Hotchkis or QA1 all inclusive kits - which one?
Hey all, wanted to chime in here as I started this post and wanted to provide an update. Firstly, HUGE shouts out to @BergmanAutoCraft and @72bluNblu - your advice and many of the parts you recommended has been super helpful in my build. My 1973 Scamp is now fully finished - I mainly went with Peter’s parts, as it was easier to use one supplier - plus, to his word, Peter answers messages and calls and has been a huge help - thank you - plus, @72bluNblu went above and beyond with advice - so much help - so grateful and thankful . Both of these gentlemen are true experts. I went off-piste a little from their advice and added new 6-leaf springs from ESPO (as I’m adding a 360 in a few months, so beefed that up a bit) and Galaxy R1 G/T Tires from Vitour - they’re probably Chinese but after lots of digging looked like the best bet if I kept my 14-inch Magnum wheels and they’re are super sticky - I can vouch for that and highly recommend them (I will be upgrading to bigger and wider wheels in a year or so but for now I’ve a look I like and high speed rating tires that offer plenty of grip). The car handles amazingly well now. The Borgeson steering box is just - wow - amazing feel. I’ve the sway-a-way torsion bars, BAC/SPC upper control arms, Hellwig sway bars, Bilstein shocks and other bits and bobs from BAC etc. If any of you are thinking about modifying the dynamics of your steering and suspension, it’s not cheap but boy oh boy, it’s night and day in difference, every corner I go round I try to swing out wider on entry, kicking into the apex tighter, just because the car glues to the road and the whole thing makes me smile from ear to ear. Thanks for all the help - I couldn’t have got the car so perfectly set-up without the advice from this group !
Hey all, wanted to chime in here as I started this post and wanted to provide an update. Firstly, HUGE shouts out to @BergmanAutoCraft and @72bluNblu - your advice and many of the parts you recommended has been super helpful in my build. My 1973 Scamp is now fully finished - I mainly went with Peter’s parts, as it was easier to use one supplier - plus, to his word, Peter answers messages and calls and has been a huge help - thank you - plus, @72bluNblu went above and beyond with advice - so much help - so grateful and thankful . Both of these gentlemen are true experts. I went off-piste a little from their advice and added new 6-leaf springs from ESPO (as I’m adding a 360 in a few months, so beefed that up a bit) and Galaxy R1 G/T Tires from Vitour - they’re probably Chinese but after lots of digging looked like the best bet if I kept my 14-inch Magnum wheels and they’re are super sticky - I can vouch for that and highly recommend them (I will be upgrading to bigger and wider wheels in a year or so but for now I’ve a look I like and high speed rating tires that offer plenty of grip). The car handles amazingly well now. The Borgeson steering box is just - wow - amazing feel. I’ve the sway-a-way torsion bars, BAC/SPC upper control arms, Hellwig sway bars, Bilstein shocks and other bits and bobs from BAC etc. If any of you are thinking about modifying the dynamics of your steering and suspension, it’s not cheap but boy oh boy, it’s night and day in difference, every corner I go round I try to swing out wider on entry, kicking into the apex tighter, just because the car glues to the road and the whole thing makes me smile from ear to ear. Thanks for all the help - I couldn’t have got the car so perfectly set-up without the advice from this group !