{"id":85992,"date":"2022-05-13T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=85992"},"modified":"2022-05-12T23:31:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T04:31:01","slug":"custom-beetle-with-a-twin-turbo-audi-v8-on-the-dyno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=85992","title":{"rendered":"Custom Beetle with a Twin-Turbo Audi V8 on the Dyno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=85998\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-85998\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"85998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=85998\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-08.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VW Beetle with a Twin-Turbo Audi V8 08\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Beetle with a Twin-Turbo Audi V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-08.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-08.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VW Beetle with a Twin-Turbo Audi V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-85998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-08.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-08.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-08.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-08.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last month <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=85413&#038;\">we shared<\/a> a custom Beetle built by <a href=\"https:\/\/v8stealthbeetle.com\">V8 Stealth Beetle<\/a> in Cape Town, South Africa for an owner in Texas, USA. The car rides on their custom aluminum chassis and is powered by a twin-turbo 4.2 L Audi V8. On they dyno the engine made 350 hp (260 kW) and 354 lb-ft (480 Nm) of torque on 0.3 bar (4.3 psi) of boost. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fv8stealthbeetle%2Fvideos%2F1724555831243531%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=338&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/v8stealthbeetle\/\">V8StealthBeetle FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month we shared a custom Beetle built by V8 Stealth Beetle in Cape Town, South Africa for an owner in Texas, USA. The car rides on their custom aluminum chassis and is powered by a twin-turbo 4.2 L Audi V8. On they dyno the engine made 350 hp (260 kW) and 354 lb-ft (480&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=85992\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Custom Beetle with a Twin-Turbo Audi V8 on the Dyno<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":85998,"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-85992","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\/2022\/05\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-08.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":85413,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=85413","url_meta":{"origin":85992,"position":0},"title":"VW Beetle with a Twin-Turbo Audi V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"V8 Stealth Beetle is a company in Cape Town, South Africa known for building unique Beetles. 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