914 powered 5 speed beetle

[randyj]

Shadowbug,

Nice car!

What size wheels are you running and what disk calipers are you using?

How much did it cost to have your Porsche seats recovered and what did you have to do to fit them in?

Thanks,
Randy

[Shadowbug]

easy questions to answer

wheels are 15" phonedials, running 195 50's on the front and 195-60's on the back

brakes, 944 brakes front and rear (calipers disc's and rotors)

911 seats, cost $900 canadian to have them recovered with the backseat covered to match, and they adapted quite easily

the tracks of the 911 seats are identical widthe to the stock beetle tracks, but the seats are a bit lower

so i built a H out of 1x2 tubing tacked the 911 tracks to it, removed 4 machine screws to remove the seats, finished the weld, then welded the H to the stock beetle seat rails. Viola porsche seats with theporsche seat adjustment.
(I'm using a '71 pan)
If A guy wanted the seats lower, you could weld the porsch tracks directly to the VW tracks.

[mabus013]

What kind of five speed did you use, and what did you have to mod to make it work? I've been wondering about that... I'm thinking it's either a vanagon 5spd, a reversed 914, or a 911. Am I even close?

-<M13>-

[Shadowbug]

I used a 901 from a 911

fit was fairly easy, but I had the body off the pan at the time.

[darren]

Hi

what carb linkage are you using?

Is it a straight bar type?

Ta!

darren

[Shadowbug]

its a crappy one that came with the carbs, I had to modify it a bit for it to work with the 911 shroud. Yes it is a strait bar type.

[Rob]

Very nice ride !!
Since we're asking questions :

How about the firewall ? Is the original still in place or did you cut it out ?
How did you form the aluminum for the firewall ?

Thanks,

Rob.

[Shadowbug]

the original firewall is still in place, I just screwed brushed stainless panels to it.

stainless panels are simple to do, I just used a piece of cardboard and cut it toshape to create a template, then had stainless cut at a local sheet stock reseller.

any trimming I did with a plasmacutter and grinder. touched it up with a flapwheel..