sorry havent done one of these.i am in the process of building a 59 vw bug with a 350 and undecided tranny.the rear end will be a 1970 roadrunner gears with 355 posie.i will add more later when i have more time.
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sorry havent done one of these.i am in the process of building a 59 vw bug with a 350 and undecided tranny.the rear end will be a 1970 roadrunner gears with 355 posie.i will add more later when i have more time.
I had a friend who built a 66 with a 327, just out of high school. Ran good!
frame i am using.i am buying it from www.prostreetbug.com
car body
Should make for a way kewl ride, I went to their site, nice stuff!!! Please keep us updated on your progress!!!!
Thats a nice frame they make,... Very nice.
Ya given much thought to where you're gonna put the radiators? Always looked funny with vents up front, I'd played with other mounting ideas years back when I was thinkin of makin one
Looks like a great project...keep posting those pics ;)
one of the guys i talk to around here said i should try and pull air from under the front nose instead of butchering the front hood.i also thought of making it a rear radiator setup which would pull from under the car as well havent decided. frame should be here this month then i will see what is feesabal to pursue.
Welcome to CHR, that lil' bug otta' scoot with a 350.
An angled setup with fans like they are mounted in the Cobras would work pretty nicely. If you use a 1-piece glass front end that would give more than enough airflow w/o having to mess up the natural lines of the beetle.
Something I looked at was inlet vents/NACA dusts on the rear quarters & using two smaller raditors in a series (wasn't gonna have a back seat anyway).
the way i am thinking of doing it ultimatly is creating a opening under the nose with a little scoop to direct th air into the radiator.i dont want to cut the nose up or add i think it is jaguar front grill in the hood either.some ofthe guys that race 358 dirt modifides just enclose there radiator in the front like a tunnel and pull air off the track from the ground.
Was the porche 928 the 1 that had all the little radiators and fans?sumpin similar would probably work, they lookin like jumbo heater cores with fans and venting.just a thought.
latest update.frame is here and starting to make it fit.
Man thats alot of work to make that bug go fast!! Good luck !
Looks like it is going to be a very nice set-up, should be a blast to play with on the street!!! Have fun with the project, and keep us updated as the build progresses.
I saw this one up at Hot August Nights in Reno this year, He just left the hood off...
this is the motor i want to run in mine.since i cant posta pic screw it for now.
here we go this is the pic i wanted to show.this is the motor i want to run