OlderThanMe Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 and this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7qFP9aPRD8 classy little car...I'll build one one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loy Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 very nice.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsun350Z Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Nice control... I was about to laugh it off after the first lap or two, but he pulled it together pretty quickly, and kept it sideways for multiple laps... Not bad for a car that obviously wasn't designed to do anything like that. Would be really cool to see a vw based dune buggy do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 Well since the fiberglass bodied dune buggies are lighter it would be easy for them to do. There are some videos out there of a 2.5 liter WRX powered beetle and it is completely insane. Bugs weigh like 1400 pounds stock and stripped down they are like 1200 plus whatever big fat motor you attach to the vw tranny. There are engine swap kits for anything from a rotary to a trition V10(for the pricey mendeola trannies). I'll try to find that other video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsun350Z Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Are they Really that light???? I might have to re-think a VW dune buggy project if that's the case. I knew about the subaru motors being a sick swap, which is awesome compared to the porsche power alternative. I might have to trade the new 300zx for a dune buggy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 no no...there is a swap to put a VG30DETT on a vw tranny...were talkin a 1000 horsepower vw bug... never mind.. well here is the site with the WRX powered bug. there are a bunch of cool chopped,raked,and rodded bugs here. video page: http://www.volksrods.com/id107.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted October 26, 2006 Author Share Posted October 26, 2006 right click, save as for all of these http://www.volksrods.com/ReubTrack2.mpeg http://www.volksrods.com/ReubDriveby.mpeg this one below soundes a little like my z did from the inside. don't know if that is bad or good http://www.volksrods.com/Dayzwalker1.mpeg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBC_400 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 i always kind of liked this for a drift car http://hotrodhomepage.com/?p=70 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I don't know... something about that car just bugs me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ-E Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 That beetle sounds bad arse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 280ZForce Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 i dont know why people call the old vw bugs, beetles and vice versa. It's like calling a 240z a 350z or vice versa. they are 2 different generations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 In Germany the old bug was actually called a "transporter" but that would not fly in the US and someone said it looked like a bug and it stuck... I think it is like calling a 240 a "Z" and calling a 350 a Zed...they are somewhat swappable. Calling a first gen a ZX does not fly with me though. Or calling a ZX a Z. It just gets confusing at that point. "Yeah my uncle had a 240ZX" is what I hear when I tell people I have a first generation Z. That drives me nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruez Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I don't know... something about that car just bugs me. lol I got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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