I Need Another Two Inches

https://www.speedsterowners.com...rear-ride-height--vw

Don't go too high Mitch. You don't want to look like you're in heat...

I have the thin line sump. I raised the rear 1 inch, still scrapes at times. 

I figured you were going to ask to borrow the Kerswill pump...

With a topic title like that Vince might have an opinion.  

Another alternative could be a set of coil over shocks. Some are adjustable and can be tweaked a bit too. I had to do that after installing my Soob. An easy fix.

Great article by Gordon.

I notice he set his rear wheel wells to about 23.75 inches off the ground.

Mine are at 20.5" now !

I put a floor jack under the horns and raised it up two inches - to 22.5" at the wheel well - and then took this photo:

It's a little geeky for a Speedster, but I think I could live with it. Actually, I think it looks like about the normal ride height for a 356 coupe, no?

I know I CAN'T live with banging the sump once a week. This last time left me with just five studs holding the drain plate on and a whole lotta oil on the garage floor.

Yeah, that's what I thought of too! And you are right, reversing the figures should raise the car the amount you want. Heed Terry's advice, though...Al

And that was the laugh of the day! All I had to do was read the title...

Don't we all!

Now who's giving out too much information, Troy.

It just occurred to me that if I had another two inches, I wouldn't be banging the sump every week.

And if that doesn't draw out Vince, nothing will.

You know he's telling the truth, Terry; not many of us would say no to another 2"...

Mitch, looking at your side view I thing it looks fine.  I know what you mean about banging the sump*-I bottomed out my Gene Berg 2.5" sump a few times and like you switched to a CB Thinline sump to gain an inch clearance.

*note I don't mean banging your sump...I have my own sump to bang.

You have an adjustable beam in front? I hope? Drop the nose an inch. See what happens aft.

Then start looking at reindexing your torsion bars.

Interesting thought, but eyeballing suggests (to me) that won't make a big enough difference in sump height, so I'd still have to raise the back some. And then a lowered front would exaggerate the forward-leaning stance, no?

The car's at the mechanic's today for sump swapping and resetting the torsion bars. He was questioning if he could use the standard 'lowering' charts to also raise the back, so I thought I'd let folks here kick it around a bit.

Gordon's original post seems to say you can.

I think dropping the front will raise your rear end a bit. 

I raised the adj on the spring plates as high as it would go-3/4 inch and installed the tallest tires I could find -Veredstein sprint classics-25.4 inch. My thin line sump hasn't bottomed out yet but I have to be careful with the phatboy muffler.

Joel