After a few years of running a 2332cc, turbocharged, air cooled flat four Ive decided its time to move on. With the kind of beating we put on our cars, it became extremely difficult to maintain the current engine and remain competitive. Being in the middle of the country definitely did not help, with all but a few of the local air cooled shops closing down I had to start looking elsewhere before we were too far behind the curve.
The air cooled community has been amazing to me and extremely supportive. The decision to move on was not an easy one to make. I am unsure of what direction the Dung Beetle will go but the goal is, as always, to go fast as possible on the street while remaining as much a streetcar as possible.
Stay tuned!!!
Check out mighty car mods and what they did with thier beetle, they moved the firewall back and put a sti turbo 2.5litre flat four, I’m sure that would be a good starting point with the dung beetles, from there, knowing u guys, wonders can be done with further mods
Go Rotary AZN! They Rev to the Moon, and respond like animals to turbos!!!!
Check out Pauter.com their SuperPro may be an option. Air cooled 215 cu.in. 4 capable of close to 1000HP. Oh Ya
Keep it German swap a m113k from a e55 amg!
You’ll definitely want to google “The Berlin Buick”. It s ‘56 Bug with a ‘61 215 cubic inch aluminum block, fuel injected V-8 in the backseat.