Race for cheap, have some fun in a Baja Bug | The Next Big Thing with Magnus Walker

Race for cheap, have some fun in a Baja Bug | The Next Big Thing with Magnus Walker | Ep. 210

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Everyone's running to buy Safari 911s, but if you haven't just cashed out your Bitcoins you might find those a little out of your price range. Enter the Baja Bug. Magnus Walker brings us the details on how these modified Volkswagen Beetle off-roaders are a fun and relatively cheap way to get into vintage racing and have loads of fun while you're at it. No Baja Bug video would be complete without mentioning one of the premiere aftermarket parts suppliers, EMPI, so Magnus stops by their facility for a quick tour.
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Episode chapters:
00:00 - 01:00 - Introduction
01:00 - 01:48 - The Baja Bug!
01:48 - 04:19 - Shop Talk at EMPI
04:19 - 06:16 - Wow this is fun!!
06:16 - 08:53 - Back off road!
08:53 - 10:38 - EMPI Parts/Facility Tour
10:38 - END - Let's climb this hill!
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@titaniummechanism3214 2 жыл бұрын

Those racing bugs remind me of the tradition we have where I live. Racing old cars on harvested wheat fields, often involving some car to car contact. Some VW Bettles always take part and usually finish pretty well, they only get beaten by AWD cars like old Audi Quattros. The races are called "Stoppelfeldrennen".

@VWLifeVW 2 жыл бұрын

We love it! The Class 11 Class is looking like so much fun that we are starting a build of our own to race next year! Thanks @Hagerty for the great video, love seeing love for the Aircooled VWs and it doesn't hurt to bring in Walker for the whole thing :)

@MrTeeskee10 2 жыл бұрын

I'm currently talking my big bro into building 1 with me for next year..looks extremely fun

@honestreviewer3283 Жыл бұрын

I had a 1972 Beetle in high school (in the late 80s) and it pretty much ticked the Porsche 911 box for me. I know what it's like to have the rear end come around if you lift off mid-corner, and it was the most fun ever had in snow. Couldn't get the thing stuck, even in mud up to the tailpipes. Sure, I'd love a vintage 911, but I'd also like to retire.

@ronlynch7744 2 жыл бұрын

Magnus drives it like it’s second nature. 😎👍🇨🇦

@ahmadriazpasha6119 2 жыл бұрын

These are cute little off-road racing machines. I love them to look like that and perform like that

@hugh-johnfleming289 2 жыл бұрын

When dinosaur roamed the pits and I was "racing" these were Class 7w if memory serves. Their greatest distinction was a phenomenal success rate for finishing races. Finishing is a lot more fun than quickly running to a DNF...

@RestorationObsession 2 жыл бұрын

The Bug is the penultimate baja machine!!! Loved them back in the 70's

@matthewwillis4892 Жыл бұрын

There are Baja Bugs and there are class 11 bugs there is a huge difference. Get it straight Pomey!

@jameshutchins3396 2 жыл бұрын

Having worked in a vw machine shop 40+ years ago and owning a couple over the years, all I can say is they are fun and will take a massive amount of abuse. Just plan on working on them.

@bmh67wa 2 жыл бұрын

As soon as I saw EMPI tour I clicked that play button!

@EmpiInsider 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU !!!

@olafmccreary2254 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Great video. Love my Baja Bug even more!!

@mickylawless1941 2 жыл бұрын

This video got my Beetle Juices going big time! Just don't say it three times. Peace Out!!!

@onboro_alfa_SGL 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of fun !!!

@runescapebanker 2 жыл бұрын

This looks really fun. Good stuff

@BLACKOMAMBO 2 жыл бұрын

The most classic looking offroad bug ive ever seen, quit nice

@brunobarrosdemorais4002 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect!!!👍

@ritter7094 2 жыл бұрын

So are we to expect a Magnus Walker Baja Bug build soon?!? 🤞

@tekis0 2 жыл бұрын

THAT looks cool!!

@samuelwong4152 2 жыл бұрын

This is bad ass bug ! Love it

@E.T.GARAGE 2 жыл бұрын

Got to Love The Bug.

@mikeymike3240 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome 🤩, yah gotta love 💕 the Bugs man, i know i do.. those bugs are the bomb 💣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😜

@JDWorkshop-wn9tt 2 жыл бұрын

Magnus Walker just the best for this bug episode!

@TurboHappyCar 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! 👍

@raesevilla8546 2 жыл бұрын

can't wait to see what Magnus will do to a bug, love this episode. 🤙

@aniruddhasudhir3022 2 жыл бұрын

Wow 🔥🔥

@guillermogomezmarquez1704 Жыл бұрын

Wow, big motivation for keep building my class 11 pre runner.

@hanktapia2016 Жыл бұрын

What a great video that brought memories in the fast track Time convinced I'm going to pick up one of these vws baha a Big brother

@hieroglyph321 2 ай бұрын

With pot holes on my local roads, seriously considering one for these! 👍

@ephjay6t87 Жыл бұрын

I thought all long haired guys had at least 3 bugs at some point. It's strange off-road bugs we're not more popular back when they were cheap. They are so much fun!

@theflagstaffkid 2 жыл бұрын

Dad and I built a class 5 years ago, as we finished it and got it ready to enter a race, score changed the class 5 rules. Unfortunately with 18" of travel up front, 20" out back, and a chevy eco tech our car got bumped out of class 5 into unlimited, we can't compete with that class, but its a super fun car non the less.

@kellyhanning9913 2 жыл бұрын

Cheap? Have you looked at Beetle prices?!

@desert4seat 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!! My Class 11 is street legal and insured by Hagerty. LOVE Hagerty.

@Hagerty 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support, Smokey!

@blitzpixgarage3319 Жыл бұрын

My first car was a beetle (30 years ago) and as we have no deserts here in germany, I sometimes drove it through gravelpits and on forest tracks...felt like driving Paris-Dakkar 🙂

@brianellison3525 Жыл бұрын

Having owned my 911 for 28 years, and having owned a couple old Beetles (the one I bought from my brother we called Paul), I can honestly say, a Porsche is just a squished Beetle. Love em all. Be well, and have fun 😊

@amandawatson5931 2 жыл бұрын

Crowbar a Golf 1800 motor in with an adapter plate for the original gearbox, some minor suspension mods because honestly the Beetles have great front suspension, dirt tires and disc brakes up front, and you’re ready to play

@milt6208 2 жыл бұрын

Bugs are harder to find. 50 years ago they were everywhere we all had one. But now people want serious bucks for an old beater.

@desert4seat 2 жыл бұрын

I remember the junk yards were FILLED with them in the early 90's. Now there isn't a single one in sight.

@wylls210 2 жыл бұрын

I like the off Road 🤘🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥

@roninrider1930 2 жыл бұрын

im restoring and giving my 71 a baja look but still solid on the road build

@dhi2006 Жыл бұрын

Crap, Magnus getting involved in the Baja Beetles is going to price-us-out of the motorsport. Damn!!

@christopherrice6553 9 ай бұрын

my mom and dad use to rally a stock bug

@thetumanshow 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Where are these competitive races going down? Anyone know

@lornarodrigo1700 Жыл бұрын

Lool just show this to my crazy Maltese husband he s been taking the superbeetle up mountains, in rivers , beached in the sand! And it s stock!

@evanceokoth3738 2 жыл бұрын

hello whats the tyre size?

@chamdleynanayakkara6337 2 жыл бұрын

Its beetle ❤❤❤❤

@richardwoodmansey6870 2 жыл бұрын

Empi, pretty sure it’s Engineered Motor Part Incorporated, not Euro.

@mac8179 2 жыл бұрын

How funny. I used to play softball with Cory.

@EmpiInsider 2 жыл бұрын

What's up MAC how you doing

@toddsutton5672 Жыл бұрын

ya not available anymore, especially up north the all rusted to the ground. i had one 40 years ago was a blast.

@mortglickman3217 2 жыл бұрын

nice hat

@flyingdutchman1352 2 жыл бұрын

SCORE!

@corey6393 2 жыл бұрын

EMPI, back in the day, was the king of the hill. Then, they sold out and shipped all production overseas, and build quality went straight into the shitter. They lost a lot of consumer confidence. Nowadays, even though most production is still overseas (those cylinder heads are almost for certain Chinese castings) they have come back around a bit. EMPI ain't what it used to be. Some of it is OK, but caveat emptor.

@WizardSoon 2 жыл бұрын

Yea, some Taiwanese-made parts are decent.

@desert4seat 2 жыл бұрын

spot on. but it's nice to see them trying to turn that image around.

@otroflores91 11 ай бұрын

Baja bugs got crazy expensive. Can't even find a decent running one for less than 3k.

@thequadstop8873 Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure the 5/1600 is a "Baja Bug" and Class 11 are stock bugs.... kinda lol

@gregorbien1719 2 жыл бұрын

The Next Big Thing - Audi\Porsche RS2 !!!

@AliasHSW 2 жыл бұрын

What is the name of the test drive location???

@TeammosGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Would love to know how much money it would take to be somewhat competitive?

@bedlamite42 2 жыл бұрын

more than you expect.

@EmpiInsider 2 жыл бұрын

Not as much as you would think. A car that podiumed just sold for $6500.00usd

@desert4seat 2 жыл бұрын

if you build one, $30k. If you buy one, $10k.

@curtisbotzet7579 2 жыл бұрын

How quickly did the little guy blow the 100hp secret

@manoelcorreianeto189 2 жыл бұрын

Forza horizon 4 beetle dingo racing. ❤❤❤

@martink20a64 2 жыл бұрын

What happened to "Know it all"? It was a great short weekly video , its still on all there ads yet nothing new?

@josetomasfreire7261 2 жыл бұрын

Hi in Chile we have big sands dunes, how will it behavies for that conditions.

@jko0511 2 жыл бұрын

como las tristes

@matthewwillis4892 2 жыл бұрын

I bought a Empi carb,TOTAL JUNK!

@Laascaanood614 2 жыл бұрын

Cory is built like a Beatle

@davidhalloran2764 2 жыл бұрын

How did you not call this "The Next Bug Thing"?

@CanadianClassicCarNut 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone doing this sort of thing on snow/ice? No desert where I am but lots of snow in the winter...

@HNRichard 2 жыл бұрын

check out the Europeans, they've also been doing old Bugs rallying too over there

@ldnwholesale8552 2 жыл бұрын

Porker?? just a bigger wobble plate that can possibly use top gear.

@thepassionofthegoose5472 2 жыл бұрын

Here before the "because of this video now I can't afford one" comment.

@Relaxiknowarchie 2 жыл бұрын

I've notice just in the last year the selling prices are $1000-$4000 from where they were 2 years prior for a basic bug. Even more for anything built. I'm waiting for the barn find jackpot. :P

@joshuagibson2520 2 жыл бұрын

That dudes belly is rounder than a bug hood.

@ofirs5830 2 жыл бұрын

How about installing a Subaru boxer turbo instead?

@corey6393 2 жыл бұрын

Class 11 even is basically "stock". Only some minor mods allowed.

@jareknowak8712 2 жыл бұрын

How much does it weight?

@EmpiInsider 2 жыл бұрын

The car in race trim is 1850lbs

@jareknowak8712 2 жыл бұрын

@@EmpiInsider Thank You!

@HNRichard 2 жыл бұрын

Why wouldn't they use a Super Beetle though? wouldn't the Super Beetle be better with a more modern front suspension?

@corey6393 2 жыл бұрын

It has McPherson strut front suspension. Not nearly as good as the old trailing arm design, with king and link pins, for hard off road abuse.

@GraveUypo 2 жыл бұрын

cheap if you're rich. i gave up on mine because the damn thing costs as much as a kid to keep. non-stop trips to the mechanic

@vintage76vipergreenBeetle 2 жыл бұрын

All those empi parts falling apart didn't help either.

@janeblogs324 2 жыл бұрын

Both are relative terms

@Visionery1 2 жыл бұрын

Are kidney belts mandatory?

@EmpiInsider 2 жыл бұрын

No need at all these cars work very well

@AsinineComment 2 жыл бұрын

Aww, crap! You see an interesting new Hagerty vid is up - and then you see that it has the confected, cowboy-hatted clown, Magnus presenting it. 😒

@andrewlin5119 2 жыл бұрын

It seems using bitcoins to buy cars is what a lot of us have done i the past months. No wonder the price tanked. lol

@hisdrozdness 2 жыл бұрын

How freakingly awful a Bug looks with that white LED lights

@desert4seat 2 жыл бұрын

Lol. I’m definitely not a fan of that funny looking light stick That’s sticking up through the back window.

@rocknrollbaby687 2 жыл бұрын

Hello i live in Belgium my dream is to drive american cars from the 20s to the 50s which annoys me in Europe we talk too much about ecology Europeans have fragile characters when we talk about fat v8 engine, electric cars are starting to invaded europe!! i can't stand, in 2035 the belgian government wants to do away with heat engines in the country's big cities

@aung3627 Жыл бұрын

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@ricecakeboii94 2 жыл бұрын

Thinking about getting one of those VW Diesel cars & just roll coal with it. Just moved to a state that doesn’t do smog testing & I’ll be sure to pollute for three people from now on.

@SuperCorndog12 2 жыл бұрын

Where's the cheap part about this?

@desert4seat 2 жыл бұрын

lol. Off-road racing is definitely a rich man's sport.

@1bigoptimus 2 жыл бұрын

This is pretty cool stuff but I just don't like seeing or hearing this guy present it. More car, less Magnus. Great content from Hagerty as usual.

@Opalsdad 2 жыл бұрын

There is nothing cheap about Baja bugs…. Pffft please got over $15k so far invested in mine…

@ShamWerks 2 жыл бұрын

Cheap compared to the 911 from the beginning of the vidéo I guess ..

@edwardneal4819 2 жыл бұрын

I'd really love to watch "The Next Big Thing" but I'm not a "Big" fan of the shows host.

@markstoybox2058 2 жыл бұрын

Literally literally literally literally literally literally WTF

@orbitaljellyfish808 11 ай бұрын

The bajas in all these vids have worse suspension travel than the one I had. What’s going on there? Dude claimed big travel numbers, but that must be landing jumps only. I guess they avoid bottoming out with stiff damping and porpoise around on the small stuff. Seems like softer shocks and a robust set of snubbers would be better for speed/control and avoiding fatigue?

@tonygreen8628 2 жыл бұрын

So, my full race beetle engine I built myself will be seriously much faster than your beetle engines,

@timbeach2409 Жыл бұрын

Build one for a few thousand dollars???? In what world is that, most people can't build the roll cage if you can manage to get a roll cage in for a few thousand dollars the rest of the things needed just to finish cost money. And to go fast would still cost a bunch.

@thequadstop8873 Жыл бұрын

That 100HP cheater engine is $4k not to mention the $3k to build the trans. It has another $3k in King shocks on it. NOTHING cheap about that car