{"id":35034,"date":"2019-01-09T13:36:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T19:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=35034"},"modified":"2019-01-09T13:36:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T19:36:21","slug":"custom-bug-with-a-supercharged-ls3-v8-on-the-dyno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=35034","title":{"rendered":"Custom Bug with a Supercharged LS3 V8 on the Dyno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Custom-VW-Bug-with-a-Supercharged-LS3-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35035\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=35035\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Custom-VW-Bug-with-a-Supercharged-LS3-V8-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Custom VW Bug with a Supercharged LS3 V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Custom VW Bug with a Supercharged LS3 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Custom-VW-Bug-with-a-Supercharged-LS3-V8-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Custom-VW-Bug-with-a-Supercharged-LS3-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Custom VW Bug with a Supercharged LS3 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Custom-VW-Bug-with-a-Supercharged-LS3-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Custom-VW-Bug-with-a-Supercharged-LS3-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Custom-VW-Bug-with-a-Supercharged-LS3-V8-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Custom-VW-Bug-with-a-Supercharged-LS3-V8-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This custom 1954 Volkswagen Bug is built and owned by Dan Troyer. The modified Bug body rides on a custom tube chassis with a Heidts front suspension kit. In the front of the car sits a supercharged LS3 V8 that features a TSP Bald Eagle camshaft and a LSA supercharger with stock pulley. It made 619 horsepower and 536 lb-ft of torque on 5 psi of boost and E85 fuel. That level of power should easily move the 2,500 lb vehicle. The drivetrain consists of a T56 six-speed manual transmission, custom driveshaft, and narrowed Ford 9-inch rear end. Read more about how the project started in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.streetmusclemag.com\/features\/car-features\/just-bragging-rights-going-low-and-packing-a-mighty-punch\/\">Street Muscle&#8217;s article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/opVSJ6kY7DQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCVXu4kQ54yU8ENYWHH-oMA\">Jose Sabala<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This custom 1954 Volkswagen Bug is built and owned by Dan Troyer. The modified Bug body rides on a custom tube chassis with a Heidts front suspension kit. In the front of the car sits a supercharged LS3 V8 that features a TSP Bald Eagle camshaft and a LSA supercharger with stock pulley. It made&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=35034\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Custom Bug with a Supercharged LS3 V8 on the Dyno<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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-35034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beetle","category-bug"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104869,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=104869","url_meta":{"origin":35034,"position":0},"title":"1969 Chevy Blazer with a Supercharged LS3","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Rock Bottom Offroad built this 1969 Chevrolet Blazer K5 at their company in Lake Elsinore, California. 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