OK, Dennis. x2 on the camber compensator. Swing axle cars don’t handle as well as IRS ones do out of the box, but a lot of Speedster guys have made them into little monsters with the addition of the compensator in the back and a larger (3/4-inch) sway bar in front.

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Welcome, Eddy.

Eddy,  No it is not necessary.

My seat base now rests on a 2″ piece of angle instead of the 6″ fiberglass box. The windshield header was directly in my line of vision and I felt like Dino Flintstone when the top was up. The seating position is now quite comfortable. Also, consider changing the position of the seat back.

 You could also consider doing the seat fix I posted someplace on this site – lowered my sitting high about 3-4″and much more comfortable ( No more DBS )

Dennis, 

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I’d mock it up and see how it looks first, for sure.Then, after deciding how it looks with six inches more windscreen, lower your seat.

I was going to post Ed’s autocross results, but decided to let him blow his own horn.  What Ed says deserves study.  I do not find our TD’s to be slow.  Rather, they are very responsive and quite quick. The reduced weight of our TDrs gives them plenty adequate power/weight for a sports car.  

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Just sayin’: the vw kit I drive turned in better autoX times than did four(?) miatas and a Suby WRX. And that’s with 45 horsepower. And stock suspension.So how sporty are you looking to be?

I’m going to have to bow out of this thread as I never really liked the MGB.  I have had a Bugeye, TR6, MGTF-1500, a few Sunbeams, 911s and a Lancia Zagato up in NY.  I always thought the Bugeye and the MGTF were the most sports car like (which I will loosely define as “fun”).  This is too subjective for me.  Sorry, but I always felt that the MGB…[Read more]

All VW based TD kits are basically the same.  (exception:The London Roadster and a couple of others have modified front ends.)  

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Ed, where did you get the tire inflation pressure thumb rule?  It does make sense, but I have never seen this in print (until you put it there).  I like it.  All these comments about tire pressure really should be in their own dedicated post/thread.  

x2 on the vent hose. 

Tire shops jam 35 lbs into every tire because knuckle monkeys work there. They don’t know, they don’t care. As a result, most of us are running overinflated tires–especially on the TDs. Our cars weigh so little compared to every modern car that it’s actually dangerous–as well as uncomfortable– to drive around with “tire shop standard”…[Read more]

You might be able to get it tighter by adjusting the steering stops. There is a bolt and a stop nut near the pittman arm attached to the beam. 

There is also the Pumpkin Run in SW PA, October.

Glad that worked out.

Welcome… A gathering, you say? How about the Kit Car Nationals in Carlisle, PA in the spring? Currently working on the Air and Auto show in VA Beach at the end of October. We had 10 this year at Carlisle and 4 in VA last fall. Join us.

Her name is Holly. Rescued her 8 yrs ago. She grew to 80 lbs.

Ha ha!    . . .dog is good.