{"id":142165,"date":"2025-12-15T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=142165"},"modified":"2025-12-15T00:19:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:19:05","slug":"vw-1303-with-a-turbo-subaru-ej20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=142165","title":{"rendered":"VW 1303 with a Turbo Subaru EJ20"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Knepper Bugs & More<\/a> is a company in Rahden, Germany specializing in Volkswagen Beetles. The company built this VW 1303<\/a> without an air-cooled flat-four. Instead they swapped a turbocharged 2.0 L Subaru EJ20<\/a> flat-four. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a Porsche 915 five-speed manual transaxle. Knepper Bugs & More also upgraded the handling with Porsche 944 Turbo disc brakes in the front and rear. Those are covered by a Porsche Cup 2 wheels under a body painted in Marathon Blue.<\/p>\n

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Source: Knepper Bugs & More<\/a> (project page)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Knepper Bugs & More is a company in Rahden, Germany specializing in Volkswagen Beetles. The company built this VW 1303 without an air-cooled flat-four. Instead they swapped a turbocharged 2.0 L Subaru EJ20 flat-four. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a Porsche 915 five-speed manual transaxle. Knepper Bugs & More also upgraded the… Read More »VW 1303 with a Turbo Subaru EJ20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":142169,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[352,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beetle","category-bug"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/VW-1303-with-a-turbocharged-Subaru-EJ20-flat-four-01.jpg?fit=1600%2C1067&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":144613,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=144613","url_meta":{"origin":142165,"position":0},"title":"VW 1303 with a Type 4 Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Knepper Bugs & More built this Volkswagen 1303 S at their company in Germany. 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