recipe 19

1.	Owner	Mel Bellwood
2.	Email Address	[email protected]
3.	Vehicle Type	1973 beetle basic
4.	Displacement	2165cc
5.	Crankcase	78mm Gene Berg, counterweighted, forged
6.	Crankshaft	New AS21 stock case bored by BERG and clearanced
7.	Connecting Rods	Stock rods, balanced by BERG
8.	Pistons&Cylinders	Cima piston and cylinders 94mm
9.	Piston Rings	Full circle
10	Camshaft	Berg 311 cam shaft 306 duration and 328 lift
11	Cam gears	Berg adjust a gear aluminum
12	Cam followers	Stock lifters from berg
13	Pushrods	Chrome Moly pushrods
14	Cylinder Heads	Berg 865 heads personally ported and polished (welded)done by Clyde Berg,, 40mm intake and 37.5mm exhaust
15	Rockers	Berg 1.4 rockers
16	Spark Plugs	Bosch a6
17	Exhaust	Berg merged exhaust from Phoenix 1"5/8,, street dual quiet pack
18	Compression Ratio	9.25 compression running 93 octane on the street,, mix a 1 gallon of 104 to five gallons of 93 if i race,, just to keep any possibility of detonation out
19	Fuel System	IDA 48 mm carbs on berg big manifolds
20	Fuel Pump	Holley blue gas pump
21	Oil Pump	Berg 30mm oil pump
22	Oil Sump	Berg 3 1/2 quart sump
23	Oil Cooler	type 1 fan housing from a thing with no heat ducts, has dog house cooler offset, also run full flow with 96 pass mesa cooler under car, have fan but did not see the benefit of running it so took it off
24	Ignition	MSD 6A ignition box with Bosch blue coil
25	Distributor	MSD distributor
26	Flywheel	Wedge mated by Berg
27	Pulley	Berg acheiver GB430 stock
28	Clutch	4 puck
29	Pressure Plate	1700 lb kennedy
30	Transmission	Late model single side cover case. Modified center main bearing race(sleeved) for reinforced strength. Berg 5 speed conversion. This is the early model from the 1970's. Have had it for more than 15 years. This is the third case i've used. Rhino main shaft from ERCO. Its a 3.78/2.21 main shaft. 1.4 third. 1.04 fourth. and a special VW bus 0.82 fifth. Ring and pinion is a 4.12 Klingman. This is an IRS pan car son i use a type II flanges with CV joints . Chrome moly cages and sway a way axles.
31	Wheels	Center line polished 15" wheels front 5 1/2", rear 7" brakes are GHIA front VW and rear are newly installed CB performance disc brakes.
32	Tires	front are dunlop 195/60, rear BF Goodrich drag radials 235/60
33	Max. Horsepower	187 hp at the 12.54 quarter mile time @ 106 mph with a 1700 lb car plus me!
34	Max. Torque	?
35	0-60mph Time	? 60 ft time at track 1.67 seconds,, should be around 3.5 seconds 0-60
36	1/4 mile Time	Quarter mile times are 12.89 with street tires and mufflers,, 12.54 with stinger open exhaust
37	Engine Mileage
38	Cost To Build	Total car build up with paint interior engine and tranny "$12,000"
39	Purpose	Hot Street
40	Comments	Great all around car. The 73 basic odd ball year is the best riding and handling car. With the motor tranny combo not affraid of driving accross country. Do make weekend trips of 200-300 mile trips. This car (of the 3 VW's i've built is the best all around performer) rules the road. Not afraid to take any one on from porsches to lamborghinis. Real good tourqe down low and revs high(shift at 7800 rpm). Narrowed the front beam to fit tires under fender and handles great. Have KONI shocks all around.