What solo class would this car run in?

I have a 53 MGTD with an MGB drive train: engine, trans, & rear axle. I think the only class it could legally run in is one of the mod classes. It has coil over shocks F&R, MGB F disc brakes and R drums and a triangulated 4 link rear suspension as well as F&R swaybars. I need to know now because I plan to start working on it again soon. The only internal engine mod is .040 over pistons and a Kent cam kit. It has 2" SUs and a long center branch header and probably a Mallory dual pt. dist. Haven't decided for sure on that one yet.

You may want to also consider marquee (BMW club, Jaguar club, Porsche club etc.) events. They are usually open to all makes, and the classing is usually not as annoying. I've had fun at Jaguar events....once driving a geo, and once a corolla. I've also heard good things about NASA autocross classing.

In reply to JoeyM:

Thanks those are two possibilities I have never considered.

yea, i'd say about half the 100-110 cars at our bmw events are other makes... even a jeep and there's a t-rex running too

I really need to get in on that bmw club... Heading up to the NHMS this saturday myself

Steer clear of PCA autocross... they are tools, and their rules are redonkulous.

Maroon92 wrote: Steer clear of PCA autocross... they are tools, and their rules are redonkulous.

Depends on the location and the specific club.

Maroon92 wrote: Steer clear of PCA autocross... they are tools, and their rules are redonkulous.

Our local club seems OK, but they put together ridiculously bad AutoX courses. They make their courses very narrow and very slow! Not really what you would think of when you think of Porsche's. The last course was so slow, they almost came to a stop at one point. It was pretty sad to see a Kirkham cobra and a real nice Europa struggle through that. I am sure you mileage will vary though.

I can't imagine that car would be competitive in whatever class it would be in anyway (most old cars have some huge disadvantages). If you are just running for fun (which really is the best way to go) don't worry about classification and just have fun. You tend to get a LOT more runs at non-competitive events. At a recent Corvair club event I ended up doing 12 runs, and I didn't even do the fun runs!

Yeah I have to say that is an over generalization of PCA events. Heck the first autocross I ever went to was a PCA event and everyone was super friendly and was explaining things to me and even had multiple people offer to let me ride shotgun around the course. I was also a member of the local club and was the youngest member in the club at 18 and no one ever gave me crap about my age or me driving a lowly little 944 instead of a 911. They even let me lead the parade laps for the club at the old Zupans historic races in Portland.

Maroon92 wrote: Steer clear of PCA autocross... they are tools, and their rules are redonkulous.

Not in our region. The Delaware Valley PCA co-runs our Brandywine Motorsport Club events, and they are pretty much all great guys. Classing is very much determined by "well, looks like this particular group of cars will all be about the same speed".

I would say just pick a class that is close. Unless you are taking home a trophy chances are nobody will complain. People will be excited to see an old car out there running and I bet they could care less that it has an MGB engine and a updated suspension.

If you really follow the rules you will get hammered for the non-origninal engine and be stuck in a class where you will not be competitive at all.

I know the local group I run with has a NOC-exhibition classification, wouldnt most other groups? The car is going to be so far off from any class that it wont be competitive, just talk to the organizers and see if you can run NOC or just call it XP. (about any modified production car can fit there)

If it's engine, trans and rear axle, I don't see why you couldn't run street mod, or if your region does it, street tire street mod.

You could run it in our MU "modified under" class. www.icerace.com click auto cross.

I've received some good advice here and thanks to all. I'm not taking this thing too seriously but my thinking is that if it does fit into an scca mod class I might go so far as to remove the fenders, running boards and maybe side hood panels. The car was really beautiful in the early 90s but hurricane Ivan badly damaged my shop and it leaked so badly that the paint and chrome has really gone down hill since then. I thought since I'll have to partially dissassemble it to paint it properly I may as well have some fun with it first. I guess if I'm able to get it ready I'll just show up and they'll class it however they choose.