Well, yeah, the 'Vairs did under steer (plow) a bit but for normal driving it wasn't much of a problem... I could drive mind (sans the 2 80 pound bags of Sacrete) at 75 mph on the interstate and no problems... I did autocross the car a few times and the Sacrete came in handy but still not quite enough... I had a buddy who took his 'Vair and stuffed a 350 Chevy engine in where the backseat used to be, turned the trans around, swapped the gear carrier from right to left so it would have 4 forward gears rather than 4 reverse gear... He auto crossed this car with lower profile tires on the front which made it handle just right for that power...
Speaking of VWs and 'Vairs... I bought a basket case 66 VW with a 'Vair engine and an adapter kit all in pieces and didn't realize that the 'Vair engine turned backwards... Took me a couple weekends to get it put together and running only to find I did indeed have 4 reverse gears... Purdy embarrassin'... Took several weekends to take it all apart and swap the gear carrier in the transaxle... By then I had had it and sold it to buy some other project car???