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Good stuff Stu. My first car was a Beetle too, though it didn't get most of the TLC it needed and deserved. I say keep it air-cooled but I'm a bit old fashioned that way. Go a 1835cc or sumting and you won't need no water (but plenty of $$$)
Good stuff Stu. My first car was a Beetle too, though it didn't get most of the TLC it needed and deserved. I say keep it air-cooled but I'm a bit old fashioned that way. Go a 1835cc or sumting and you won't need no water (but plenty of $$$)
yeh i was talking to my old boss...he has a 2332cc for sale with twin 45 webbers...its lumpy as hell...i might buy that...he only wants $2.5k
or build an 1835 with straight cut cam gears
nah this one will be bright red mate! liek the pictures on the page before...
repainted the inside of the whole car today all gloss black
got the old man around and he sanded the whole outside... just some more filler to go on the left front, bonnet and the rear lip and she is ready to paint
The 1776 in my old man's Karmann Ghia is pretty good. Twin 40mm Kadrons, HEMI heads, counterweighted crank, berg cam..
There's no need to go for stupid capacities and massive carbies/heads/cams for a daily driver. The Karmann goes quite well for what it is (massive bottom/mid) and gets pretty damn good fuel economy, as Dom, Jarred, Josh can attest to.
To be honest, you'd get jack of a 2.3 with big IDAs and a high overlap cam REALLY quickly.
By all means buy that engine (that's pretty cheap if it's in good nick and done no work, however it depends on what heads are on it too), but i'm just giving you some advice.
A lot of fun can be had in a stock 1600TP motor as well - cheap, plentiful, economical, not enough power to get you into trouble I had a 1300 in mine and it was great for a first car - you could rev the hell out if it and you still didn't go too fast, but reliable as hell too.
yeh i'm thinking the 2332 would be a handgrenade...and after this accident i don't really wanna go that fast. so im gunna leave it stock at least until i get my license back
interior
my camera can't even pick it up... but its the smoothest job ever! no peel and its like glass SPRAYED IN MY BACK YARD!!! then some elbow grease!
interior
my camera can't even pick it up... but its the smoothest job ever! no peel and its like glass SPRAYED IN MY BACK YARD!!! then some elbow grease!
Holy crap Stu, thats some nice paint work! Love the gloss black! Stuff red mate!
but I'm a bit old fashioned that way. Go a 1835cc or sumting and you won't need no water (but plenty of $$$) 
I had a 1300 in mine and it was great for a first car - you could rev the hell out if it and you still didn't go too fast, but reliable as hell too.
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