5.7 powered VW Beetle

Wild one · Mar 6, 2023

Damn i bet this thing is a riot,lol

This HEMI-Powered VW Beetle is a Real Life Hot Wheels

This classic VW Beetle has been chopped, sectioned, and slammed on a full-tube chassis and is powered by a late-model 5.7L HEMI...

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CanuckRam1313 · Mar 6, 2023

Hell Yes!!!!
I would love to take that one out for a good shake down!

BadHemi2014 · Mar 6, 2023

Holy Hell

So I can combine my two vehicles!!!
I'll get yer pizza delivered in 5 minutes mate!!

Wahrsuul · Mar 6, 2023

Here's a 40% larger beetle built on a Ram/5.7 frame: https://driving.ca/auto-news/entert...ic-vw-beetle-is-40-per-cent-larger-than-stock

huntergreen · Mar 9, 2023

Back in high school one of the guys put a Porsche drivetrain in a VW bug. It was pretty respectable.

Wild one · Mar 9, 2023

huntergreen said:
Back in high school one of the guys put a Porsche drivetrain in a VW bug. It was pretty respectable.

I'd like to know what AZN on Street Outlaws has in that bug that he calls the Dung Beetle,as there's not all that many cars it doesn't beat when they're out on one of their "fishing" expeditions,lol

ColesRAM · Mar 9, 2023

In college, (50+ years ago), I knew a guy that put a Chevy 450 in the back of a Corvair, not the Corvette. It took up the whole back seat, no firewall. I could sit in the passenger seat and touch the engine. It was incredibly loud but boy could it move……..

ppine · Mar 9, 2023

A beetle has the funky swing arm rear end. They do some strange things at speed. If you hit anything there is nothing in front of you. It is a dangerous contraption. There are so many better platforms for performance.

tron67j · Mar 9, 2023

Very cool!

mullet6577 · Mar 9, 2023

Wild one said:
I'd like to know what AZN on Street Outlaws has in that bug that he calls the Dung Beetle,as there's not all that many cars it doesn't beat when they're out on one of their "fishing" expeditions,lol

I believe it is currently a 2.5L Subaru motor, with some work done obviously

Wild one · Mar 9, 2023

ColesRAM said:
In college, (50+ years ago), I knew a guy that put a Chevy 450 in the back of a Corvair, not the Corvette. It took up the whole back seat, no firewall. I could sit in the passenger seat and touch the engine. It was incredibly loud but boy could it move……..

There used to kits to put a smallblock Chevy in a Corvair,there's a guy that does the local car show scene here,with one of them.It's actually a pretty neat install,but i have no idea of how it works,as i've only ever seen it at the local car shows.

crash68 · Mar 10, 2023

@Wild one I will see your Hemi powered Beetle and raise you to a 350HP Hayabusa go-kart

400hp hayabusa gokart this thing was a weapon

lets remember this beast before we build 2.0 i cant wait

youtu.be

The power to weight ratio is nutz!
They could both use an AWD system to get the power to the ground better.

Wild one · Mar 10, 2023

crash68 said:
@Wild one I will see your Hemi powered Beetle and raise you to a 350HP Hayabusa go-kart

400hp hayabusa gokart this thing was a weapon

lets remember this beast before we build 2.0 i cant wait

youtu.be

The power to weight ratio is nutz!
They could both use an AWD system to get the power to the ground better.

Could you imagine pulling out and passing the mounties at 140 mph ,and then driving away from them,lol. That thing would put stains in your shorts :Big Laugh:

gofishn · Mar 10, 2023

Got to go against the grain here:

NO. Just No.

Take a lesson form the Scientists, who developed the Bomb:
Just because you can do something, does not mean, you should.

Let's do any more of that VW hemi crap and
while we are at it, let's try to avoid creating Skynet.

crash68 · Mar 10, 2023

gofishn said:
Just because you can do something, does not mean, you should.

...but more horsepower.
Drove a racing go-kart that was flirting with 100HP, that was a riot.
As for that 400HP cart engine, it would be a blast in a small sand rail

Irishthreeper · Mar 11, 2023

I did a double take the first time I saw a Chevy small block in a motorcycle. The guy told me it scared him sometimes, which I believed!

crash68 · Mar 11, 2023

Irishthreeper said:
I did a double take the first time I saw a Chevy small block in a motorcycle. The guy told me it scared him sometimes, which I believed!

It was probably a Boss Hoss Motorcycle, they've been building them for years.
Can't forget about Dodge one-upping them a making a V-10 Viper engine motorcycle.

Taspeace · Mar 13, 2023

huntergreen said:
Back in high school one of the guys put a Porsche drivetrain in a VW bug. It was pretty respectable.

I put a Porsche modded Porsche 356 in my 1971 VW van. Worst mistake I ever made - relative to cars. No vacuum taps for the vacuum-assist brakes, no rear engine bolt holes to engage the rear engine support (which Porsches don't use), vrey unhappy below 3,500 RPM with the cam it had in it, etc. Eventually, it failed to pass smog inspection and had to be restored to "normal". Lots of money and time behind every one of these issues, and more, but it did "come off the line" like no other VW bus I've driven.

Speedy Mike · Mar 13, 2023

Quite the VW . In London On Canada there where
at least 2 VW with small block chevy's power .My
first car was a Bug Eyed Sprite with a 265 /cast
iron Power glide [built in my Dad's lane way .

RASelkirk · Mar 13, 2023

mullet6577 said:
I believe it is currently a 2.5L Subaru motor, with some work done obviously

This one? One of my all-time favorites! Feel free to FF to the driving, this one has a dog ring straight-cut gearbox.

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