2007-10-07 13:17:49 · 8 answers · asked by whitdc100 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Volkswagen
Why would you want to? If you must try J.C. Whitney
Did you know that the air-cooled VW engines were designed by Porsche? A Porsche engine will fit in them.
2007-10-07 13:19:58 · answer #1 · answered by Jason 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Porsche 914 V8 Conversion Kit
2016-11-07 23:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by chatan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No mate don't do it!! its not a good or even clever idea and there are such easier ways to get rpm, speed and Horse power out of a mazda. Putting a v8 in a mazda miata mx5 is like using dishwasher parts to fix a refrigerator? it just doesn't make sense. oh yeah and I know people HAVE done it but it doesn't mean its the best way to go. Go for a rotary engine. The parts going in are mazda and the car is mazda - there is your first win. The rotary engine is going to physically fit better size wise - less to modify to fit it in The rotor will weigh about 1 fifth of the weight of a v8 motor - that's a huge plus There are kits available and you wont have to put ridiculous over sized struts and front suspension in to compensate for the 'way too big & heavy' v8 motor. The car will handle 100% better with the power to weight ratio of a rotary sized motor than with the v8 - thats another massive plus. The ONLY reason I would ever consider putting the v8 in is if you are building a straight-line drag car which doesnt need to handle or steer well and in that case Id start with a different car all together. Good luck and please do yourself a favour and research the rotary option before making a decision You'll be glad you did!
2016-03-13 07:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was part of a project a long time ago that did this. There was no kit available. However, the pan design of the vw made it very easy to put it on a modified jeep chassis. It was the only V8 and 4WD '62 VW I ever saw.
Basically with no real chassis under it, the bug is not able to hold a V8. You've got to find a frame to put under it, or build one.
2007-10-07 13:21:42 · answer #4 · answered by ChristopherGatti 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to admit to this, but back in the day I put a 302 into a '68 beetle.
J.C. Whitney's had a transmission adapter kit. There is more to it than that, of course, but I am not going to tell you how to do it, because IT IS A REALLY BAD IDEA!!!!
Beetles are not meant to go 70-100 miles per hour or faster. Do you know what a Beatle does at 105 mph on a calm day? It turns into an airplane - but without controls! And that's after a guy loads up the trunk with quickcrete for ballast!
Do you know why you never see an old beetle with a v-8? Because guys that are old enough to remember them before they bacame "classic" wised up!
If you want to flirt with death, date a marine's daughter!
2007-10-08 16:36:58 · answer #5 · answered by Sim - plicimus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most V-8 conversions involved moving the body to a tube frame/chassis, which was able to absorb the V-8 power better. I don't think there ever was a kit to use in a standard VW, as the body couldn't fit it as made,and couldn't take the stress if you could make it fit. Sorry, you'll have to fabricate what you want.
- The Gremlin Guy -
2007-10-07 13:27:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a kit for a 914 Porsche. It would be a similar conversion
2007-10-08 10:48:40 · answer #7 · answered by R1volta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.openroad.ca/volkswebbin/viewtopic.php?pid=220546
2007-10-07 13:21:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋