{"id":24132,"date":"2018-05-30T16:17:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T21:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24132"},"modified":"2022-08-09T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T19:23:08","slug":"custom-beetle-with-a-twin-turbo-audi-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24132","title":{"rendered":"Custom Beetle with a Twin-Turbo Audi V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stealth<\/a><\/p>\n

Jean Fourie has spent the three years designing and building the V8 Stealth Beetle<\/a> at his company 3L Engineering in Cape Town, South Africa. Jean started with a 1965 Beetle body that sits over a custom aluminum chassis cut and bent out of five and six mm sheets by Vulcan Steel resulting in a 950 kg (2094 lb) vehicle. The Beetle rides on a BMW E39 M5 suspension with BMW E36 wishbones. The engine is a 4.2 L V8 from Audi S8 that makes 450+ horsepower thanks to twin turbochargers and a Haltech Elite ECU. Behind the engine sits a TTV Racing clutch and flywheel connected to a six-speed manual transaxle. You can order your own Stealth Beetle with turn-key vehicles starting at $85,000 or as a rolling chassis or kit. Contact doug@v8stealthbeetle.com for more details. <\/p>\n