1961 VOLKSWAGEN BUG
Type 117
VW 1200
Stratosilber L227
U.S. bumpers and ragtop
Body
T-Bars
Chromed door and decklid hinges
Gold plated gascap
Chassis
Modified late style front beam with dropped spindels
Red Koni shockabsorbers in front
Bilstein shokabsorbers in back
Dual-circuit master brake cylinder
Front Kerscher ventilated disk brakes
Rear Kerscher disk brakes
Hurst line-lock
Wheels
Porsche Turtleback wheels 4.5×15
Front tires Sprint Classic 155R15
Rear tires Avon 205/70R15
Interior
928 Porsche seats beige leather with alcantara
Berg5 shifter with Doug Berg line-lock button
Gearbox
Gene Berg 5 speed, Rhino case
Heavy duty sideplates
Quaife LSD
Erco 300 axles
3.99 ring and pignion
3,75/1 1st gear
2,25/1 2nd gear
1,56/1 3rd gear
1,22/1 4th gear
0,89/1 5th gear
Flat4 clutch release arm
Engine
Type 1, 2160cc
Mahle 90,47mm cylinders and pistons
Scat crank shaft 84mm
CB 044 mini wedge ports, Gene Berg short polished intake manyfolds
324 Schleider cam, 1.25 CB rocker
Compressionratio 9,8:1
200mm Scat flywheel
200mm Kennedy disk, 200mm Kennedy stage 2 pressureplate
155 Gene Berg style pully
A1 Low down 1 5/8 with A1 muffler or A1 Bombshell muffler
48IDA Weber carburetors with Gene Berg grooved venturi 38/42mm, Gene Berg 501SB velocity stack, Gene Berg 498FI-V-AC aircleaners
Magna spark II digital ignition
Type 1 Porsche cooling
170Hp on dyno 26-05-2022 Speed Centre Geldermalsen
Best 1/4 mile: 13,89sec 155.19km/h at European Bug-In 02-07-2022
Thanks to
Paul and Mark Schley for the help with parts and service
Gene Berg Enterprise
Gary Berg
Rancho
Ron Fleming
CB Performance
GWD