V8 Super Beetle First Drive

Finally got the carb tuned right and I finally took it for it's first test drive! It's a bug body mounted on a shortened S10 frame, th350 tranny, 2,400 stall, and a 400+ hp 383 GenI SBC with vortec heads, 10.39:1 CR, Summit Stage I RPM style intake, 750 Summit carb, isky cam 201278, shorty headers, and 2.5 exhaust to FlowMaster 40 Series mufflers.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• V8
• VW
• Super
• Beetle
• Bug
• 383
• SBC

[raptor5900]

so its a mexacan bug right

[cmattdabrat]

@raptor5900 No. It's a 73 super made in germany.

[cmattdabrat]

Type in "V8 Super Beetle" into google. Pretty much every link you see is a thread about my beetle / places I posted my build.

I basically shorted it in the middle, chopped most of the front of the frame off and well as quite a bit in the back. The width is the stock width, but I had to use 4.5" widened rear fenders to cover the back tires only.

[78camarob]

is it a different frame? whats all needed to put a v8 in one

[cmattdabrat]

@78camarob It's basically a bug body mounted to a shortened S10 frame with a fabricated floor.

[flip46]

hey where did u buy that roll cage from how much and will it fit on my 69 bug

[cmattdabrat]

@flip46 I bought it from "S&W Racers cars" dot com. It was about $375 shipped to my work place. Yes, it was made for a classic stock beetle. I had to modify it to work with my application.

[78camarob]

what all did youhave to do to the frame for it to work, was concidering like a 32 ford or chevy coupe frame, but s10 is cheeper, how much did yall shorten it and were at?