If possible to fit would a camber compensator be preferable to the straps?
The Berg-5 mid-mount might be a complication but it seems like compensator mount could be modified to fit.
@Michael McKelvey posted:If possible to fit would a camber compensator be preferable to the straps?
The Berg-5 mid-mount might be a complication but it seems like compensator mount could be modified to fit.
I would think. The camber compensator is actively pulling down on the axle.
But I'm a belt and suspenders guy - I'd probably run both if I could. The limit straps makes it pretty much impossible to tuck.
I don't know about all this. I've driven with Mitch and he certainly isn't driving on the edge or anywhere within a 1K of the edge. But he looks way cooler driving that far from the edge than I do driving on it, so there's that.
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OK, I may have been waxing hyperbolic a bit.
I've had this ride for a while and, like any ride, you learn the limits and how to stay within them. I've driven an IRS IM and while the extra grip was there, the planted feeling of the back end was the difference I noticed the most.
But I just can't justify the expense and the time off the road it would take to convert this car to IRS. For me, it's just not worth it. I think what I've got probably handles pretty close to the original car (in stock, street trim) and I do like the idea of getting the most out of that. It is very light, very low, and very flat in corners, and that makes it quicker than it has any right to be. You can even use power-on oversteer and some sliding to tighten your line out of corners if you're careful. Compare this to the handling of, say, a 1955 Chevy or Buick (or Mercedes sedan) and you begin to understand why it was considered a performance machine in its day.
Anyway, I'm doing me. The car is a kind of time machine. I cinch myself in, check the gauges, yell "Clear" over the windscreen, fire it up, do my preflight checks and runup as the oil warms, roll across the tarmac, and climb out into a light morning overcast over Duxford. As it is, with the current engine and gearbox, it's perfect for me and how I use it.
The limit straps do sound like a good idea, though.
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