There's a word for that thing, it's called suicide, especially the way they were drivin it. The massive lack of power in the original Dubs is probably the reason they didn't kill EVERYONE who drove them, I must admit it was a waste of a deluxe bus though, why couldn't they just use a plain transporter?
@jaweber53 Actually it rides pretty well. It has a complete custom suspension and four wheel disc brakes. It obviously is not a Porsche, but it handles considerably better than a stock bus. The bus came out of a junk yard. significant rust to the pan. The body and interior are almost stock except for the rear outside panels. The real value of a deluxe is the body. If someone wanted to this body could be put on an existing pan and you would have a stock 59 deluxe. Meanwhile it's a hell of ride.
hey, my favorite car ever is the 1975 vw bug. If i were to get one could i make it safer, more powerful, and put in power steering? because there is no car i like more than that bug but its unsafe and obsolete.
the engine is covered in a sound proofed box. It is carpeted in the same carpeting the covers the rear of the bus. There is a fan pulling the heat and fumes out of the box.
You should've left the original wheels on, same ride-height and everything, none cut out wheelarches... Ricers at the lights: "Oh look, let's laugh at that 50 year old bus, slow POS's!" *revs v8* "OH SNAP!"
You went through all this, and you put in an automatic transmission? Don't you believe the sound of that hefty V8 running through gears would sound much sweeter!
To me this would make more sense then doing a subi swap or a porsche swap. it looks easier. You can buy used engine and trans setups for around 1000 or cheaper (depending what you want) and a rear end from a chevy 1500. its genius.
the rear end is not a chevy. in 1964-65 Pontiac introduced the LeMans. It had the trans and rear end in the back of the car. It had a transaxle. The back part of the Pontiac tansaxle is what this has as a rear end. There wasn't room for anything else. There is no drive shaft either.
@lonatki I know that man. I'm saying you could do a rear end and a drive shaft. The transmission thats in is FWD I understand. I was saying that you could do a rear end (like from a truck or RWD car) and shorten the drive shaft.
@lonatki yea i know it easyer for stability and the gearbox ect (porche gearbox is usually used so you can keep the engine in the back) but your van is full of engine
Me and my dad built a 1971 bus with a 302 v8, 8.8" rear with 4:11 gears and AODE frod trans. I drive it around on the streets as a daily driver. all wheel disk brakes pretty much the most badass bus ever
@pekoro70 Not really. First off, it came out of a junk yard. The body has not been modified or the interior. The pan was rusted and would have had to be replaced anyway. If someone want to put it back together it would not be hard. Meanwhile it's a blast to drive.
the value of the bus is in the body. The bus's body has not be altered except the rear wheel cutouts. So, it can be restored if someone wanted too. This is not about money however.
That's gonna be one bad ride,that's one thing I've never done is drop a V-8 into a VW,plenty or corsair 6bangers but not a V-8..Looking good hope there's a follow up when it's complete,love to see it in it's glory.
the engine is covered with a carpeted, soundproofed box. It also has an exhaust fan to pull the heat out. So, it's certainly not quiet, but not as loud as in this video where the engine is exposed.
The tires were on there just to make it a roller. It has different tires, a totally new rear suspension, it sits real nice and doesn't raise up when you accelerate.
If you go to the shop that placed the video there are some more current photos of the bus. It polishes up not bad. The exterior is the last part of the puzzle. It is a blast to drive. It just rumbles.
@MetallicaLAWL This bus does not have safari window either. Safari windows are fronr windshields that open out. It is a 59. Manufactured in March of '59
Not much modification to do and you can still have the standard interior. Hoping to buy just like this some time this year. Preferably a 1966 Dormobil. Goes like a stabbed rat.
Let's see, the thump of a HO chevy crate engine or the whine of a Subaru? Sorry, part of the fun of this bus is not how fast it goes, but how mean it sounds when you pull up to someone at a stop light and take off.
@lonatki Right then its a case of all show and no go? lol only joking! As I said it sounds great. But where I come from fuel is seriously expensive. Try £1.15p per liter! ouch!! That would make it about £4.36p or $6.58 per US gallon. So from where I come from a Subaru sounds ok and it can do 25mpg.
What are you guys running for a transaxle in that?
I hope to hell its stronger than the stock one...lol
The horsepower numbers didn't sound that impressive, but it seems to move it along pretty well and sounds great! I used to have a '61 with a porsche motor in it and it got real squirrely around 80 or so...be prepared.
the transaxle is the back half of a 65 Ponitac Tempest called a tempest torque. The 65 Tempest had the trans and rearend in one unit at the back of the car. It's pretty beefy. they used to race them. The reason this was used in the bus as opposed to a standard rear end is that there is no room. The engine is connected to a turbo 350 transmission, no drive shaft and then the tempest torque.
These look sick with a good wheel/tire combo. Your running an Edelbrock right?. Dump that P.O.S. and buy a holley. If this is the crate motor I think it is (or close to it), I installed 1 in my 78 El Camino with a 600cfm Holley. They are adjustable in every way and it will get rid of what sounds like a full throttle stumble (@2:27)you got there. Im pretty sure you guys know, Im just suggesting. Anyways, nice job fella's, cant wait to see it later on if you have more plans for it . I hope so!
The power to weight ratio has got to be ridiculous and overkill, but this is a nice mod and it must be fun to drive. An old college friend of mine had a VW bus with a Porsche motor in it and he had furniture in it and took it camping and traveling around the country with it.
you should drive it. It is something really fun. Everywhere I take it, people think it's cool. More importantly, I think it's cool and I have for all the 20 years that I have owned it.
The engine produces 330 HP. At the time of this dyno the bus still had the reduction gear boxes. So that lowered the HP to the rear wheels substantially. T gear boxes have been removed and I am guessing that the HP to the rear wheels are at or around 270.
Reduction gears don't reduce horsepower. Horsepower is torque per unit time. Reduction gears reduce rotation speed and increase torque by the same ratio, thus leaving horsepower the same.
Their "purists" who believe classic auto should only be restored to their original gutless glory, and who are too lazy to go our website and get the full story on the bus. Nothing has been done to the bus that cannot be undone if one of these "holier-than-thou" idiot had enough cash in their pockets to put their money where their mouths are.
@800hotrod5 i like an original bus myself....but dayummm this thing gets the biggest tick of approval!!! a 24 window red sunbus, still rear/mid engined but with serious balls!! get that bitch to the dunes!!
@Ayrshirenutter At least you don,t have to listen to your girlfriend yapping all the time,loll,I guess it must be very noisey even if you put a cover over it.Should of went for the subaru engine les work more fun.
why kill a beautiful bus? do that too some american car but not a classic German car. I could see a porsche engine in that but not a chevy. You killed it, now there is one less bus in this world
geeez, here we go again. The bus came out of a junk yard. It was saved. Anytime anyone wants to spend some money this bus can go back to being a bus. The most important part is the body and except for the wheel cutouts in back it has not been changed. Neither has the in side except cutting some of the rusty floor out for the engine.
Go to our website and get the whole story on the bus. And if V8's are so bad, why to most high-powered Mercedes have them? Besides, nothing was done to the bus that prevents it from being restored to its original condition.
@visualco2 Idiot. Did you bother to read any of the comments regarding the construction of this van? It was dragged out of a junkyard with a rusted out pan to build this. The body is essentially unmodified and could be slapped right on to a stock, dead slow pan and restored...if someone with more money than sense wanted a really expensive embarassingly slow van.
it did have limit straps. The rear has been changed. In this video the reduction gears were still in place. That's what is causing the raising of the rear end. Now that has been changed out with all new axels, breaks and porsche cv joints.
the entire rear suspension is all custom built. I just installed disc brakes in the rear, it likes to cruise through stop sign! Also are putting in a new rear end and heavy duty custom rear axles.
that is the most badass vw on the road. get it lookin nice and take it to a hot rod show or a drag race. by the way if you have seen any crash test vids of this vehicle youre gonna want bigger brakes. lol
Just happens that the bus is getting new disc brakes on the back this week to go along with the discs on the front. Should help. It is a handfull, but man it's fun to drive and gets a lot of attention.
why should it go into a scrapper ? in germany some guys searching that kinda van for a long long time ! you payin more than 5 grants for a rusty chassie without engine and seats.
but i don´t want to critize you, a samba with a v8 is another nice idea, never seen one of these in europe, so THUMPS UP !!!
I am the owner and I agree somewhat with you. The important part of this bus, is the body. Not the frame or the rusty pan. The body has only had one modification, the rear wheel cut outs. That is an easy fix and I intend to make this bus look as stock as possible when I am done. Someday, It may end up as a stock bus again.
BTW, lots of classic cars that are in demand get scrapped every year. Its a big problem, made worse by legislation that allows people to make a profit scrapping old cars for polution credits. Every year in California we have to fight the increase of such legislation. Cap & Trade will be the end of classic car restoration.
I wonder what would happen if you incorporated german engineering with American muscle with a Chevy 350 454, 502 and so on..would be an awesome combo.
I probably would've done something like a 302, and stuffed it further back... but that's the beauty, everybody does something different. It'd suck if we all did the same thing.
But nothing quite like a great peice of German car with some American V8 in it.
having the engine further back will give greater traction, notice the camber when they're dyno testing. I think slotted disk brakes are definately in order for this beast.
I love it! Im a big fan of the buses and ofcourse the V8 engine. What an awesome combo. The sound, speed, style, everything about the bus was awesome GREAT job! When i finish uni i hope to do something similar! Inspiring! =D
i would shit my pants if i saw that on the street !
ismokewead420 3 months ago in playlist My Vlog
thats a good camera coz i bet its LOUD in that bus
ravingking 4 months ago
some guys just got too much time
on their hands
nice ride..
chena3 4 months ago
Squirrelly little bastard! Ain't it? Needs a little stiffer rear springs too!
Oh yea! PUT SOME DAMNED BRAKES ON THAT THING!!!!
saludahead 4 months ago
Squirrelly little bastard! Ain't it? Needs a little stiffer rear springs too!
saludahead 4 months ago
It's worse than cutting up a 21 window. This is a 23 window. Look at the rear corners for the other 2
TheCheeseBaron 5 months ago
WOW! What dumb ass cuts up '59 21 window!!!! Pretty sweet concept though.
TOMCAT450 5 months ago
That's one way to ruin a 21 window.....I see stuff like this I just scratch my head.
a914freak 5 months ago
That looks like San Leandro.
parkermartin161 6 months ago
those widened steelies are gangster. :D
skaterpunkdude3 7 months ago
When a sports car is fast, you can expect it to scare you...
But you'll never expect a van to be fast until you have a heart-attack!
NegativeNumbers427 9 months ago
If this guy can do it!
So can I!
NegativeNumbers427 9 months ago
so what did ti dyno?
1960markN 10 months ago
@1960markN 270 horsepower to the rear wheels. Engine is rated at 330.
lonatki 10 months ago
big goofy tires set it off
dopeybear420 10 months ago
There's a word for that thing, it's called suicide, especially the way they were drivin it. The massive lack of power in the original Dubs is probably the reason they didn't kill EVERYONE who drove them, I must admit it was a waste of a deluxe bus though, why couldn't they just use a plain transporter?
jaweber53 10 months ago
@jaweber53 Actually it rides pretty well. It has a complete custom suspension and four wheel disc brakes. It obviously is not a Porsche, but it handles considerably better than a stock bus. The bus came out of a junk yard. significant rust to the pan. The body and interior are almost stock except for the rear outside panels. The real value of a deluxe is the body. If someone wanted to this body could be put on an existing pan and you would have a stock 59 deluxe. Meanwhile it's a hell of ride.
lonatki 10 months ago
0-60 in less than ten seconds, 60-0 in less than ten minutes
fairyheli2 10 months ago 11
"JUNK" What a waste of a v-8
kenithj76 10 months ago
what a pig!!!
ZombiemanSteve 10 months ago
Great! You fucked it up
michaelmeel 10 months ago
What a waste a deluxe.
rooftopcouple 10 months ago
Fun stuff. lmaooooooooo. I'd do that if I had money to blow.
K4D38 11 months ago
hey, my favorite car ever is the 1975 vw bug. If i were to get one could i make it safer, more powerful, and put in power steering? because there is no car i like more than that bug but its unsafe and obsolete.
Nevanator7 11 months ago
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what a waste!
MrJakenelson50 1 year ago
what a waste!
MrJakenelson50 1 year ago
This puts a smile on my face (:
1983GMCvan 1 year ago 14
how did you guys cover the big V8 engine in the bus?
INOHA777 1 year ago
@INOHA777
the engine is covered in a sound proofed box. It is carpeted in the same carpeting the covers the rear of the bus. There is a fan pulling the heat and fumes out of the box.
lonatki 1 year ago
2:50 brakes are important things.
BikerTrashWolf 1 year ago
The Bus is amazing! but, you should take other wheels, there ugly
ChristophMueller300 1 year ago
@ChristophMueller300
I think the wheels look a ton better with the chrome hubcaps on . That's the way is sits today.
lonatki 1 year ago
i have to do this to my 78 thing is so god damn slow
able506 1 year ago
cooL
616internet616 1 year ago
GOOD WORK
616internet616 1 year ago
You should've left the original wheels on, same ride-height and everything, none cut out wheelarches... Ricers at the lights: "Oh look, let's laugh at that 50 year old bus, slow POS's!" *revs v8* "OH SNAP!"
ThaMythbuster 1 year ago
I'm not a purist. Still I think this thing looks ugly as fuck.
weedeatertijs 1 year ago
You went through all this, and you put in an automatic transmission? Don't you believe the sound of that hefty V8 running through gears would sound much sweeter!
cffnmkr13 1 year ago
To me this would make more sense then doing a subi swap or a porsche swap. it looks easier. You can buy used engine and trans setups for around 1000 or cheaper (depending what you want) and a rear end from a chevy 1500. its genius.
musclekid13 1 year ago
@musclekid13
the rear end is not a chevy. in 1964-65 Pontiac introduced the LeMans. It had the trans and rear end in the back of the car. It had a transaxle. The back part of the Pontiac tansaxle is what this has as a rear end. There wasn't room for anything else. There is no drive shaft either.
lonatki 1 year ago
@lonatki But you could do a whole rear end and get the drive shaft shortened.
musclekid13 1 year ago
@musclekid13
There isn't a drive shaft. The transmission is connected directly to the rear end.
lonatki 1 year ago
@lonatki I know that man. I'm saying you could do a rear end and a drive shaft. The transmission thats in is FWD I understand. I was saying that you could do a rear end (like from a truck or RWD car) and shorten the drive shaft.
musclekid13 1 year ago
@musclekid13
it is totally rear wheel drive. the transmission is a gm Trubo 350 which is bolted directly to the Pontiac rearend. No place for a drive shaft.
lonatki 1 year ago
@lonatki They said they took a volare front end and flipped it. Technically eats a FWD transmission in the rear.
musclekid13 1 year ago
@musclekid13
they didn't know what they were talking about.
lonatki 1 year ago
@lonatki Oh yes the people that built it had no idea what they were talking about. Of course.
musclekid13 1 year ago
@musclekid13
my bus. the guys doing the video installed a new engine and worked on the brakes and a few other odds and ends. The driveline was already in place.
lonatki 1 year ago
@lonatki Explains why you posted the video....
musclekid13 1 year ago
@lonatki ujoints?
earnhardtfanthree 1 year ago
@earnhardtfanthree
no ujoints. trans is bolted directly to the rear member. coming out of the rear member to the wheels is Porsche 935 cv joints
lonatki 1 year ago
What causes the vehicle to rise up slightly when under full power? I've seen this happen with almost every dyno test.
TheFerruccio 1 year ago
i woulda put it in the back not the middle
rs200000000000 1 year ago
@rs200000000000
The middle made sense. It allowed me to use a GM trans and rearend. Also, the weight in the middle makes it a fairly stable vehicle for a VW bus.
lonatki 1 year ago
@lonatki yea i know it easyer for stability and the gearbox ect (porche gearbox is usually used so you can keep the engine in the back) but your van is full of engine
rs200000000000 1 year ago
Definitely has a bit of rat rod. Sounds great.
jdoggybizzle 1 year ago
really looks like a killer's car.... nice job
real1abcda 1 year ago
Me and my dad built a 1971 bus with a 302 v8, 8.8" rear with 4:11 gears and AODE frod trans. I drive it around on the streets as a daily driver. all wheel disk brakes pretty much the most badass bus ever
V8volkswagenBus 1 year ago
I've always wanted to put a Toronado 455 Olds and Transaxle in one of these and put shims in it to keep the rear wheels straight.
cheese2507 1 year ago
tell me ..WHY !!?!?
marek1300 1 year ago
you ruined a wonderful van. Made it useless, too, with that huge engine in passenger bay.
pekoro70 1 year ago
@pekoro70 Not really. First off, it came out of a junk yard. The body has not been modified or the interior. The pan was rusted and would have had to be replaced anyway. If someone want to put it back together it would not be hard. Meanwhile it's a blast to drive.
lonatki 1 year ago
why is it made to look like an off roader with the wheel and tyre choice?
Davecrook1 1 year ago
@Davecrook1 The tires were free! The are on the bus to make it a roller. As soon as the engine work was done it went and got street tires.
lonatki 1 year ago
I love me some VW's and I don't mind the swap, I just don't get that wheel/tire combo at all...
jadakissboi 1 year ago
That Bus restored would be worth 40 to 50 thousand dollars not forgetting how rare it is.
bradgotch 1 year ago
@bradgotch
the value of the bus is in the body. The bus's body has not be altered except the rear wheel cutouts. So, it can be restored if someone wanted too. This is not about money however.
lonatki 1 year ago
@lonatki I understand your point. However I love any early VW and Dont like seeing them with V8s in them.
bradgotch 1 year ago
That's gonna be one bad ride,that's one thing I've never done is drop a V-8 into a VW,plenty or corsair 6bangers but not a V-8..Looking good hope there's a follow up when it's complete,love to see it in it's glory.
Rob Hayden--badbugmotorsports.bravehos t. com
BGMsims 1 year ago
I'm a bug fanatic...Awsome!...Don't it get pretty hot inside the cab though?
BGMsims 1 year ago
the engine is covered with a carpeted, soundproofed box. It also has an exhaust fan to pull the heat out. So, it's certainly not quiet, but not as loud as in this video where the engine is exposed.
lonatki 1 year ago
That's my boy Tim who fabricated all the work!! He is now currently Thai Tech auto works!
ThAiStIx1 1 year ago
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good job dooders.
austin58x 1 year ago
That really shifts!
DdlyHeadshot 1 year ago
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pedekiller 1 year ago
A VW Bus that could actually keep up with highway speeds... that would be pretty fun to take on a roadtrip.
irarawkstarr 1 year ago
Nice car, still needs a bit of polishing (and id get other tires..) but nice work with the engine must be lot of fun to drive around lol
NoiteraD 1 year ago
@NoiteraD
The tires were on there just to make it a roller. It has different tires, a totally new rear suspension, it sits real nice and doesn't raise up when you accelerate.
If you go to the shop that placed the video there are some more current photos of the bus. It polishes up not bad. The exterior is the last part of the puzzle. It is a blast to drive. It just rumbles.
lonatki 1 year ago
Love it! Excellent job.
southmtn2000 1 year ago
greattt!!
j0m3es123 1 year ago
great vid
Brmobrad 1 year ago
I think you guys did a hell of a jub
TheEqualizer40 1 year ago
i have a 59, but i dont have safari windows..sure u have the right year? lol
MetallicaLAWL 1 year ago
@MetallicaLAWL This bus does not have safari window either. Safari windows are fronr windshields that open out. It is a 59. Manufactured in March of '59
lonatki 1 year ago
@lonatki oh, lol my bad, i ment the 4 tiny windows on the top, i thought they were called safari windows, lol
MetallicaLAWL 1 year ago
that suspension is so funny looking on the dyno great job tho
biggdaddy2001 1 year ago
Sweet wish i had the know how and bread to do this to mine. maybe some day haha! nice job
fredomfghterbm 1 year ago
awesome job
hpjunky562 1 year ago
thatsa bad mutha fucka
MetalCranium3 1 year ago
awsome great job
Brmobrad 1 year ago
Sounds great! But what ya think of this.
Subaru WRX engine = 320bhp & 420Nm+ of torque!
Not much modification to do and you can still have the standard interior. Hoping to buy just like this some time this year. Preferably a 1966 Dormobil. Goes like a stabbed rat.
jmbeventphotography 1 year ago
Let's see, the thump of a HO chevy crate engine or the whine of a Subaru? Sorry, part of the fun of this bus is not how fast it goes, but how mean it sounds when you pull up to someone at a stop light and take off.
lonatki 1 year ago
@lonatki Right then its a case of all show and no go? lol only joking! As I said it sounds great. But where I come from fuel is seriously expensive. Try £1.15p per liter! ouch!! That would make it about £4.36p or $6.58 per US gallon. So from where I come from a Subaru sounds ok and it can do 25mpg.
jmbeventphotography 1 year ago
ok, I agree with you now. This thing only gets 9 miles to the gallon on the expensive gas. BTW, I'm a photographer also.
lonatki 1 year ago
@lonatki Cool to hear you are a photographer! What do you specialise in?
jmbeventphotography 1 year ago
What are you guys running for a transaxle in that?
I hope to hell its stronger than the stock one...lol
The horsepower numbers didn't sound that impressive, but it seems to move it along pretty well and sounds great! I used to have a '61 with a porsche motor in it and it got real squirrely around 80 or so...be prepared.
Bet that one's fun though...good job.
GR8XKP 1 year ago
the transaxle is the back half of a 65 Ponitac Tempest called a tempest torque. The 65 Tempest had the trans and rearend in one unit at the back of the car. It's pretty beefy. they used to race them. The reason this was used in the bus as opposed to a standard rear end is that there is no room. The engine is connected to a turbo 350 transmission, no drive shaft and then the tempest torque.
lonatki 1 year ago
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Lightfromsirius 1 year ago
point?? WHO NEEDS ONE?!
AlchemistHawk 2 years ago
I, if you promise to pay the gas
basvossen 1 year ago
nah, i drive a Silverado 1500 with a custom chevy 383 anyway. gas money is not a problem :)
AlchemistHawk 1 year ago
hope dont have the 4 drum brake loll great sound man!!
Cumminsturbofreak 2 years ago
disk brakes on all four corners
lonatki 2 years ago
that's what i thought got a vw vanagon westfalia '89 and never had any problem
Cumminsturbofreak 2 years ago
These look sick with a good wheel/tire combo. Your running an Edelbrock right?. Dump that P.O.S. and buy a holley. If this is the crate motor I think it is (or close to it), I installed 1 in my 78 El Camino with a 600cfm Holley. They are adjustable in every way and it will get rid of what sounds like a full throttle stumble (@2:27)you got there. Im pretty sure you guys know, Im just suggesting. Anyways, nice job fella's, cant wait to see it later on if you have more plans for it . I hope so!
jdubcbr600 2 years ago
It's got a Holley.
lonatki 2 years ago
Thats the Samba version
stevieVantanna 2 years ago
poor bus :-(
funkolog 2 years ago
Monster mid ship 2 seater Bus!
Driving in the engine room LOL.
MyMonkys 2 years ago
the engine has a sound proofed compartment. It's not really that bad. Has loud exhaust, because it fun.
lonatki 2 years ago
dude... never make a turn on that kombi!
drumalong 2 years ago
The power to weight ratio has got to be ridiculous and overkill, but this is a nice mod and it must be fun to drive. An old college friend of mine had a VW bus with a Porsche motor in it and he had furniture in it and took it camping and traveling around the country with it.
sookster54 2 years ago
red red wine xD
1ntelligence 2 years ago
23 window bus destroyed.
Good job.
bus55 2 years ago
Why Thank You.
lonatki 2 years ago
Hey, this mod will let the bus live on into the future, far longer than if it was left untouched. Be grateful!
SamTheSuave 2 years ago
agreed this ride sucks
gonoszcsaba 2 years ago 2
you should drive it. It is something really fun. Everywhere I take it, people think it's cool. More importantly, I think it's cool and I have for all the 20 years that I have owned it.
lonatki 2 years ago
"An upside down Volare front end as the rear end"?...
Did I hear that right or am I tripping on gas fumes?
collisioncat99 2 years ago
You heard it, but it is not correct. It has a custom made rear suspension made by a off road race guy. It's pretty cool.
lonatki 2 years ago
You heard right, but the info was wrong (my fault). Go to the website for photos and correct info.
800hotrod5 2 years ago
i bet it could pop a wheelie anytime
420gdub 2 years ago
not really. With the engine right behind the seats it is well centered.
lonatki 2 years ago
it needs full ww tires and fender skirts
silverbird58 2 years ago
that engine is the best, suspension is jelly; looks fun and deadly :)....stay away from trouble guys and keep it up.
marse78ro 2 years ago
What are those rectangular windows called? They are really hard to find.
ObiTrev 2 years ago
sad, ruined a nice german vehicle.
dazz396 2 years ago
This thing was built veery long ago, 60's, 70's? Before they realized how rare 23 windows are!
LeviMan2001 2 years ago
Did I hear 242 HP? Or was it 270hp?
OnTheLimits 2 years ago
The engine produces 330 HP. At the time of this dyno the bus still had the reduction gear boxes. So that lowered the HP to the rear wheels substantially. T gear boxes have been removed and I am guessing that the HP to the rear wheels are at or around 270.
lonatki 2 years ago
Reduction gears don't reduce horsepower. Horsepower is torque per unit time. Reduction gears reduce rotation speed and increase torque by the same ratio, thus leaving horsepower the same.
RulerOfEverything 2 years ago
i like it--- i don't know why people are sooo negative-- good job!!
irishsights 2 years ago
Their "purists" who believe classic auto should only be restored to their original gutless glory, and who are too lazy to go our website and get the full story on the bus. Nothing has been done to the bus that cannot be undone if one of these "holier-than-thou" idiot had enough cash in their pockets to put their money where their mouths are.
800hotrod5 2 years ago
@800hotrod5 i like an original bus myself....but dayummm this thing gets the biggest tick of approval!!! a 24 window red sunbus, still rear/mid engined but with serious balls!! get that bitch to the dunes!!
pedekiller 1 year ago
Way to ruin a 23 window.
bradgotch 2 years ago
Looks like nothing but fun to me....
NHSwrestler 2 years ago
I want 2. LOL
ripsnorting13 2 years ago
that's gotta be fuckin loud inside when driving
Ayrshirenutter 2 years ago
There is an insulated cover that goes over the engine when the interior is installed. Go the the website and check out the build photos.
800hotrod5 2 years ago
@Ayrshirenutter At least you don,t have to listen to your girlfriend yapping all the time,loll,I guess it must be very noisey even if you put a cover over it.Should of went for the subaru engine les work more fun.
kenster38 1 year ago
Those wheels makes the bus look really cheap, in the other hand, good job
Dutchlimits 2 years ago
Go to the website so you can see what the bus looks like finished. It had new wheels and tires put on.
ingham62 2 years ago
its cool, but its already been done.
timotie1515 2 years ago
this bus was first created with a V8 20+ years ago. This is all about the rebuilding and rejuvenating of it. It's an on going process.
lonatki 2 years ago
Honestly, who cares if it's already been done? I'm pretty sure it wasn't done the same way this one was.
800hotrod5 2 years ago
looks like a death trap
jonholmes52 2 years ago 2
what old VW isn't a death trap? At least this one has the horsepower to move out of the way when needed.
lonatki 2 years ago 9
lol you raped the car
guidii1988 2 years ago 6
why kill a beautiful bus? do that too some american car but not a classic German car. I could see a porsche engine in that but not a chevy. You killed it, now there is one less bus in this world
visualco2 2 years ago
geeez, here we go again. The bus came out of a junk yard. It was saved. Anytime anyone wants to spend some money this bus can go back to being a bus. The most important part is the body and except for the wheel cutouts in back it has not been changed. Neither has the in side except cutting some of the rusty floor out for the engine.
lonatki 2 years ago 3
Go to our website and get the whole story on the bus. And if V8's are so bad, why to most high-powered Mercedes have them? Besides, nothing was done to the bus that prevents it from being restored to its original condition.
800hotrod5 2 years ago
@visualco2 Idiot. Did you bother to read any of the comments regarding the construction of this van? It was dragged out of a junkyard with a rusted out pan to build this. The body is essentially unmodified and could be slapped right on to a stock, dead slow pan and restored...if someone with more money than sense wanted a really expensive embarassingly slow van.
entropy156 2 months ago
i like how the mufflers still sorta sound like a vw at idle.. lol
Nza420 2 years ago 2
what about putting limit straps on the rear?
moprnop 2 years ago
it did have limit straps. The rear has been changed. In this video the reduction gears were still in place. That's what is causing the raising of the rear end. Now that has been changed out with all new axels, breaks and porsche cv joints.
lonatki 2 years ago
Man, I like it.
sibco96 2 years ago
the entire rear suspension is all custom built. I just installed disc brakes in the rear, it likes to cruise through stop sign! Also are putting in a new rear end and heavy duty custom rear axles.
It's an on going project.
lonatki 2 years ago
You should take thing to Davidsfarm! Friggin' Sweet ride.
mikeycomputer 2 years ago
Gib mal in das Youtube Suchfeld
Tatra 603 Motorsound
ist auch geil, wäre als Lowrider natürlich noch geiler der muß quasi davonhüpfen
Klottelitsch 2 years ago
Its even mid-engine! lol
bmxboync11 2 years ago 2
ugly tires
songs1994 2 years ago
that is the most badass vw on the road. get it lookin nice and take it to a hot rod show or a drag race. by the way if you have seen any crash test vids of this vehicle youre gonna want bigger brakes. lol
Turbojeep23 2 years ago
Go to the website. You can see the bus finished and cleaned up.
800hotrod5 2 years ago
Just happens that the bus is getting new disc brakes on the back this week to go along with the discs on the front. Should help. It is a handfull, but man it's fun to drive and gets a lot of attention.
lonatki 2 years ago
i bet it is a blast to drive. the danger is all the fun.
Turbojeep23 2 years ago
Thats fucking tight, but the whole reason for getting a vw bus is to have the huge back seat : )
keiichi1 2 years ago
guyes, nice work at all !!
but, your killed a wonderful old vw van. damn son, thats a samba bus, rare as hell !!
Germican68 2 years ago 2
You're wrong. It was saved by a hot rodder from going into the scrapper. Go to the website for the full story.
800hotrod5 2 years ago
why should it go into a scrapper ? in germany some guys searching that kinda van for a long long time ! you payin more than 5 grants for a rusty chassie without engine and seats.
but i don´t want to critize you, a samba with a v8 is another nice idea, never seen one of these in europe, so THUMPS UP !!!
Germican68 2 years ago
I am the owner and I agree somewhat with you. The important part of this bus, is the body. Not the frame or the rusty pan. The body has only had one modification, the rear wheel cut outs. That is an easy fix and I intend to make this bus look as stock as possible when I am done. Someday, It may end up as a stock bus again.
lonatki 2 years ago
we only put porsche engines into t3´s or t1 vans ;) in germany the gas is way to expensive to feed a v8 ;)
Germican68 2 years ago
Lived 2 years in Germany. i know what you mean about the gas. If Obama has his way we'll be paying the same soon.
800hotrod5 2 years ago
BTW, lots of classic cars that are in demand get scrapped every year. Its a big problem, made worse by legislation that allows people to make a profit scrapping old cars for polution credits. Every year in California we have to fight the increase of such legislation. Cap & Trade will be the end of classic car restoration.
800hotrod5 2 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
thiagotecnico 2 years ago
I wonder what would happen if you incorporated german engineering with American muscle with a Chevy 350 454, 502 and so on..would be an awesome combo.
Oddjob2331 2 years ago
WOOOORD !!!
Germican68 2 years ago
I probably would've done something like a 302, and stuffed it further back... but that's the beauty, everybody does something different. It'd suck if we all did the same thing.
But nothing quite like a great peice of German car with some American V8 in it.
Great job!
LordJesseD 2 years ago
kinda hard to put it farther back. There isn't even a drive shaft. The transmission is bolted directly into the rear end.
lonatki 2 years ago
I know what you're saying, but shaving a few cms could be possible.
LordJesseD 2 years ago
having the engine further back will give greater traction, notice the camber when they're dyno testing. I think slotted disk brakes are definately in order for this beast.
drouin916 2 years ago
I love it! Im a big fan of the buses and ofcourse the V8 engine. What an awesome combo. The sound, speed, style, everything about the bus was awesome GREAT job! When i finish uni i hope to do something similar! Inspiring! =D
Tom
drummerwithstixs 2 years ago
Thanks Tom
800hotrod5 2 years ago