in 3 seconds, 1/4 mile in 11.7seconds.
That is faster than a McLaren F1, Porsche GT3 and Ferrari 355
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oh i didnt mean use the motor just was wondering if the transmission could be bolted in to a bug or easily adapted then have the little subie bolted on to that o thought maybe if i used a transmission that was made for a 600hp v8 it would be overkill enough for a daily driverTony Z wrote:an engine that size will mean nothing more than bad handling
Plus it will weigh more than the car iself
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short of building your own car on a tube chassis and simply putting a beetle body onto it, the only gearbox that fits inside a bug is the bug box.
You;ll have to get a fully beefed up gbox from someone like Rancho.
One thing you might want to consider.... with the power you will be using, you can use a stock weight flywheel instead of lightening it. Yes, this will reduce your acceleration time a ball hair, but the heavier flywheel will want to slip the clutch slightly linger during heavy engagement which will extend the life of your gearbox dramtaically - assuming that its power that will break the gbox, not wheel hop or driver abuse.
You;ll have to get a fully beefed up gbox from someone like Rancho.
One thing you might want to consider.... with the power you will be using, you can use a stock weight flywheel instead of lightening it. Yes, this will reduce your acceleration time a ball hair, but the heavier flywheel will want to slip the clutch slightly linger during heavy engagement which will extend the life of your gearbox dramtaically - assuming that its power that will break the gbox, not wheel hop or driver abuse.
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ok i gues ill stick with a normal tranny and if some thing does break it will probly be from driver abuse i hate to say but thats probly what it will be gues ill just have to fix what ever breaks
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a normal tranny, as is stock and unmodified will break in seconds under that power. 150hp is about the limit for a stock box and even then, it wont last long.
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dude k an after market volkswagen transmission i know stock parts wont work
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PM a member called bugger on here. You will see his banner at the top of the page too. He builds VW transmissions for a living, beefed up ones as well and might give you some insight about your requirements.
His site is http://www.buggertransmissions.co.za
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Jeff i think you have to get the bura motor in there first get everything sorted on the car handelingwise,cause even a stock turbo bura motor will pull very and i mean very hard in a bug...sort all the glitches that occur with the stock motor and then to extract more power from that motor cant be hard ie.bigger turbo,bigger intercooler ect..There is a speedster on here that has one in fairly stock and he sais he killed a m5 the other day... Look for it in projects section you cpuld get some tips there...
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thats kinda what i had planned put every thing to gether have all the drive train ready to handle a bunch of power drive it for a little bit change what needs to be changed then start adding more godubster wrote:Jeff i think you have to get the bura motor in there first get everything sorted on the car handelingwise,cause even a stock turbo bura motor will pull very and i mean very hard in a bug...sort all the glitches that occur with the stock motor and then to extract more power from that motor cant be hard ie.bigger turbo,bigger intercooler ect..There is a speedster on here that has one in fairly stock and he sais he killed a m5 the other day... Look for it in projects section you cpuld get some tips there...
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Subaru conversion is very common. Google it. There are kits available.
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Just remember in the states he will probably buy a beetle with IRS suspension then there are alot of different things to get to make this setup as close to reliable as possible 930 Porsche cv vlanges + cv joints and Chrome molly shafts after market everything then just go out and buy a mendeola box that is what the Guys use running the Corvett motors a mendeola is I could be wrong $15000 but the right thing to get