JPS Speedster

Beautiful. Disc brakes?

Bummed to see you sell that beautiful car, Glenn! Smoking deal on that bad-boy! If this had been posted 3 weeks ago (when I started my VS build) I would have been at your doorstep in a heartbeat to buy it! Rats!

Hope all goes well with your move to golf Nirvana! 

Disc brakes all the way around, also tires are almost new less than 3,000. Tires were changed when the upgraded wheels were installed. This car has it all,  

Coco calico mats

LS001* - Leather Seating Area........................$900  

ST001* - AM/FM/CD Stereo  ..........................$490      

SM001* - Second Outside Rearview Mirror ............$45

CT001* - Full Canvas Tonneau Cover .................$395

SC002* - SC Suspension ................................$550 

SW001 - German Square Weave Carpet ..............$450    

LS003 - Leather Door Panels & Dash .................$1050      

BG001 - European Bumper Guards (4)................$260       

BP001 - Black Paint two Stage ........................$550

Correction on the radio, it is a Kenwood slide out screen CD/DVD, Ipod ready, GPS Nav system, Bluetooth with powerful amp mounted in trunk. Super clear and loud even when cruising at 80

Looks like a pretty sweet deal.  Nice ride.

Great car , at a great price!

Some have asked, but sorry do not know the gear ratios, but it can cruise all day at over 80mph and only be hitting 3000-3500 rpm

Glenn- what constitutes an "SC" suspension?

Al, this has come up before with JPS builds. I'm not sure if we ever received a verifiable response.   John Steele help us out here.  Certainly not the same as the Boxster's X73 package.

Boy that black car is great looking. And loaded!

Art

Now that I think of it, I may have asked it before!

PS- I just emailed JPS asking the question. We'll see what the response is (or if I get one).

Great looking car, Glenn!

P.S. also has black and gold CA plates (look great on this black beauty)

According to Intermeccanica their definition of SC suspension is a basic 911 setup. So that would mean a strut type of suspension rather than torsion tube or torsion bar. Does that sound right?

Rusty, that may be correct for Intermeccanica, but according to JPS:

"We upgrade shocks, sway bars, body stiffness and chassis stiffness. It makes the car tighter and handle better but adds too much stiffness for the average person. These are rear engined and without experience driving them they can be a handful. All of the upgrades increase roll stiffness but also transmit more road and tire noise to the chassis.

Most manufacturers have walked this tight rope for years. BMW and Mercedes best examples.

Drive a Cadillac, nice riding, quiet and handles well but stiffen it up and you have a BMW, noisier but tighter with less roll but road and tire noise increase.

Most kit builders don't understand the trade off, they think because you make it stiffer it handles better and partially they are correct. On a smooth race track you get better turn in and quicker exits but in the real world the bumps in the turn loosen the car up and the tendency for over or under steer is increased. Thus softer is the quicker way around most surface streets.

John Steele

JPS-Motorsports.com

PS if you are asking specifically what we do I do not release that info."

In a JPS car it's still a beetle suspension.

Okay - so SC is just more of a sport adjusted beetle suspension. That may be the case for Intermeccanica as well as the car I was referring to when talking with Robert was a highly customized car. He may have misunderstood me.

It's very hard (impossible?) to make these cars handle very well and have supple handling at the same time.

My pan bases IM has Koni adjustable shocks, roll bar, and rear kafer bar, along with the heavy duty front and rear sway bars.  The car handles very well, but is VERY stiff riding.  It puts my track Miata to shame.

On old car it seems you can have one or the other, but not both.

Ron--I definitely have both---in spades.  I guess I was just lucky.  I have the sway bar, Kafer Bar, camber compensator, Beam braces and stock shocks.  25 rear, 23 front, Vereds, and a damned near perfect alignment.

Last year I drove a brand new VS that's here in Hot Springs and it drove like a truck--I'd never take it on the highway. Hard to steer, shaky steering wheel and all round awful.  I guess you can get a good one or a bad one and do feel that the improvements to the suspension are what makes mine drive like buttah.  Maybe riding in a coccoon of Dynamat makes it seem better than it is!

Jack- Does your car have front and rear sway bars (25 rear, 23 front)? I think the stock shocks you're running are a large part of why your car seems to ride so smoothly; too many people "overshock" and end up with an unnecessarily rough ride. Do you run stock VW transaxle mounts? Mounts that are too hard (or "solid" mounts) also transmit more noise and road vibration into the car.

I reprinted Mr. Steele's email reply (above) to my query (what constitutes an JPS "SC" suspension?) in it's entirety as his observations on the VW platform (and ride quality vs handling improvements in general) are very astute.

I'm sure John knows what he is talking about, but I don't feel that my ride is hard at all. It could be that I have always had sport cars, corvettes, 911's so I enjoy feeling the road.

I have had 3 Morgans, including the Aero 8, and I can tell you that you definitely FEEL the road, but not in a bad way at all.  I suppose it gets down to driver involvement.  In a Speedster, I would like some involvement! 

Dan, i see you have a red 911 too , ha?  i have an 86, live in San Clemente, wanted to pick your brain a little.  Contemplating getting a speedster again, i use to have one, loved it, regretted selling it.  I have a beautiful 911 i drive, been to the shows, want more of a cruiser, not a racer or fast car.  IF you get a chance, write back, i'll give you my email.

A few people have asked if it has a heater, it not only has a heater it has electric heated driver and passenger seats. You can be comfortable in any weather.

Glenn, Does the place you are moving to have a garage,or metal outbuilding? If so,you may want to consider a 4 post lift. You can keep the Speedster,and have plenty of room for a golf cart or any other vehicle you wish to house underneath. Just a thought. Another thought is to keep the car stored off site. I keep Ruby in a storage building about a mile from my home due to space issues. Rent is cheap,and I keep the car!!

Can you provide a phone number to contact you

909-855-1169

Islandman - buy this car before you miss the deal of a lifetime! It came up 3 weeks too late for me to jump on it! Glenn is a straight-shooter, I've seen the car in person and pictures don't so it justice! 

Someone asked if I have the original wheels, I do not sorry

Also has heated electric seats for you folks that live outside our beautiful Southern CA.

I almost feel like crying. My toy is sold and I'm having sellers remorse and it hasn't even been picked up yet.

Moved from a 4 car garage to a 3 car and I need a golf cart. My baby is going to Washington State

It was my speedster or my AMG SL and that baby ain't going no where