VW Beetle (5-cyl content)

[Cody Forbes]

tom winter wrote:
> Steve said:
>
>> Whether I ever go this way I don't know, but some are spending the
>> $$'s to go with the following:
>> http://www.overlandparts.com/5%20cylinder%20kit.htm Others are
>> sourcing their own parts and rolling their own 5-cyl conversions.
>> Turbo-bus. Be afraid.
>
> Good God! I am sooo glad I went the cheap, err, maybe not ;-) route
> and just got myself an Audi. I had dreams of coverting my first bus
> into a something much better. This option might have gotten me to
> pull the credit cards out! I can only imagine what it would be like
> to drive one of those.
>
> Doing something like that reminds me of a late 60's VW campervan here
> in Boulder. Co that some dude had converted to water-cooled VW Rabbit
> engine. He had problems where to place the radiator though, and stuck
> it on the side with a big metal scoop. Very ugly!
>
> Tom

I've got two westies, one has a Porsche 911 2.7l in it, the other has a 
Subaru SVX flat 6. The porsche conversion is quite cheap, the tranny is a 
bolt on but of course the Por$che engine can be expensive depending on which 
one. The Scoobydoo engine is cheaper, but more stuff needs to be done for 
the conversion.

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-Cody Forbes
http://www.5000tq.com
'87 5ktq
'88 90 4cyl