HankScorpio

Just on a browse thinking about trackday toy.
Not serious, probably will come to nothing but what are thoughts on 1500 quid toyota?

MR2 or Celica?

wrx-kris

3ltr supra turbo

I would

HankScorpio

Mmmmhhh... for 1500?

Can you get them in manual?

davyboy

A £1500 Mk2 golf 16 V or BMW 318is or 325 would be money better spent.

wrx-kris

YES!
tis do-able for £1500. a mate of mine bought a manual off flea bay for £700 T&T

I wouldnt bother with a golf 16v unless you dont mind understeer and overall a slow (ish) car - the vr6 on the other hand is "all that"

Have you thought about spending the £1500 on handling and braking mods for the scoob?

Beef

Agreed - the MK3 Supra Turbo is a big old barge of a vehicle. The cooling system was marginal at best when they were new, which assisted in their reputation for blowing headgaskets. The brakes would not withstand any serious track use, and their weight would make them cumbersome through the corners, and sluggish on the straights.

If you want a cheap boulevard cruiser to waft around in, get one, but they're completely unsuitable for track use.

Beef

As an aside, you can pick up an early MKIV NA Supra for as little as 2 or 3 grand, although you may have to hunt a little to find a manual at that price. That would make a far better bet as a track car - reasonably light for the size (about 1450kg), good performance from the engine (about 220bhp as standard), extremely reliable, and a large market of handling, braking and suspension mods available. It's a simple layout - straight-six up front, power to the rear wheels, and a normal gearbox joining the two.

If you increase your budget slightly you could get one of the rare SZ-R models, which were a lightened, manual-only version of the NA Supra that came with a LSD as standard. I don't know for sure if the 315mm 4-pot brake system (as fitted as standard to UK-spec Supra's) was optional or not on the early SZ-R, but it's a relatively cheap upgrade that offers excellent braking performance, and best of all bolts straight on.

I always thought it would be fun to get an SZ-R, strip it out, and turn it into a trackday toy. You'd be able to drive it to the track and back, and it'd be fast enough to be fun.

RichardS2005

How about stripping out a Primera GT, pretty sure you cna get them for less than £1500

wrx-kris

soarer tt?

wrx-kris

Correct! but as most of them have now had their problems they should be more reliable?

HankScorpio

Loads of ideas there....

Don't want fwd, r or 4.

Smallish, agile, not so much a cruiser.

Bit off budget (which doesn't matter as it's an academic exercise anyway) but what about early eunos?

projectsubaru

What i was thinking to be honest get a eunos/mx5 slip diff on it well set up suspension and you will be laughing get the 1.8 as its bullet proof. The idea of a supra does sound tempting and im sure it could be stripped down to weigh around 1350kg ish but when the mx5 comes in around a tonne standard its going to be hard to beat in the corners.