COULD IT BE DONE TO A 914, PORSCHE VW Options

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[Jake Raby]

You have obviously never went through the gears in a Beetle and smoked the pants off of a Vette or other "Muscle car"

Doing so in the "Underdog" is an experience that is very highly addictive.

I was (am) a VW enthusiast long before I got into Porsche's..

BTW- The very last VW ever made in Germany and shipped to the states has one of my engines installed. It belongs to the owner of this restaurant www.joelrestaurant.com and he has well over 50K invested in the car- When it came to my shop it had 27 original miles on it and the dealer plates from 1980. Now its a daily driver- His other car was a 59 Carrera GT 4 cammer..... He sold the 4 cammer but kept the beetle with it's Glove leather interior and MassIVe Type 4 engine!

These guys are enthusiast and they LOVE their cars and money is not an object to many, they don't care what it cost and many times never ask till I invoice them. Whats really wild is that in the old days I worked on cars for people that were all about a budget. When the new beetles came out it really spiked the old ones in popularity. Next year when the new Herbie movie comes out I expect it to go even more nuts than it already is now! Most of the guys I deal with these days are executives that drove a Beetle in College when they were broke. Now they want another one that hauls ass.

I could have installed my 3 Liter engine into the 914 just as easy as any of my other cars... Its going into my 66 beetle, guess why??? The WOW factor is much higher when you have an engine and traction to rip the seat tracks out of the floor pan in a beetle.

Its hard to explain to guys that haven't experienced it... In a beetle I don't care about the handling- I like the incredible zero-60 times and the look on the passengers face when the front wheels come 3 feet off the ground and they are glued into the seat while I go through the short gears shifting at 8K......

My most powerful engines are all in Beetles, some over 300HP Turbo!

Who cares if it makes sense- The fun part is taking the car known for it's lack of performance and creating something that is totally a suicide machine that gets gobs of attention anywhere it goes. If I drive my bug to town I literally have a car show at the gas station as people are gawking at it constantly, same goes at Cruise in events. Drive the 914 to town or the 912 and people just look at you like if I'm in my Old Chevy work truck.

Its all about the WOW factor when you leave 100 foot long posi tire smoking burnouts......