Overhauling V-8 Baja Bug Suspension! | Faster with Newbern and Cotten

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  • Опубліковано 22 бер 2024
  • Newbern and Cotten go all out with major suspension upgrades to their Baja-inspired VW Beetle after challenging off-road legend Cameron Steele!
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  • @MotorTrendWatch
    @MotorTrendWatch  4 місяці тому +4

    Massive improvements to the Baja Bug!
    Do you think they will improve their time?

  • @doczspec4502
    @doczspec4502 4 місяці тому +7

    This is such a great idea. Feels great to see these two again! Yes! And OMG the BUG is quick! Way to go fellas. Glory

  • @Axial_Andrew
    @Axial_Andrew 4 місяці тому +4

    The dynamic duo!

  • @EvilEndz
    @EvilEndz 4 місяці тому +3

    This is what we need!

  • @Opalsdad
    @Opalsdad 4 місяці тому +1

    I run a 002 Bus Transmission in my 1969 Baja Bug… it’s good up to 150 plus horsepower and run strong!!!😊

  • @terminalpsychosis8022
    @terminalpsychosis8022 4 місяці тому

    This is the most awesome episode MotorTrend has ever published.
    So mad jealous. What a monster of fine German engineering.... with improvements.

  • @douggrunberg
    @douggrunberg 4 місяці тому +2

    That's awesome!! Thanks!!

  • @pickuptrucker17
    @pickuptrucker17 3 місяці тому

    looks like fun keep it up

  • @pethromorialte1159
    @pethromorialte1159 3 місяці тому

    Cotton & Newbern are CooL to the core.

  • @sporty196071
    @sporty196071 4 місяці тому +1

    You are great, what a super luv bug

  • @PontiacBandit
    @PontiacBandit 4 місяці тому +1

    Freaking awesome

  • @spannersautoandcomputerser1649
    @spannersautoandcomputerser1649 4 місяці тому

    Amazed that the old swing axle trans lasted with that engine.

  • @neilf.7222
    @neilf.7222 3 місяці тому

    An unfortunate account of "Slower with Newbern and Cotton" Keep at it guys. Love the show

  • @georgemccart5783
    @georgemccart5783 4 місяці тому +1

    Nice

  • @user-rt8ik1ow4i
    @user-rt8ik1ow4i 4 місяці тому +3

    Next mission for the bug tracks in the back skis in the front then hit the snow

  • @joaquinmartinez9866
    @joaquinmartinez9866 4 місяці тому +2

    I miss finnagin

  • @Tanks-Link
    @Tanks-Link 2 місяці тому

    Yes, sir, I had to cut a whole bunch of stuff out of mine when I installed my 091

  • @smh28v6
    @smh28v6 4 місяці тому +39

    It's a shame no one can actually watch any of this anymore 🙄 come on motortrend don't you actually want people to be able to watch your content

    • @ergparsell42069
      @ergparsell42069 4 місяці тому +5

      They invested far too much in their own platform so need to gatekeep their fans as long as they can. But I think more and more people will forget about motortrend as a whole the longer it goes on.

    • @heroeofkonnerud
      @heroeofkonnerud 4 місяці тому

      Yes! I got kicket out from motortrend a long time age. Would happily pay, but I live in Skandinavia. Cant Even fool it with a VPN, since you have to have a billing adress in the US 🥲

    • @JeffKopis
      @JeffKopis 4 місяці тому

      Only if they get PAID. That's kind of the whole point in BUSINESS.

    • @JeffKopis
      @JeffKopis 4 місяці тому

      ​@@ergparsell42069The entire network is dead without Freiburger, Finnegan, and Dulcich. They're the College Football of the company, the moneymakers. All the other clowns are the Women's Lacrosse team.

    • @smh28v6
      @smh28v6 4 місяці тому +1

      @@JeffKopis WTF are you talking about 🤦🏻🙄 paying customers can't even watch content at the moment because they keep changing everything and not telling anyone what's going on

  • @vintagespeed
    @vintagespeed 4 місяці тому

    idk why you wouldn't put a shift box on top of the tunnel and run the rod above? seems like the 'right' way to do the bus swap?

  • @stevodakine1
    @stevodakine1 4 місяці тому

    More suspension in the front?

  • @Dan-gi7yz
    @Dan-gi7yz 4 місяці тому +2

    It is 2024. A hammer now identifies as a Tanya harding )

    • @JeffKopis
      @JeffKopis 4 місяці тому

      I identify as young, fit, rich, long haired, sane, and well hung. Doesn't mean its true 🤣

  • @judsonholligan
    @judsonholligan 4 місяці тому

    I'm a bug person... definitely not hating at all!

  • @BikeNoob97
    @BikeNoob97 4 місяці тому

    I don’t feel that bad about my welds after seeing this video

  • @julienraimbert79
    @julienraimbert79 4 місяці тому

    next, enter Baja 1000 as a bug , will be worst a watch with you two. time to register boys and get a team ready

    • @JeffKopis
      @JeffKopis 4 місяці тому

      Class 14 (I think) is for STOCK VWs.

  • @michaeleguillen
    @michaeleguillen 4 місяці тому +1

    Wait what? You went slower? 😂

  • @andrewmarshall360
    @andrewmarshall360 4 місяці тому

    Fancy

  • @user-rt8ik1ow4i
    @user-rt8ik1ow4i 4 місяці тому

    Why not use the whole front end of a Malibu?Yes?S front wheel drive drop the whole front Axel's transmission engine all-in-one and plant it up under that Volt wagon.And now ALS 53 leader built to the tail with turbos.And that thing would be a wheeling machine in the dunes

    • @JeffKopis
      @JeffKopis 4 місяці тому

      Nobody listens to commenters named "user-xyz123".

  • @JeffKopis
    @JeffKopis 4 місяці тому +3

    Newbern and Cotten have all the charisma and humor of Ralph Nader. Finnegan they aint.

  • @steveg1833
    @steveg1833 4 місяці тому +1

    All the car guys on Motortrend are the greatest especially David Friburger who I have been following for decades. Lightenup on the recent copyright BS your bean counters are going to ruin the hobby they're probably not even car guys

  • @nerome619
    @nerome619 4 місяці тому +1

    Seriously would anyone expect a novice driver in an undeveloped car to challenge the time set by an experienced racer in a proven car?

  • @davidmackieson4609
    @davidmackieson4609 4 місяці тому +2

    this show was way better when finn was in it

    • @JeffKopis
      @JeffKopis 4 місяці тому +1

      Yeah, he has a PERSONALITY.

  • @edwardmohr5798
    @edwardmohr5798 4 місяці тому

    Typical Road Kill fashion.

  • @nancid5265
    @nancid5265 4 місяці тому

    LMAO its a 614 motor......its a 641 dude. IF you are gonna play in so-cal you should know what the heck you are talking about.

  • @jasonpetrich4141
    @jasonpetrich4141 4 місяці тому +1

    To bad this is like goodwill faster with Finnigan, and what's left of roadkill like what motor trend and discovery do just ,look for good shows to bleed dry and kill .. the show is soooo slow now
    can't watch it

  • @vw4x4
    @vw4x4 4 місяці тому +1

    No engineering involved...... cut to fit at time of assembly.... LOL...... Butchers...

  • @user-kf2yr2ux8y
    @user-kf2yr2ux8y 4 місяці тому +1

    Boring boring 😒

  • @SixBarrel
    @SixBarrel 4 місяці тому

    😂😂 s real mean Poison bug , a V8 Made this respetable and BadAZ$$ car . This car need a trip tu Baja 1000

  • @Kinkydoints
    @Kinkydoints 4 місяці тому

    Does Cotten have a you tube channel?