£7.5k for a track car
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£7.5k for a track car
I have a track car in mind, but I need to due diligence so I'll open it up to the floor.
Budget is £7.5k, absolutely no more than that.
MUST be road legal and have a roof (even if it's removable)
minimum power to weight equivalent to 240bhp and 1300kg. add 10% to the power ifyou're suggesting a 4WD car.
Mustn't require a lot of fettling. So nothing clearly unreliable.
You can specify a cheaper car and lots of bits.
If it doesn't have a cage then the price must factor that in.
Have at it...
Budget is £7.5k, absolutely no more than that.
MUST be road legal and have a roof (even if it's removable)
minimum power to weight equivalent to 240bhp and 1300kg. add 10% to the power ifyou're suggesting a 4WD car.
Mustn't require a lot of fettling. So nothing clearly unreliable.
You can specify a cheaper car and lots of bits.
If it doesn't have a cage then the price must factor that in.
Have at it...
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Front or Rear wheel drive preference?
I've always fancied a stripped MX-5 for this type of thing, but you'd need a hard top.
Some sort of 3-series seems the other obvious option.
I've always fancied a stripped MX-5 for this type of thing, but you'd need a hard top.
Some sort of 3-series seems the other obvious option.
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or this, left hand drive doesn't matter on track and could easily meet your spec with some heavy electrics removed. http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1373517.htm could be great fun if not the fastest track car
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Depends what you want.
I wouldn't personally be bothered about power to weight as much as just weight. But I don't have 'Faster Than You' in my sig......
So, taking reliability into account, it's got to be the predictable-but-dull Beemer I guess;
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1474609.htm
MX5 and hard top isn't quick enough for you unless turbo'd, not sure how that affects reliability.
Unless you went FWD and got a 205MI16 or similar (cheaper so cash left over for a fighting fund). Or a rally rep Impreza, but they never seem to be much fun on track.
I wouldn't personally be bothered about power to weight as much as just weight. But I don't have 'Faster Than You' in my sig......
So, taking reliability into account, it's got to be the predictable-but-dull Beemer I guess;
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1474609.htm
MX5 and hard top isn't quick enough for you unless turbo'd, not sure how that affects reliability.
Unless you went FWD and got a 205MI16 or similar (cheaper so cash left over for a fighting fund). Or a rally rep Impreza, but they never seem to be much fun on track.
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No bike engines (they spend more time broken than running on track days)
Don't mind FWD but it's got to be a good one.
The reason why power is an issue is that it's going to spend a lot of time at the nurburgring where on certain sections you're very bored unless you have a certain amount of power to weight.
I'd like as light as possible. I wish a VX220 Turbo was cheap enough to be honest.
It's worth pointing out the car I have in mind is a stripped prepped E36 M3 5 Speed with all the right bits.
Don't mind FWD but it's got to be a good one.
The reason why power is an issue is that it's going to spend a lot of time at the nurburgring where on certain sections you're very bored unless you have a certain amount of power to weight.
I'd like as light as possible. I wish a VX220 Turbo was cheap enough to be honest.
It's worth pointing out the car I have in mind is a stripped prepped E36 M3 5 Speed with all the right bits.