I'm 16 years of age and I'm looking to do my first major Hot (Rat) Rod and I have a '66 Bug that I saved from 12 years of field sitting with a trailer and $200 bucks. The dude I bought it from said with some oil fresh gas and a battery that it would start right up. WHAT A LOAD OF BULL SH** So I stumbled upon a Chevy small block in working order and I want to mold them together to make a rat rod type...I've seen this done alot and I was wondering how I do this myself. I heard of people taking domestic frames and just topping it off with the VW and many other ways I was hoping you guys could tell me the easiest and cheapest way to do this I'm 16 so life is kinda short in the financial area. Help me out
2007-01-09 08:37:15 · 8 answers · asked by Miguel F 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Volkswagen
Go here as there are a lot of these conversions posted:
www.vwvortex.com
www.thesamba.com
2007-01-09 14:51:19 · answer #1 · answered by Joe S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The front end of a beetle was not designed to handle the weight of an engine, and the rear end wasn't designed for that much torque. You would have to take the body off of the frame, weld supports to the front, change out the suspension, add power steering (maybe), weld mounts for a trani, rework the rearend so a gm axel and rear end will fit, and remove the old motor and weld braces in the back where the motor once was. Once you do that, the GM drivetrain will at least fit.
The original beetle was designed by Dr. Porsche. It's one step removed from the original speedsters. With less work, you are better off rebuilding the engine, because the car will handle a heck of a lot better with the beetle engine than it will with the small block. I bet you could get at least $200 just for the engine block of your small block, nevermind the entire motor. Put that towards rebuilding the old motor, or purchasing a new one.
2007-01-09 08:52:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So, you want to put a chevey small block in a beetle? Good luck with that. you are going to have to do lots and lots and lots of body work and trying to fit even just the new tranny in is going to be a pain.
Save your money and buy a new old beetle turbo engine. You can get them for like 1100. Friend did that in a 74 sun beetle. A whole lot quicker.
Find old Porsche 4 banger and they will bolt right in 90%. That would be the easiest way to get more and better power. Paul Neuman actually did that.
2007-01-09 08:43:50 · answer #3 · answered by Ron Porkmore 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you want to do that you need more than the engine. VW has no frame....so no way to bolt in the motor.. The easiest way is getting a 55 to 57 chev frame(Chevy Belaire) and swap bodies. The engine bolts into the frame, and you have to shorten the frame by about 14 inches between the wheels to get the same wheelbase, So you got to have access to a cutting torch, a welder. Once the frame is shortened to the correct wheelbase, you will find that the body fits on widthwise just fine. Now the floorpan is either wholly created out of one sheet or something else. That'll take you a while just to get that stuff....let alone get it for free. Probably would have been easier to rebuild the bug motor. than go this route. Besides you have to find out info regarding home built vehicles. licensing if possible. and safety ****.
2007-01-09 13:41:59 · answer #4 · answered by ButwhatdoIno? 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
My thoughts are that since 1966, the Yankees have had a heck of a lot of great teams and the Tigers have had 3 or 4. Good for the Tigers if they can do it but the biggest thing is to just win the series whether it's the Yanks, the Indians or the Royals.
2016-05-22 23:45:20 · answer #5 · answered by Vernieke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have pictures of a late 60's ragtop bug with a small block in it. It has some 300 mm tires in the rear also. The amount of money you are going to put into that is going to be expensive. There are bug enthusiast magazines that can supply you with all sorts of hotrod bug items. You can get yourself drag engines and transaxles.
2007-01-09 08:48:26 · answer #6 · answered by Ben B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Restore the bug and put in a large displacement vw engine.
Once you replace the rusted and rotted fuel lines and put a new fuel pump in, it may start.
Clutch disc is probably stuck to the flywheel. Just tow the bug around until it breaks free.
2007-01-10 15:49:43 · answer #7 · answered by R1volta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look i think it is either speed channel or spike channel maybe pinks.com someone built a bad a ss vw bug find it they printed the build sheet
2007-01-09 08:42:03 · answer #8 · answered by cmann70726 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋