finally telling what i'm doing to my truck lol hope you like

Have fun with that. The only minor problelm I see is moving the booster under the truck. You won't have the room under the truck with a stock floor BD. The smallest booster I have seen is a 7" dia. Your frame will now be 4" tall. I am sure you will figure out where to put it though.

Id look into a stronger tansaxle than a vw bettle.  At least look into corvair transaxles, or even better a porsche unit.  They make adapters for both, and are much stronger.  With all the weight your going to have, that tiny VW tansaxle will not hold up. 

look into an early eightys olds torenato. They where a transverse mounted small block. It would probably work much better for you then VW parts. We used one for a lambo kit car in highschool.

Yeah, a toranado would work nicely too.  Ive put a few in corvairs, plus you could get them with a 455 =] ---------------------------------------------Originally posted by blackicelook into an early eightys olds torenato. They where a transverse mounted small block. It would probably work much better for you then VW parts. We used one for a lambo kit car in highschool.---------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by blackicelook into an early eightys olds torenato. They where a transverse mounted small block. It would probably work much better for you then VW parts. We used one for a lambo kit car in highschool.---------------------------------------------I was about to suggest the same thing. the only problem with that is the B.O.P. motors used a different bellhousing pattern than the chevrolet motors( if he plans on running a chevy 350). but there are adaptor plates, and I'm sure it would still be a hell of alot easier than trying to make the vw trans work, and it will be stronger. although not much since the older toronado transaxles actually used a chain drive system. not sure if they got away from that by the 80's or not. I know the late 60's models were, and had trouble holding up to the torque of the 455s that they came behind

sweet sounds like an awesome build. cant wait for the progress

http://mendeolatransaxles.com/md5.php you could also use one of these. they are a bit more expensive but it would hold up better than the above mentioned transaxles

any updates?  My curiosity is piqued.

this sounds like its gonna be amazing, hopefully it gets finished!  PICS?