{"id":93959,"date":"2022-12-21T17:52:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T23:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=93959"},"modified":"2022-12-21T17:52:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T23:52:57","slug":"custom-beetle-with-a-twin-turbo-audi-v8-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=93959","title":{"rendered":"Custom Beetle with a Twin-Turbo Audi V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=93964\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93964\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93964\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=93964\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-09.jpg?fit=1400%2C781&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,781\" 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 09\" 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\/12\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-09.jpg?fit=1200%2C669&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-09.jpg?resize=600%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VW Beetle with a Twin-Turbo Audi V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-93964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-09.jpg?resize=600%2C335&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-09.jpg?resize=1200%2C669&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-09.jpg?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-09.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jean Fourie and his company <a href=\"https:\/\/3lengineeringanddesign.com\/\">3L Engineering<\/a> spent several years designing the <a href=\"https:\/\/3lengineeringanddesign.com\/v8-stealth-beetle\/\">V8 Stealth Beetle<\/a>. At the heart of the project is a custom aluminum chassis that allows a VW Beetle to run a mid-engine twin-turbo Audi V8 and six-speed manual transaxle. The team at V8 Stealth Beetle put together a video explaining how the project was born. Listen to Jean explain what goes into making such a wild vehicle. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/yfPYU0a0NxA\" 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.youtube.com\/@V8StealthBeetle\">V8 Stealth Beetle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean Fourie and his company 3L Engineering spent several years designing the V8 Stealth Beetle. At the heart of the project is a custom aluminum chassis that allows a VW Beetle to run a mid-engine twin-turbo Audi V8 and six-speed manual transaxle. The team at V8 Stealth Beetle put together a video explaining how the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=93959\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Custom Beetle with a Twin-Turbo Audi V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":93964,"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-93959","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\/12\/VW-Beetle-with-a-Twin-Turbo-Audi-V8-09.jpg?fit=1400%2C781&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24132,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24132","url_meta":{"origin":93959,"position":0},"title":"Custom Beetle with a Twin-Turbo Audi V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Jean Fourie has spent the three years designing and building the V8 Stealth Beetle at his company 3L Engineering in Cape Town, South Africa. 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