TopBanana

Must be lightweight and rear-wheel drive. Any ideas? Was thinking of buying an E30 325i and stripping it out.

EvoBarry

What about the MK1 MR2, for £3k you can buy one and sort the suspension, brakes, spare wheels, decent tyres etc. Cracking little motors.

Or you could try finding an AE86 like mine

325i is a good motor though, but most are pretty ragged now it seems, a real shame.

Jeff Wiltshire

Porsche 914/924/944......

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

Forget them sh!te porsches and get the BMW 325i sport very capable cars on track and un-breakable too

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

Oh and Xr4i sierras can be built very cheaply with the lsd from xr4x4s etc and cossie reject bits I built one two years ago for about £500 then sold it

davyboy

Paul......sh!te ???

Paulo P

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Davy

Porsche 924 = sh!te, vw van engine

914 probably isn't available for that money and a 944 for that cash would be a shed.

Paul

davyboy

Agreed.

There was a LHD 944 Turbo on Autotrader for about 4k, might be able to get a deal?

Olly

Ad in Capri Club:

2.8 Injection Turbo Technics 230bhp, 7th injector, boost gauge, dump valve, reg C2.8i GBU Brooklands 15" wheels, lacquer red, big brakes, v smart, never welded £3600.

Worth a chip.

MarkCSC

True but the 2.0 NA is as fast as a Golf GTi and the chassis very rewarding. If you wanted more grunt you could always get a 924 turbo(170bhp)which can be tweeked to 200bhp quite easily.

Alternatively you could get the 924S. Which has the 2.5 944 engine (also faster than the 944 as it is lighter) should be able to get a good one for £3k

Also prepared track car for sale here


[Edited by Mark Champion - 3/12/2003 2:06:39 PM]

Sieze

Mazda mx6, 2.5 L V6 ,as standard is 165 bhp. Good handling and quite light 1240kg. Is front wheel drive though but feels like a Civic type r (good handling).

nigel s

Have you considered a Pug 205 GTI, light powerfull and generally makes a good track car. Here a couple of examples found on auotrader.
205 1.9gti F reg. 180bhp, 80,000 miles engine, Kent cam, Flowed head, full s/s exhaust, adjustable suspension, well maintained, plus other . . . . (private) more info £2,350

Or

205 mi16 conversion F reg. 95000 miles, metallic blue, air-induction, janspeed pipe, amp and stereo, lowered, Koni suspension, 16 alloys, 11mths MoT, 5mths tax, body kit, good condition, excellent fun!. . . . . . (private) more info £2,350

hades

Sylva Striker kit car. Weights about .5 tonne, so even with a bog standard 1.6 crossflow it's reasonably fast, handles like a caterham, great fun. If you feel like it later, give it a zetec or k series, and you'll beat an elise.

TopBanana

Thought about a 205 GTi but would prefer a rear-wheel drive car... still leaning towards a Fisher Fury / Sylva Striker...

CC

u would just about pickup an old (E or F reg) rwd sapphire cosworth for that money.

It wont be mint, but u could get a reliable if slightly tatty one for that money. Spend £200 on a chip/boost upgrade and get 270bhp. Big bhp + rwd + much cheapness = FUN !

Or go the 205 route (but fwd).

cletterridge

Can you really pick up a Fisher Fury or Sylva Striker for under £3,000?

What other kit cars can you get for under £3,000?

TopBanana

You can for a really ropey one, but I was hoping to spend less - hence the £3k. You have to spend £5 or £6k for a half-decent one, more like 10 for the best

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

924 isnt as quick as my Golf GTI, I have had both and the 924 wasnt very quick ,it was from 79 though.

Jeff Wiltshire

A stripped out, rollcaged & race preped 924 would make a very cheap, fast and enjoyable track day car.

hades

Furywise - no chance - I've never seen one less than about £5k, £6-10k is more normal. Strikers tend to be cheaper, and I have met a couple of people who have had some with standard crossflow engine for sensible cash.

From the back of March edition of which kit:
Sylva Leader, 1600 X-flow £1695. Westfield 1600 x-flow £4250 ono

Buy a kit magazine and have a browse if you're really interested. Remember with that little weight and that good handling you don't need silly power to have fun. Add more power later if you like for more fun: my brother's 2 litre zetec fury lived with a certain Mr Rainbird's 400+bhp Sierra Cossie to about 90 (repeated many times) on one memorably fun occassion.

Merc_Cosworth

Be different

You can get a fairly reasonable 2.3-16v Mercedes 190 for that - shockingly good round corners - comes with a bomb proof (ish) engine, dogleg 5 speed with 1:1 top, LSD, big brakes, and fully adjustable (for track n camber) 5 link rear end, mac-strut front.

Take the interior out, and it'll take a lots of weight of it (typical heavyweight fully loaded german affair)

No real tuning parts for em, but will accept turbo's no problem, and apparently, superchargers from the current 4 cylinder Kompressor cars bolt straight on.

Suspension?

Don't touch it - like the E30 M3, its near perfect from the crate.

Brakes?

No need - good enough for serious abuse with all the weight on it, let alone stripped out

If you want any help sourcing one - email me...

Dracoro

Nissan 200SX seem a popular car for this sort of thing. Probably be a lot more fun than a bmw 3 series. Sports coupe VS family saloon. I think you can guess which is more suited

[Edited by Dracoro - 3/12/2003 12:24:13 PM]