The best engine swaps for classic Beetles #shortblogpost

Over the years, the VW Beetle has been quite the poster child for an affordable project car. And everybody knows that the ultimate part of a project car, is the engine swap! Here are, in my opinion, the best swaps for classic Beetles. These are small, compact, high HP engines perfect for the bug.

Subaru EJ257

Mazda 20B-REW

Mazda KF-ZE 2.0L V6

Honda K20Z1

Toyota 4-AGE Redtop

So there ya go! A few of my favorite engine swaps for the classic Bug. I hope you enjoyed it!

Signing off for now
-StuttgartMadness

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Comments

Itsuki

Can’t beat an air cooled Porsche engine in my opinion,keeps its heart close to its roots. However, not the most affordable swap

01/25/2017 - 21:58 |
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StuttgartMadness

In reply to by Itsuki

true, and true again!

01/25/2017 - 22:00 |
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Hoon Boy

In reply to by Itsuki

So true. That’d be quite a build

01/25/2017 - 22:53 |
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InjunS2K

In reply to by Itsuki

^This. Plus save those 4ages dor Toyotas. Really not worth swapping them in when they don’t have much power potential in the first place

01/25/2017 - 23:08 |
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Dat Incredible Chadkake

no porsche engines?

01/25/2017 - 22:13 |
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Yeah… ik… they are kinda expensive tho…

01/25/2017 - 22:30 |
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Anonymous

Seconded on the Subie engine. MightyCarMods made it work, and very well at that

01/26/2017 - 00:05 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

They did cut up half the car so you can indeed make it work, but I doubt its practical (the ej is a big heavy engine)

01/26/2017 - 12:17 |
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M POWER

So true

01/26/2017 - 00:30 |
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Brent Fabian [Tracker Guy] (#GMT190LivesMatter) (Natsuki)

I have seen 13B engines in one.

01/26/2017 - 03:41 |
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Anonymous

Why not a FA20. Same layout as the Beetle flat 4, yet cheaper than a EJ.

01/26/2017 - 08:49 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Only the sti ej’s are pricy. A wrx ej205 or 255 arent that expenisve (or just go for an n/a ej16 for next to nothing)

01/26/2017 - 12:20 |
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Anonymous

Basically communist

01/26/2017 - 15:30 |
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StuttgartMadness

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

LAWL, you mean “Fascist” the Nazis were Fascist… they hated Communism.

01/26/2017 - 16:02 |
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Anonymous

Ah, but you forget that in a beach buggy, a rover v8 makes a beetle wheelie!

01/29/2017 - 22:56 |
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Anonymous

an 4g63t would be awesome

02/01/2017 - 19:25 |
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