Is there a 205GTi BBS?
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Just bought a 205GTi for trackdays. Have used the scoob until now, but am sick of the cost of insuring it and am wary of running it without cover.
Are there an good sites for 205 bits / tuning etc?
cheers,
simon.
Just bought a 205GTi for trackdays. Have used the scoob until now, but am sick of the cost of insuring it and am wary of running it without cover.
Are there an good sites for 205 bits / tuning etc?
cheers,
simon.
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Simon,
You beat me to it, I have been looking into getting one from Lad Motorsport. They do a full track day conversion for around £5000 but it is still road legal. What spec have you got, has it been modded?
Si.
You beat me to it, I have been looking into getting one from Lad Motorsport. They do a full track day conversion for around £5000 but it is still road legal. What spec have you got, has it been modded?
Si.
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depends what you're after - if its a pristine, upgraded, road based 205 then maybe 5K is fair (I'll leave the LAD question to one side...)
But if you're after a track day car, then you can pick up an ex stock hatch racer with decent internal kit, cage and suspension for a couple of grand, and plant an mi16 in it for another grand.
Having gone down the 205 race car route myself, its not as cheap as people tend to make out on BBS's - for example replacing a knackered caliper, shagged disks, new hoses, fluid and good pads all round - you've just spent maybe £250. Each little thing is not that expensive, but on a 14 year old car you'll have many little things to sort out which soon add up.
But if you're after a track day car, then you can pick up an ex stock hatch racer with decent internal kit, cage and suspension for a couple of grand, and plant an mi16 in it for another grand.
Having gone down the 205 race car route myself, its not as cheap as people tend to make out on BBS's - for example replacing a knackered caliper, shagged disks, new hoses, fluid and good pads all round - you've just spent maybe £250. Each little thing is not that expensive, but on a 14 year old car you'll have many little things to sort out which soon add up.
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The stock hatch series is run by the 750mc; they've a classified section on their site:
http://www.motorsnippets.com/750mc/
BARC have a classified section too:
http://www.barc.net
These guys tend have a bunch of stuff:
http://www.rallyusedparts.co.uk/
something like a 205 challenge rally car is just as good a base for a track day car.
Hope this helps
http://www.rallyusedparts.co.uk/
http://www.motorsnippets.com/750mc/
BARC have a classified section too:
http://www.barc.net
These guys tend have a bunch of stuff:
http://www.rallyusedparts.co.uk/
something like a 205 challenge rally car is just as good a base for a track day car.
Hope this helps
http://www.rallyusedparts.co.uk/
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SillySi - there are a few Stock hatch pugs floating around in the classified section of CCC mag - best look around the end of the season (last SH race is Snetterton on 19/10) - should get a good car for around 2-2.5k.
And you don't need to bother with the Mi16, cos despite the name a lot of the cars are nowhere near stock, as blueprinting, revised ECUs, headskims are all in evidence, and they are light and quick.
Mine's nearly finished - I reckon the build costs have totaled about £2,500 to get a reliable but fairly 'stock' hatch.
And you don't need to bother with the Mi16, cos despite the name a lot of the cars are nowhere near stock, as blueprinting, revised ECUs, headskims are all in evidence, and they are light and quick.
Mine's nearly finished - I reckon the build costs have totaled about £2,500 to get a reliable but fairly 'stock' hatch.
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