400hp Turbo Volkswagen Beetle - Crazy blue. Crazy fast!

Starting with a bare shell of a 1969 VW Beetle, Louis Cloete and his father spent the next decade building a monster Bug. Using a Volkswagen Type 4 air-cooled engine stroked to 2.7 litres and with turbocharging, they have ended up with this crazy blue 400hp (nearly 300kW) Volkswagen Beetle. Louis and his dad have a lot of racing in their blood. Louis’s dad was a racing driver and Louis is a hands-on car builder.
While much of an original Beetle remains in this fantastic, Frankensteinian creation, Louis and his dad have reworked every component and every part of the car to ensure that the power gets to the road and that the car brakes and handles well. It uses components mainly from the Volkswagen group, including Porsche parts as well as more modern Volkswagen parts.
For Louis the fun part of owning a Beetle like this is not only in the drive (and smoking modern hot hatches) but it’s also about the quality time spent with his family in creating it in the first place.
0:00 - Intro
1:20 - The engine
2:33 - The turbo
3:05 - The drivetrain
3:22 - The brakes
3:30 - The suspension
4:30 - When the project started
5:20 - The interior
6:20 - Why a Beetle?
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[@chriscraft2]

CALL THE DOCTOR THAT CAR IS SICK

[@beng6319]

I'm so using that

[@gustavfourie1867]

Well done Louis.

[@bernardstander7642]

Always been a fan of his cars!!!

[@tshepisomahaole8571]

Very cool bug💪🏽🔥

[@gordonsmithsa115]

Beautiful build, would love to see this car one day👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@gwendacloete9233]

Cars in The park at Zwartkops Raceway in August 2023! 😊

[@fan-tastic2803]

NIce one Louis!💪

[@DouglasJWalker]

love the workshop.....and car, obviously.

[@rasdavis8390]

Dam love this❤shouts from england 🇬🇧

[@muderickkamalie1796]

Well done Louis. Say hi to your dad.

[@seebeck911]

Quite an accomplishment. Great about family time.

[@gwendacloete9233]

Nice Louis!! Awesome car!

[@doaudi1720]

Dope build 🙌

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Absolutely gorgeous!👌🥰👍

[@patshes1951]

Cool bug!

[@tinocojohn1]

Love to see bugs squat down on launch!

[@waveman8923]

Great color and awesome engine!

[@EmmettRacing]

Insane, I love it!

[@evilbeetlekustomscreations4965]

Sounds awesome 👍

[@orbitaljellyfish808]

Sweet Car!

[@Ca55-WP]

That's definitely not my thing, but I'm glad he's having fun and pursuing his passion. That's more than I can say for most people.

[@fan-tastic2803]

What is certainly your thing? Have you an interesting vehicle you’d like to share?

[@wmtarr886]

in case everyone has forgotten, all the ZA Mil vehicles were MD under a ZA brand, nice to see them getting repurposed in a surprising way.

[@oomstu]

Legend!
Druk die groen knoppie :P

[@SuperbugRacingRSA]

Lol. Green button is for the clutch slipper valve.

[@thulanimbele9432]

Beautiful one Louis, do you have a website apart from TH-cam channel?

[@mahler6x]

VEry nice ride, but how do you corner with a spool in the gearbox ?

[@paddaboi_]

I have the same beetle on NFS lol

[@lavaughnsullaphen6463]

I have it on Forza lol
🤣

[@Directorvhim]

I also got one on GTA

[@fan-tastic2803]

I very much doubt it’s a Turbo TYP 4 motor🤔

[@paddaboi_]

@@fan-tastic2803 no but it looks the same

[@ca9968]

My school friend Patrick (R.I.P) used to have a beetle in the same color (it was originally yellow), he put a 13B Rotary Turbo in it...I heard he sold it a few years ago before he passed away...I wonder if this is that car...?

[@JimMcBob42069]

Not likely. They made over a million of them don't ya know?

[@28tpi]

Does it have a 5 speed transmission? (gearbox) Id like to know what kind of fuel milage you get if you keep your foot out of it crusing the highway. Cool beetle man!

[@chakradjuzeus9275]

😊

[@SkootaO]

Jirre it’s quite voes.

[@ethxnnn_.x3375]

My word, I’m interested in buying the engine out of this bug if you could get back to me. Thanks

[@naledimolapo7354]

how can I contact Louis Cloete

[@TVCHLORD]

the front end looks like mitch mcconnell

[@Toronto6]

😂😂😂

[@billyunair]

Mitch the bitch. The murder turtle
Love this car. Type 4 turbo. Wide fenders. Yes please!
Imagine a double wishbone front end and 944 turbo IRS rear conversion.... Would be a circuit monster!

[@brotherskrillrc6042]

😂ya but what transaxle is in it

[@kevon_shabangu]

Louis cloete?
The videographer?

[@StefanKotzeMedia]

Yeah Louis Cloete is the owner that's featured in the video. I'm the videographer that filmed this

[@cobusvanniekerk83]

Come show your car at George car show

[@nhletelojoshua4084]

Second

[@abdhooma5344]

First

[@neilgouws6962]

There You Go.... there's your gold star 🌟
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@barry-kukula1865]

Hand grenade motor

[@monica93304]

It will outlast most T1 based engines. Blocks are better. How many have you built sir?