I Bought a "STOCK" Baja Bug With a Big Surprise! 

Baja Blast of course.

Craig, you need to call it "The Stink Bug".

Craig gets a crappy run of the mill F250 and can't be more excited. Craig gets a unique bad ass little desert runner beetle with crazy suspension and Honda swap and calls it crap and garbage 20 times in the first 2 minutes of looking at it 😂 Ford guys are wired different

It’s stuck in limp mode because from what I can see there is no O2 sensors on that exhaust and the stock ecu definitely needs that to run properly

What you could do since your going to rework the whole back of the "car".... ditch the whole rear engine and bus trans setup and go with a mid engine and transaxle setup. It will have better steering, CV angles, better trans, smoother ride, etc.... the only downside is that it won't "look" like a baja bug with the engine hanging out the back. Even if you do keep the rear engine setup get a modem transaxle from a sand rail. It will be a lot better then the bus trans.

Can we body swap the galaxy onto a crown Vic chassis, utilizing the fire wall and floor pan from the crown Vic

You called it turd, it’s a bug . Name it Burd🤙

If it’s just sitting it won’t rev past 45 rpm but if your driving it I will higher then 45 the ecu did the same on my tl

Craig909 Build That VW Baja Bug From The Ground Up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Ain’t got no gas innit” in my best slingblade voice 21:02

looking forward to this build! desert vlog coming this season!!

Honda-bug=hug, hog, Bunda, something along those lines lol

The Dung Beetle.

This is awesome I just got my 63 bug on the road again last week

That bug is awesome ! Looks like something out of a mad max movie fix her up and throw a turbo on her and have some real fun out at Glamis

Has a nicholsfab A-Arm kit on it, pretty cool!

Call it Dung Beatle

Asian Bug! So cool!

What adapter plate is being used to attach the v6 to the vw trans. Been wanting to do this with my bug.

fuel fire timing love you Craig da wookiee

Put a Italian part on it and call it ‘The Axis of Evil’

My neighbor has the same engine in his Baja bug. Thing sounds wild

When are you going to do the beam kit for the f250 I want to see that thing on 37s

Bro never change your awesome and the content you produce is one of a kind

You just picked up this good running vehicle and that was it😢😢 maybe kind of tuned it up😂 and that was it😮😢😢

Boogie bug

Dung Beetle!

The rev range issue is the ecu thinks it is park. Which causes the rev range to be way lower. The ecu needs to see speed sensor pulsing signal and that it is in "Drive". Shoot me a message and I have the pinout from when I J swappes my integra

I love it how much you want for it as is

name it humblebee

"G-Code"-why? I saw the old faded Bone,Thugs and Harmony sticker on the dash. lol.

Killer project!!

I'm so excited for this build I think that it needs the Razzle Dazzle treatment from boosted boys big old turbo behind that mf and some rugged radio air pump helmets= pismo dunes ripper🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Seems like you need a bigger shop 😅

The dung beetle.

Sweet bug man...🤘🤙

I kinda wanna take it for a ride the name should be buggurd

You should Call it Bug.99 That would be a cool name

Making me wanna find a baja and j35 swap It 😂

You're right that COULD be fun, but not in the current setup. Flip the motor/trans 180 will be your best bet to get it running better.

🐝🐞Frank-n-bug 👻🕸🕷

Junk yard buggy 😮😮..ooh yeah..

coloca os paralamas da frente , pinta ele de amarelo , e adiciona chamas na frente do carro , adicione vidros brancos De o apelido de "flamer"

None of my business but it would have been money better spent on the Galaxie, in my opinion. 😁

I love it

An at first thought it had a Ford SHO v6 in it

I wish I had the fairlane

Make a Pro-Street 67 fairlane

Did you say pink slip race.. my nell lusso. Vs. bug... Challenge... Accepted

Dung Beetle

The bajonda bug

Name it little chungus

the amount the treasure that is in that package is mind numbing. I can tell you never have done anything with a baja as you keep calling it junk.

Betty The bug

Looks like it be called a dung beetle to me

I need a bug in my life

Name it Baja blast and do Baja blast liver

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

It's the roach

Stink bug!

The Japanese Beetle.

If it wont rev past 3 or 4k, inside the ecu you bridge the vss with the vtec solenoid and that will take it out of limp mode and allow vtec to work. Also you don't need the o2 sensors wired up. Also you probably have a perm code for no immobilizer chip.

Dung Beetle

That's honestly pretty sick I didn't expect it to have a v6, that's fucking awesome

I vote for Dung beetle as its name. Fits it perfectly in my opinion 👌

that's an odd swap i wasn't expecting a v6.

Crazy! I love lifted bugs

That car looks a lot like a car that was on the news in San Diego a number of years back where the driver/builder was showing off and how it performed.

As a bug owner myself (stock one, not a baja) one thing that NEED to be changed if it is stock, is the steering! Not just the box or the column, THE WHOLE STEERING! That floatiness you described, a HUGE chunk of whats causing it, is the steering, SPECIALLY when lifted. Bugs are notoriusly known for having bad steering and much more problems, but i love them!

RU-vid channel selling

You need to do a vehicle fleet update, I’m so lost on what you own now😂

I’d like to see you build a set of long tube with x pipe or a 6-1 for this thing

dude that thing is sick i would love something like that!

It's BLACK. It's a BUG. And it (better) JUMP. "Cricket!"

Curbie. Instead of racing its hopping curbs and jumping

Long travel isn’t meant for street driving. Too much traction on asphalt

It ain't got no gas in it. Carl Childers.

I love all your Fords but I’m really really diggin this bug. Like wayy too much.

I cant wait to see this thing once you have gone completely through it. I already know its going to RIP

so you bought a honda powered 959 porsche 959

This needs a PFI speed collaboration

😂 You move that engine any further back and you might as well get it a trailer.

Very cool project. If I had money to kill, I'd put a b18c in one. More power than 2332 n/a , more reliable, less weight than v6.. Congrats on new v dub.

The Beatles name should be the bugle.

You can convert a WRX transmission into a transaxle, and if you flip it upside down, it'll even turn the wheels in the correct direction for rear engine applications such as this. DK what to do to make it limited slip, but the point is; look into it if you want a cheap, relatively easy, and relatively solid trans option to replace the bus trans. Also, if you can swing a turbo system, something like one of the smaller Borg S300SXE with a twin scroll type D housing would be perfect. You can even use the stock manifolds and current mid pipes, and if you wanted to get epic, do a water to air built into the intake manifold that way the whole system is relatively compact and low profile. If not, Whipple 140AX if it's a J35/J37, or a 100AX if it's a J30/J32.

Can we body swap the galaxy onto a crown Vic chassis, utilizing the fire wall and floor pan from the crown Vic

Paint it white pearl metallic. It would look awesome in the sun in the desert.

I don't know what to say😆👍

That ride height is fine. generally most decent bug rear setups are 80% up travel and 20% droop. At axles level there will be some angle back because as the suspension cycles it will move forward through the arc. This one might have the engine and trans too far forward, but not that much, maybe an inch or 2 at the most. but it has standard stub axles in the back reducing axle length, in turn reduces travel. with a 3x3 stub axle setup with 002 trans the most wheel travel you'll see is probably 14-15" and thats with 930s. with bus axles youre looking more like 12". I have a 3x3 micro stub kit with 930s and getting 16" was difficult while maintaining ground clearance. at 16" of travel im at 18 degrees of axle angle at full bump and 26 degrees at full droop. At ride height my axles are at 10 degrees. if I wanted to reduce my ground clearance at full bump to zero I could have 20" of travel, but being so rear biased, you want at least 4-5" ground clearance at full bump. As well as the fact your engine is back there you dont want to be slamming it on the ground every time you land, go through a G out, or go through whoops.

This… is so fucking cool, Craig. I love it.

I’ve had 4 in my lifetime we use to cut the body off cut out 2 foot of floor an build a roll cage punch buggy 👍👍👍👍

Complain Complain Complain.... Thats all I heard...The glass was def half full & somebody doesn't appreciate it.

Ford guys...so humble. Slick back hair, skinny jeans, calls everything a pile of junk...good people, LOL

Name it the roach

Probably something to do with the ecm. I mean it's not exactly hooked to the factory key.

Love the fact that you said its already stupid fast and sketchy as hell and yet needs a supercharger , why I love this channel !

I'm a ford guy.... but a vw guy at heart.... I've have 5 vw's... love working on them,drivein them ... just as fun as a ford but metric

"It's got good bones" the proceeds to show us the bones, and they were not good. This thing is a basket case and unless this video was filmed months ago I don't see this thing having a successful trip to Camp RZR. CV angle and sketchy cage work is this cars downfall. I'm local, if I'm wrong I'll buy you a drink or meal of your choice

Name Squirrel! Fuel cell, real cage, 935’s cv’s Lee power steering, best brakes / spindles you can afford, headsets … ✌️

I like this car but your wrong about the cv angle. That's not droop you're referring too. Droop is when your car leaves the ground and your tires drop down. It looks like you have 3x3 axles and that axle angle is normal for those . You do not move the transmission unless you're running an oddball arm like a 3x5, 5x7 . You also don't want your car sitting at max height while driving around. You need your suspension to move up and down so if it's jacked up then you'll bounce in the whoops.