Rick, that thing is coming out great! Im just catching up on all the threads and was checking this one out- WOW! I dig it, this is a great project I'd love to try sometime.
BTW- Did I read you were involved in racing VW's? I used to do a bit of that myself. I don'tknow how long you have been doing it but I used to work at SCS, Small Car Specialties in Anaheim, CA, 20 years ago! I also worked a bit at FAT performance. I knew a few of the guys at Gene Berg and had a Berg/FAT 2276 in my last bug. (57 ragtop)
I plan to do another bug soon. All stock oval window with a monster 2 litre with dual 48's... I LOVE the way 48's sound! My oval sounded great, straight cuts, monster heads with Berg triple Chevy springs, 12:1 compression, FK89 cam, was an awesome motor. I want to do something like it but this time in a stock looking oval.