Posted by: pattyho
Description: It is with a heavy heart that I have decided to sell my car but, putting a wife through law school with three young children has become too much of a burden. My only consolation is that once my wife passes the bar I will be able to acquire another. Thunder Ranch built the 550A rolling chassis in 2003 with four wheel disk brakes and roll bars to which I added a 2498cc Scat long block with Webber fuel injection, MSD distributor, MSD coil, Bosch alternator, Empi breather, billet mounted oil cooler, aluminum center mount fan shroud with a balanced fan. I had to custom make the cylinder tin because the stroke is so long. The trans was built by Trans Works and has an extra long fourth gear for freeway driving. I upgraded to a cable shifter last year, the stock shifter from TR sucked. The car has 1710mi and is titled as a 1971 VW. This car has a tremendous amount of torque, I had to take it back to TR to have a custom motor mount system put in because I kept ripping apart urethane mounts. There are a few minor dings in the paint from driving and a small spiderweb on the rear bonnett. You have to keep the valve lash dialed in because the fuel injection is very sensitive and the downshift from third to second is a little rough. I love this car so much, I'm sure I'm forgetting lots of details, it's just hard to think of all the time and hard work I've put into the car just to have to sell.
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