Mongo

What happend to yours mate?

wrxjay03

my GSi?

Mongo

I'd have a BMW in that respect then it wouldn't go wrong lol.

I do see what your saying. What would you do if the 172 went wrong?

Mongo

Yes mate. Why the terminal problem with the pistons

james-wrx

My choice would be a Porsche 944 Turbo with MO30 Koni suspension, nice big brakes as standard, strip it out, pair of bucket seats and harnesess etc.
I had a 250Hp one tuned to 300/300 and it was very quick and they do handle fantasticly well, it would redline in 5th showing 180mph 170mph according to GPS !!

wrxjay03

well it was a friday afternoon car. brought it brand new and was on the back of a recovery truck 6 weeks later because the gear linkage was knackered. After that most of the time i had it i was sat up the vauxhall dealership with more problems, engine managment light etc. The engine sounded like it was tapping, so it took it back to vauxhall and it was the pistons. the car was in the dealership more times than on the road.

Mongo

Hell not good.. Not heard too many storys like that

Gutmann pug

Get it fixed at the dealer in Adenau

Gutmann pug

Can you get all that for £6K?

Mongo

Fair enough. Didn't reallise there was one there. The time I went was a easter bank holiday weekend, nowhere was open

Have you a progress thread for your BMW

Gutmann pug

Link posted below

Mongo

Na I'm on E30 zone

Gutmann pug

https://www.scoobynet.com/other-marq...ml#post7032784

Mongo

Like the cage mate did you get it from custom cages? Have you driven it on the H&R coilovers? I had the H&R Cup Kit on my old SE, Got to say it was one of the best handling cars I've driven

Gutmann pug

The cage was from Custom cages. Now it is in it is a work of art. I would suggest 50% of the bars needed modding in some way or another. I wouldn't buy from them again.

The car hasn't done more than drive 20 yards in and out of the workshop for the past 8 months. I know the coilovers will be good as I have followed a local car with the exact same set up at the ring and it is very good.

Mongo

When are you expectig to compete then?

Gutmann pug

No idea, it goes to paint in the next couple of weeks, then the rebuild starts. Once that is done we will have a look at the running gear. I would like to think it will go over this year though for sure.

Mongo

Best of luck

Gutmann pug

Back on topic it wont cost alot less than the budget on this thread by the time it's finished. If I decide on an engine change it will be spot on the budget

Mongo

Yes in deed. Back on subject.

E30 is a good tool, you can also pick up an E36 M3 for reasonable money these days too

Simon 69

I dont usually read the whole thread before I post, but this is what I was about to suggest: or maybe a cheap LHD 968...

Mongo

Here's my old E30



Did a 9.20 round the 'ring

james-wrx

Should be able to if you look hard enough, I paid that for one 3 years ago, the bloke I bought it from was a bit of a plumb though!!
eBay.co.uk: 1989 Porsche 944 Turbo (MO30) (item 270131607450 end time 23-Jun-07 14:27:03 BST)

There are also another 2 or 3 on Autotrader less than 7k look out for the SE they are 250hp

Gutmann pug

The fact he has a £8,750 buy it now price leads me to think he wants more than £6K for it, I might be wrong though

james-wrx

I think your right mate, there are a couple of others on there for 6-7k though!

amazingjames

4x4 cosworth or evo 4. both great cars and worthy of the ring.

silent running

The answer is: look what the regulars drive. Buy German is a good starting point. My recent carpark survey at the Nordschleife entrance revealed:
BMW 3 series - either E30 325/M3 or E46 M3 CSLs were everywhere. E36 models very thin on the ground.
Porsche 911 - any age, any model
VW Golf - mk2 GTi very popular, usually track prepped.
Peugeot GTi/Rallye - a few 205/106/306 knocking around.
Subaru Impreza - any age, any model
Mistubishi Lancer - Evo IV and later

And that was literally 90% of the car park. The remainder were a handful of Alfas, Clios, Skylines, Cossies, Ferraris and Audi diesels.