rotary beetle

[travellinbob]

Dont leave us hanging buddy!! what are your plans? surely if they are bigger and better than before it would be fun to share!  real curious.
  sorry about the bug though. It is crap when you do alot of work to a car only to discover that it isnt worth saving.
 cheers and good luck.

[Martiny]

Frankly, I could never understand the beetle rotary conversion! Why would anyone chop up an RX to save a beetle !  Lol!

[travellinbob]

I guess the reasoning would be the whole porsche ideal. Big engine in back of car. I love the older shaped bugs but refuse to spend big money getting 150-200 hp out of an aircooled engine. The rotary on the other hand has the above hp rating from the box. Makes sense. And it is not like there are a shortage of spare engines from wrecked egi\'s etc.
 cheers, michael.

[ro284]

I would rather keep all that power in an FD, i-e the chassis it is designed to be in! a standard rex can be a bit tail endy in the wet, imagine all that power over the rear wheels.(or is it behind the axle?)with all the complications of keeping the engine cool with the rad needing to be at the front of the car,  let alone the IC! WHY?

[james]

always loved beetle, and all other old vws
if i showed you the picture of the rex, you would realise that it is far beyond saving!
i baught it cheep, 200 quid i think, with 3 months mot, had some fun, realised how good and fun they were
found a site about fitting the engine in a bug, so at least the whole car wasnt going to be scrapped
as travelin bob said, building a 150 hp aircooled engine is costin 2500 and up from scratch, BIG difference

ro284 - some people like to try things a little different, makes for a more interesting life,
plenty of people have done the conversions, and a lowered bug chassy, would probably match any rotary on handling any ways, the rear mounted engine keeps  the rear axle where it should be and improves handling
why do you think porsche still use the rear engine design? :wave
cooling is not a problem if you use the right bits and install rad correctly
and if its an engine already stripped from a written off car, wheres the problem??
you seem like a very defeetist chap to me, who needs to research things a bit more before desiding things are all doom and gloom, and get a bit of exitement in your life, try something new!

id like to see how an equally matched performance wise beetle did against an rx7 on the strip and track :burnout

and travelin bob, i have mentioned the new possibilities earlyer on in the thread, time to switch my thinking, i mean, two rotors is boring now isnt it  :yes

[Martiny]

Jeez Flamed again!   Can someone point me to the Mazda forum?

[james]

over there lol   :rollin

[travellinbob]

Hmm I dont think you were flamed Martin. Or the other guy. Just that there seems to be endless encuoragement for people to try to squeeze 600hp out of their fd\'s and then try to use them as a daily hack,(wondering why they blow up?) and this guy is simply letting people know about some mad ass idea he has. Its all good and I firmly believe that one of the things that makes this forum one of the best is the diversity of thought and opinions. And the fact that people express them in rational and friendly ways.
 right time for me to maybe get a little basting from earlier fd remarks.
  cheers, michael.


so james is it going to be a 20b splitty?  now that is nuts!!

[Martiny]

Actually Michael, now that I read it again, I dont think I was the one being called a defeatist, I think that was meant for ro284 !

Quite right, a forum is a place to exchange ideas in a friendly way.

[james]

well done to you both, being correct,

id get far more done if i spent this spare time in the garage rather than on here :rolleyes:

im just about to start the total destruction of the one that wasnt to be
then i can get the new one in and strip it ready for paint, i have a nice type one engine almost ready for that and then.............................

in with the crew cab bob :evillaugh
slam dunked and oooooer ................................... :3gears-lh

[oldone]

http://photobucket.com/albums/a184/eradeklerk/Shop%20work/  ......some of my work and of 1/4 mile toys   :3gears-rh  

[dubber91]

nice rides dude.....

just finished my rotary bug...first one...13b engine. Its a pain in the ass at the moment because i need to route up some sort of induction piping so i can close the decklid. I have a scoop in the decklid so with any luck i can pipe summat up from there. What sort of 1/4 mile times are you getting?

[oldone]

The pruple one was only running 11.8 123 mph

[dubber91]

thats quick...what gearbox?

 

[oldone]

1974 beetle with welded 3 & 4.....i had an in house \'gearbox builder\',strapped...very old school nothing imported or expensive