Several thousand dollars is what it would likely cost.
Sensible "easy" engines are about 2.4 litres. Built and installed by a *Real
Mechanic* it'll likely cost youabout 8K for a high performer with some
reliabilty
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Allan :-)
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Eric
59 bug
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G.W. East
"G.W. East" wrote:
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Mike Pinchback
Graduate Centre for Forest Biology
Department of Biology
University of Victoria
PO Box 3020
Victoria, BC, Canada
V8W 3N5
Bus: (250) 721-7145
Home: (250) 885-3048
Michael
www.bajabug.8m.com
Yep. That's the "CaddyWagen" page. 9 liters of displacement... and it fit under
the stock decklid. 500 cubic inches of displacement producing 425hp and 510
ft/lbs of torque in a Beetle. Very, very scary.
JonTurner
OK CRAZY JOE, SO WHAT'S IT LIKE TO DRIVE THAT THING??
Well... I can honestly say that it's scary fast. It doesn't handle very well,
but I never expected it to. It'd handle better if I was able to get stiffer
springs for the back; it rolls an awful lot even though it has the stock caddy
sway bar on it. It brakes reasonably well (as good as a stock VW I'd say). It's
pretty neat to watch the speedo needle just RIP around the dial. I'd estimate
0-60 in a little less than 5 seconds with the stock '74 caddy engine (~250 hp
net and 2500 lb car weight). I could get almost twice the HP out of that 500 if
I wanted to, but it'd take more time, more $, and it's plenty fast as it is.
Plus, it'd be a lot louder if I was getting more power out of it. With the dual
exhaust I put on it it's sort of loud but not earth shaking; quiet enough to
not scare off the guy in the next lane but loud enough to make bystanders
wonder what the hell I've got under the hood.
Mike
'65 Bug
'98 GTI VR6