
Tope: colloquial for “Speedbump”
- Body:
- 1970 Standard Beetle sedan (Made in Germany)
- Glass removed
- Running boards removed
- Fenders, bumpers, hood, decklid all stay intact
- Custom “CLASS 11” 3D-printed decklid script
- Roof replaced in 2015
- Window nets
- Front and rear skid plates
- Hood hold down latches
- Pan:
- Seat tracks removed
- Rear torsion housing female splines replaced by KingKong
- torsion bar adjuster
- All spot-welded seams fully welded
- Cage:
- Built-by-Bones
- SolidWorks layout
- 12pt 1-3/4” .095”-wall DOM
- Front cage is 1-1/2” .120”-wall DOM
- Laser-cut gussets
- MIG-welded
- Engine:
- Stock VW horizontally-opposed 1600cc dual-port air cooled
- Dual-relief engine case
- Auxiliary oil cooler
- Stainless valves
- Heavy-duty valve springs
- Alternator
- Compufire DIS-IX ignition
- 9.5:1 CR
- 30 PICT carburetor
- 1700lb KEP clutch
- Solid rocker shafts
- Chromoly push rods
- Breather box
- Hotdog exhaust for clearance
- Transaxle:
- Stock late model single thrust case
- 4.38:1 Gleason R&P
- Early Beetle gears
- Twice the spider gears
- Type 2 chromoly drive flanges
- Torsion race axles with chromoly Type 2 CV’s
- Custom Nosecone breather
- Controls:
- Stock worm and roller steering gearbox (no power steering)
- Stock tie rods
- Stock pedal cluster – cable clutch and throttle
- Roller gas pedal
- Stock manually-adjusted drum brakes
- Stock master cylinder biased to rear
- Wheels and tires:
- Stock 4-bolt 4.5x15in steel wheels
- BFGoodrich 235/75-15 All Terrain TA KO2’s (rear)
- BFGoodrich Longtrail TA’s (front)
- Slime
- Studded brake drums
- Fuel:
- Pyrotect 22-gallon aluminum cell
- 91 octane pump gas
- Auxiliary fuel pump
- Stock fuel pump as engine
- Custom filler plate
- Front suspension:
- Front axle beam with ball joints
- Cut keyways and rotated to lift car
- Added heavier leaf springs
- Gusseted shock tower
- Gusseted steering arms
- Urethane bushings
- Stock spindles
- Fox external reservoir shocks
- 7in travel
- Rear Suspension:
- Trailing arms modified to reinforce and relocate shock
- attachment
- Cast iron top stop removed
- Special Class 11 Fox shocks 18in eye-to-eye
- Urethane bump stops
- Limiting straps
- 27mm Sway-A-Way torsion bars
- Heavy-duty spring plates
- Urethane bushings
- Chromoly stub axles with Type 2 flanges
- 9-1/2in travel
- Interior:
- All stock upholstery removed
- Mastercraft suspension race seats mounted to cage/chassis
- Removable steering wheel
- Custom dash with gauges
- Lowrance GPS
- Rugged race radio with intercom
- Dual horn buttons
- USB charge port
- Parker Pumpers
- Electrical/Lighting:
- 90amp alternator
- Baja Designs light bars
- Optima Yellow Top battery
- Bussman fuse box
- Stock running lamps, reverse lights and turn signals
- maintained