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bitchin camaro
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« on: October 23, 2008, 05:36:33 am »

anybody ever put a small block chevy in a vw. a neibor gave me an oval window(is that what you call them) and i want to make it fast. any tips
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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2008, 07:37:37 am »

Aren't there Chevy or Ford forums for that query?

 Huh
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2008, 07:56:51 am »

Put a VW engine in it .
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2008, 08:16:08 am »

Is this Ratto? Roll Eyes
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2008, 09:26:34 am »

Is this Ratto? Roll Eyes
Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2008, 10:30:32 am »

V8's are't they those things that make nice coffee tables Grin


Seriously though there are some nice conversions here:
http://www.v8bugs.com/
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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2008, 11:30:27 am »

Sorry, No but Ive removed them, in order to make lighter and go faster.  Grin
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2008, 13:57:49 pm »

HAHA!! Good one, Prowagen. I hear that they're also quite functional as boat anchors.
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2008, 14:44:29 pm »

are you callin me a quer dkkfred
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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2008, 15:52:18 pm »

Try this
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« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2008, 15:54:09 pm »

Didn't Ratto already get kicked off this forum for doing this before Grin
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« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2008, 16:04:43 pm »

are you callin me a quer dkkfred

I don't think he said you were from Spain?

Quer is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 449 inhabitants.

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« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2008, 16:56:03 pm »

are you callin me a quer dkkfred

I don't think he said you were from Spain?

Quer is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 449 inhabitants.



I think he means chicken Grin

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« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2008, 17:54:22 pm »

are you callin me a quer dkkfred

No, but I am. Tongue
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« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2008, 17:58:08 pm »

are you callin me a quer dkkfred

No, but I am. Tongue

Wow you're a braveman  Grin Grin

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« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2008, 18:03:22 pm »

Not me...  I hate camaros.
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« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2008, 18:18:59 pm »

Damn, I was just telling someone the other day of how much I hate it when somebody gets the idea of butchering a VW by stuffing a V8 in the front.  I liken it to that Mustang in Tokyo Drift that had a Nissan engine or something crammed in there.
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« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2008, 18:32:08 pm »

some one said camaro   Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2008, 18:35:18 pm »

V8 ??   Roll Eyes
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« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2008, 18:36:03 pm »

 ; Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2008, 21:37:08 pm »

yeah, something like what team97 posted but for the street
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« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2008, 21:40:06 pm »

yeah, something like what team97 posted but for the street

You might check out the www.shoptalkforums.com site, they have a "conversion perversions" forum (no joke, that's the actual name) as they are likely to be a bit more friendly toward engine swaps than us hardcore VW folk.  Most of here share the view that V8 engines belong in V8 cars.
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« Reply #22 on: October 23, 2008, 22:28:52 pm »

I too say leave the engine aircooled VW !
But this one was kinda cool:
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http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,6948.0.html
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« Reply #23 on: October 24, 2008, 01:31:31 am »

are you callin me a quer dkkfred

 Huh

HUH? Um, no. I used the word "query."

que • ry

~noun

1. a question; an inquiry.
2. mental reservation; doubt.
3. Printing. a question mark (?), esp. as added on a manuscript, proof sheet, or the like, indicating doubt as to some point in the text.
4. an inquiry from a writer to an editor of a magazine, newspaper, etc., regarding the acceptability of or interest in an idea for an article, news story, or the like: usually presented in the form of a letter that outlines or describes the projected piece.
–verb (used with object)
5. to ask or inquire about: No one queried his presence.
6. to question as doubtful or obscure: to query a statement.
7. Printing. to mark (a manuscript, proof sheet, etc.) with a query.
8. to ask questions of.

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« Reply #24 on: October 24, 2008, 01:49:44 am »

some one said camaro   Grin Grin Grin

Here's a lousy picture of my '68 SS350 Camaro.



Back to the topic at hand, however, I've always thought V8 powered bugs were ridiculous. The only "cool" way I've seen it done is funny car style with a tube chassis and a fiberglass body.   
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« Reply #25 on: October 24, 2008, 03:09:53 am »

are you callin me a quer dkkfred

 Huh

HUH? Um, no. I used the word "query."

que • ry

~noun

1. a question; an inquiry.
2. mental reservation; doubt.
3. Printing. a question mark (?), esp. as added on a manuscript, proof sheet, or the like, indicating doubt as to some point in the text.
4. an inquiry from a writer to an editor of a magazine, newspaper, etc., regarding the acceptability of or interest in an idea for an article, news story, or the like: usually presented in the form of a letter that outlines or describes the projected piece.
–verb (used with object)
5. to ask or inquire about: No one queried his presence.
6. to question as doubtful or obscure: to query a statement.
7. Printing. to mark (a manuscript, proof sheet, etc.) with a query.
8. to ask questions of.



 Grin Grin Grin

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« Reply #26 on: October 24, 2008, 05:05:09 am »

Thank God for you, Mark.
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« Reply #27 on: October 24, 2008, 08:27:42 am »

Thank God for you, Mark.
Will you two just get a room...  Kiss
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« Reply #28 on: October 24, 2008, 09:04:41 am »

the only V8 beetle I would bother with would be this one

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« Reply #29 on: October 24, 2008, 14:18:15 pm »

Will you two just get a room...  Kiss

I'm sensing reverse psychology, here. So... you ARE interested in a 3-way.

 Grin

Oh, I'm sorry... were we supposed to be talking about butchering air-cooled engines?

There... now this thread is fixed. Play nicely... I'm off to work.
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