{"id":102870,"date":"2023-07-19T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=102870"},"modified":"2023-07-21T15:00:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T20:00:33","slug":"vw-beetle-with-a-toyota-yaris-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=102870","title":{"rendered":"VW Beetle with a Toyota Yaris Motor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rusty Speedworks<\/a> built this 1966 Volkswagen Beelte at their company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Sitting in back of the car is a 1.5 L 1NZ-FE inline-four from a Toyota Yaris paired with a VW four-speed manual transaxle. The motor features a custom intake and exhaust manifold. The radiator and eight-gallon fuel cell is located in the front trunk. The Beetle rides on an adjustable front beam, rear torsion bars, and KYB shocks. A set of Wheel Vintiques 15-inch wheels cover disc brakes front and rear. The car sold on Bring a Trailer<\/a> for $5,900. <\/p>\n

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Source: RSW Customs Limited FB page<\/a> and Bring a Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rusty Speedworks built this 1966 Volkswagen Beelte at their company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Sitting in back of the car is a 1.5 L 1NZ-FE inline-four from a Toyota Yaris paired with a VW four-speed manual transaxle. The motor features a custom intake and exhaust manifold. The radiator and eight-gallon fuel cell is located in… Read More »VW Beetle with a Toyota Yaris Motor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":102876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[352,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beetle","category-bug"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147406,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=147406","url_meta":{"origin":102870,"position":0},"title":"VW 1302 with a Type 4 Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"This Volkswagen 1302 Beetle was built by Memminger in Reichertshofen, Germany. 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