Need modern (supercar) performance out of your old-school Bug?
the sort of thing sand-dune-chasing dreams are made of. A bug's butt is the perfect place for that big of an engine if you're tackling the loose sand in places such as Glamis, Oregon, Dunes or White Sands. The Beetle's rear engine layout is already beneficial to the rear tires' traction—adding more engine back there only helps things further.
That's right, what you see before you is a V-8 powered Bug. It might not be obvious at first. Sure, it wears big tires out back with wider fenders, but you can do that. Same with the center-exit exhaust, and even a roll cage isn't a dead-on giveaway. You either need to hear this Bug start up or take a look behind the front seats.
The changeover completely replaces the chassis pan and suspension of the original Beetle. According to Jean Fourie, the founder of 3L Engineering and Design, the chassis wasn't even the hardest part about designing this kit. It was making a chassis that would fit a V-8 engine under the body and still have room for, you know, the occupants while retaining the original firewall position of the Beetle.
What's somewhat unusual about the 3L StealthBeetle kit is that they are using aluminum over steel tubing and plating. Their teamas OEMs do."We are a small factory," said Fourie,"and bonding takes a lot of labor as well as sophisticated jigs—and processes—which we cannot afford." You could also argue about using extruded aluminum, but again that is a very large investment for the small kit car team.
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