11thhour

here ya go.
i wonder if anyone has actually thrown up b/c some of these cars are repulsive.... like the neon....

George

German Rice:

fishingexpert87

damn thats a huge lip on those rims

tc-guy

the front of that bug actually looks hella nice to me. that back messed it all up tho.

jwaj2002

yea, I wonder if it has the power to back up that look, except for the way too long front and the bumper cover I like it

gomdangie

i just saw 45 pages, i couldnt stop watching lol

xSTANDxSTRONGx

It could have the power for sure, you could swap a porsche engine in there no prob.

501scionxb

check out this guy and his riced out cavlier. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/17-Mo...QQcmdZViewItem

tCizzler

At least it looks clean from the pics. But it's still a cavy, BOOO!!!

DragonR

thats one big picnic table!!!

George

Porsche engines are not commonly swapped into bugs, as they are very expensive and not that easy a swap.

More common swaps are type IV VW engines and late model Subaru Impreza and WRX flat fours. The Subaru turbo conversions are impressive, with 300+ RWD HP pushing a car that weights under 2000 pounds.

salteen

dude you're crazy...my dad's a certified v-dub mechanic from way back in the day...you can swap a porsche engine into a bug without much effort at all...it may be a little pricey but it's VERY common

George

Read the VW forums. Lots of Type IV and Subaru swaps into bugs, almost no Porsche swaps.

"Back in the day" VWs and Porsche had a lot in common. Aircooled Porsche engines were available for swapping. Not true with current Porsches. Yes, you can swap a classic Porsche engine into a bug, but you will pay classic Porsche prices to do it. If you have the bucks to do that you'll buy a classic Porsche!

Also, since the Type IV VW engine was used in some Porsche 914s, many folk call a type IV engine a "Porsche engine". This isn't correct because the type IV engine was a VW design for use in VW 411, 412, and buses.

A conversion "without much effort at all" is just about impossible. The last Porsche engine that allowed a bolt-in installation in a VW was the flat four from the 356 and 912 models of the '60s, which made, at most, 95 HP.

Porsche flat six engines from the 911 series require extensive engine bay modifications to fit into bugs, as well as a lot of work in getting the cooling tin and seals correct.

captainlaziness

It also has blue underbody lights, but the camera didn't pick 'em up.

DragonR

Im gonna do something that has never been done on this thread....

Im gonna out... myself....

sigh


this is a faux... Carbon fiber "style".... EVO type.... hood scoop... 3M tape holds it on... hood is stock...

Only reason I am doing this is b/c I finally got a real CF hood...

black_sand_box

salteen

At least you are aware that a stick on hood scoop is rice. It could have been worse, you could have had a stick on roof scoop Need for Speed style.

xSTANDxSTRONGx

THank you, my homie has a 64 bug, and quite a few of his friends have Porsche engines. The Subie swaps may be more common for hp ******, but for VW lovers the Porsche is still tops on the swap list.

scionofPCFL

Not sure what you'd call this, other than "horrible":

DragonR

the driver/owner of this better be the hottest woman in the world...