{"id":70269,"date":"2021-04-12T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=70269"},"modified":"2021-04-09T20:33:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T01:33:59","slug":"beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-vw-diesel-inline-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=70269","title":{"rendered":"Beetle Race Car with a Compound Turbo VW Diesel Inline-Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=70282\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70282\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"70282\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=70282\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C742&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,742\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Beetle race car with a compound turbo TDI Diesel inline-four 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Beetle race car with a compound turbo TDI Diesel inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C742&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C412&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Beetle race car with a compound turbo TDI Diesel inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"412\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C412&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=768%2C528&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-01.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gregoire Blachon and his company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxeer.com\/\">Boxeer<\/a> built and swap VW TDI engines. He also enjoys racing his custom Beetle race car at Pikes Peak. The foundation of the project is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fun_Cup\">Fun Cup<\/a> race car from Belgium consisting of a tubular chassis and composite body shell. The 1700 lb car is powered by a compound turbo 2.0 L TDI inline-four making 400+ horsepower on 50+ psi of boost. The motor features stock internals, upgraded injectors, Garrett G25-660 turbocharger, and modified Garrett GT2052 turbocharger. Behind the motor sits a Porsche Cayman seven-speed PDK transaxle with OS Giken LSD and Driveshaft Shop 800 hp axles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=70283\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70283\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"70283\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=70283\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-02.jpg?fit=1440%2C1410&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Beetle race car with a compound turbo TDI Diesel inline-four 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Beetle race car with a compound turbo TDI Diesel inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-07.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Beetle race car with a compound turbo TDI Diesel inline-four 07\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Beetle race car with a compound turbo TDI Diesel inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-07.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-07-600x600.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Beetle race car with a compound turbo TDI Diesel inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-07.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-07.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-07.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Beetle-race-car-with-a-compound-turbo-TDI-Diesel-inline-four-07.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/B53qGnActp4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/P3DvR-kfZFI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/subarudiesel\/\">Boxeer Diesel Motorpsorts FB page<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-q4sWY_Leea5kMOxdqWM8w\">Gregoire S. Blachon<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCivi_f1nniBzEOfKhRoN12Q\">Grind Hard Plumbing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gregoire Blachon and his company Boxeer built and swap VW TDI engines. He also enjoys racing his custom Beetle race car at Pikes Peak. The foundation of the project is a Fun Cup race car from Belgium consisting of a tubular chassis and composite body shell. The 1700 lb car is powered by a compound&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=70269\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beetle Race Car with a Compound Turbo VW Diesel Inline-Four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":70282,"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":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-70269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beetle","category-bug"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":117512,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=117512","url_meta":{"origin":70269,"position":0},"title":"Custom Beetle with a Turbo BMW M50","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"MST Racing created their VW Beetle to drag race. 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