We’ve seen quite a few interesting engine swaps as far back as the beginning of time – which in car terms is 1930. We’ve even seen plenty of Ford motors in Chevy cars and Chevy motors in Ford cars – as heretical as it sounds .

There is another, and slightly less popular, engine swap that’s picking up a lot of steam in the drag race and drift world today. Bringing inline 6 cylinder motors out of cars like the Toyota Supra and Nissan Skyline and dropping them into domestics, followed by slapping on a huge turbo for added power; and voila! Instant horsepower monster. 

We’ve seen a four cylinder out of a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo put into a Mustang following the current trends. Swaps like the fore-mentioned import into domestic body are fairly un-common and unconventional, but the engines always stay where they belong… nestled safely and securely in the engine bay behind a firewall between itself and the driver.  

Our feature video steps beyond that wisdom. We believe that we can honestly say it is one of the most wildly impressive and imaginative Chevrolet-based engine swaps we witnessed to date.

Enter “The Bug from Hell”. That’s right, we’re talking pure Deutschland goodness with a Volkswagen; and a Beetle no less!

As impressive as the Beetle is, we are presenting it here because of the insane 427 Chevy big block swap that was done to get it going. The front seat is removed and the engine sits in its’ place.

So where does the driver sit? Try the back seat! This totally puts a new spin on the term “Back-seat driver”!

While it may look cute and non-threatening; think about this: If you put the horsepower in the 427 at a conservative 425, that gives the Beetle a horsepower per ton rating of 505 hp/ton. The multi-million dollar Bugatti Veyron doesn’t even come close at a rating of only 440  hp/ton. That means if the tires hooked and the launch was spot-on with the Veyron, this Beetle would outrun it!

Now THAT’S Amazing!