Steve,
My TR-4A is registered for street use in California. It has headlights and a
horn but the windshield is cut down so no wipers (or top). Its fun to drive on
the street for short periods of time but the ride is too stiff to be fun for
too long. It's also pretty loud.
Ron Jacobs
Western Eagle Racing.
-------------- Original message from Steven Belfer <colordog.1@earthlink.net>:
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> Are any of your race cars street legal?
>
> I have considered modifying my car to make it street legal for an
> OCCASIONAL drive. I probably won't do it because the thought of some
> driver in a Escalade with video screens on the cell phone might be my
> demise. I'm more afraid of that than turn 9 at Willow Springs.
>
> If you have gone "streetable" with a former race car, what are your
> experiences or recommendations?
>
> If I did it, I'd have to do the following: Raise the ride height, bad
> idea for a race car
>
> Put in an alternator, lights and a horn: No big deal
>
> Use milder cyl head or thicker HG for less compression / pump gas
>
> Muffler: Supertrapp?
>
> Title! My car has no title but I have the ID plates from a scrapped
> TR3.
>
> This is probably a bad idea. I know my dad wouldn't like it but it's
> killing me to only enjoy being in the car a few times per year.
>
> What would they look at at the DMV?
>
>
>
> ~Steve
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