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Akeemking
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   19th Sep 06 at 16:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

What happens when you shove a modern engine into a classic car?



Read on to find out!

http://www.veewrx.com/


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JadeM
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19th Sep 06 at 16:34   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

haha ace at least it would still sound kinda beetle-ish
Robin
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sounds EXACTLY like a beetle in those vids
Marc
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Take a look on Scoobynet, theres a guy putting one in a VW Camper.
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Originally posted by Marc
Take a look on Scoobynet, theres a guy putting one in a VW Camper.


there was one that used to come into my work place (tesco lol) had to ask the owner what he was running as it sounded great, told me it was a scoobie engine
Corsa E-Tec
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proper cool, doesn't look that quick or handle that well.
Ned
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its been done loads of times, i remember seeing a couple of beetles at santa pod with scooby lumps in the back
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jammo20
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off topic a bit but i saw a scooby lump in a mk1 golf with 4wd still it is mental
Marc
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Wasn't that on eBay a while a go Jammo?
Tom N
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quote:
Originally posted by jammo20
off topic a bit but i saw a scooby lump in a mk1 golf with 4wd still it is mental


That was in Performance VW the other month
jr
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well know conversion, you can buy the mounts of the shelf and everything
mwg
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dont they put Porsche engines in them aswell?
Tom
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Yep porkie engines too any boxer engine

Won't sound exactly like a beetle, not air cooled

 
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