To be honest with you, I'd go with a 1776 single port with the smaller 30/31 carb. Simple, effective, and easy to maintain. Never used the hyd lifters, but I like the idea of them. To keep the wide 5, you'll need to find some '68 only?? (I think) drums, but if you're going to disc brakes, now your looking at some aftermarket stuff, like these http://cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=1438
I like you're thinking, but then again, I have to convince the wife to drive a 50 year old car with no AC and 2 kids. Good luck with your endeavor! Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:vintagvw- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of No Quarter > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 10:55 AM > To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List > Subject: [vintagvw] 1963 Beetle restoration > > My wife and I want to restore a 1963 beetle I've had for years and so > in > doing this retoration, we are going for function over form for a lot of > things. I've got a collection of old chrome bumpers to choose from and > we're not gonna get all fancy about year-correct items and so forth. > > I want to try building a beetle that is low maintenance. I'm leaning > toward > a stock 1600DP with fuel injection. I'm reading a lot about it and > slowly > learning about what I need to do. I'm investigating hydraulic lifters, > rhino liner on the pan, full flow oiling, and host of other options to > give > a 40+ year old car some modern anemnities. The whole idea is that we > plan > to slowly, over time, convert to nothing but air-cooled VWs for our > daily > transportation needs. > > I'm wanting to do an IRS rear end, disc brakes all the way around with > ebrake cable, and still use the wide 5 rims. I'm going to use a ball > joint > axle beam on the front. Is there any way to convert the beetle to IRS > suspension but still use the wide 5 bolt pattern with disc brakes? The > reason I want disc brakes is they are also - low maintenance. If I > plan on > having a fleet of VWs to drive, I don't want to be under them all the > time > doing all the maintenance. I want to lessen how much time I work on > them > but ponying up the extra bucks now for the upgrades. > > I guess the basic question is can you put wide 5 disc brakes on an IRS > pan? > > NQ > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
