Wightsparks
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I have a Beetle based Fugitive Sandrail with a 1600 air cooled engine in it.
Just finished replacing the rear beetle swing arm suspension for an independent (IRS) set up from a Porsche 944, adding some large disc brakes and changing the gearbox for one from a VW Camper. Drove it a couple of miles - suspension much better, engine still old and about 45hp.
Next project is to replace the engine with a 140hp 1.8L MX5 engine I have from a MK2.5 I stripped down last year.
Today is Day 1
Just finished replacing the rear beetle swing arm suspension for an independent (IRS) set up from a Porsche 944, adding some large disc brakes and changing the gearbox for one from a VW Camper. Drove it a couple of miles - suspension much better, engine still old and about 45hp.
Next project is to replace the engine with a 140hp 1.8L MX5 engine I have from a MK2.5 I stripped down last year.
Today is Day 1