{"id":617,"date":"2009-05-20T20:30:26","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T01:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=617"},"modified":"2016-01-15T16:14:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T20:14:32","slug":"vw-beetle-with-zoom-zoom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=617","title":{"rendered":"VW Beetle with Zoom-Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-13B-rotary-01.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8836\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8836\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=8836\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-13B-rotary-01.jpg?fit=672%2C448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"672,448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 40D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1241412375&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VW Beetle with a 13B rotary 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Beetle with a 13B rotary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-13B-rotary-01.jpg?fit=672%2C448&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-13B-rotary-01.jpg?resize=672%2C448&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VW Beetle with a 13B rotary\" width=\"672\" height=\"448\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-13B-rotary-01.jpg?w=672&amp;ssl=1 672w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-13B-rotary-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-13B-rotary-01.jpg?resize=620%2C413&amp;ssl=1 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This VW Beetle with a Mazda 13B NA rotary swap was seen at the Bug-In event at the Autoclub Speedway and did a mid 12&#8217;s run at the drag strip. Speedhunters pointed out how sleeper this thing is and I would have to agree.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedhunters.com\/2009\/05\/car_spotlight_gt_gt_13b_swapped_sleeper_bug\/\">SpeedHunters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This VW Beetle with a Mazda 13B NA rotary swap was seen at the Bug-In event at the Autoclub Speedway and did a mid 12&#8217;s run at the drag strip. Speedhunters pointed out how sleeper this thing is and I would have to agree. Source: SpeedHunters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bug"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147287,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=147287","url_meta":{"origin":617,"position":0},"title":"1975 Beetle with a 600+ hp Electric Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Knepper Bugs & More specializes in Volkswagen Beetles at their company in Rahden, Germany. 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