1k-2k ish Track Car
 

Evening All

Me and the Wife are looking to buy a fun track car for around the 1k-2k
mark at the end of the summer and do it up over the winter as a track car.

So far i have thought of the following:

1) Golf Mk4 1.8t
2) Golf Mk4 GT TDI 130
3) Honda Civic Type R
4) Toyota Corolla T Sport

Anyone got any other suggestions?. Already had a clio sport so not looking for one of them.

I know one is a diesel but i know you can get big power out of it. We will be tuning it so turbo is preferred.

205 gti Mi16 ;)

Mx5 and stick a cage in it, bolt a turbo on it.

mx5 would be a laugh, 205 is a great option but are there any left?

205 owners club forums, there's plenty about


There used to be a place in Horsham that sells 205 gti's but they were quite expensive restored examples.


my old one


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306 Gti 6 or as already stated 205 Gti (1.9) had both of these cars on the road and loved them both.

Definitely an mx5 , rear wheel drive and well known for great handling , and if you can spend a few thousand on it use it as the donor for an mev exocet kit car , well worth looking into , also a well known upgrade is adding and impreza turbo to it ,

Has to be RWD if you want fun, Toyota MR2's are cheap these days as well as MX5, wish I'd have gone that route instead of an STI type R would have saved a small fortune, both are very reliable and can be turbo'ed or supercharged.

They're not the fastest but since you're not racing it doesn't matter, but they're both a hoot to drive.

No mention of a clio 172/182 yet, normally the first suggestion!

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what he said :)

I've heard a lot about these but I guess it boils down to if you want RWD or FWD.

1-2 k. For the gti

Yeh right :lol1:

106 gti
e36 325/328i etc

A UK Impreza :)

309 gti

cavalier sri/gsi

nissan primera gt

nissan almera gti

fiesta xr2i

all can be had for around £1000 or less then spend the other £1k on better brakes/tyres/suspension

What about a puma 1.7 what they like on track?

quite fast as they are so rotten underneath they weigh as much as a small field mouse :D

Yeah Clio 172 sport, epic cars out of the box.

There really isn't anything better in the 1k-2k price bracket than a Clio 172/182 although the OP said he doesn't want one.

Great little track the Clio 172 just bought one for my 2 older sons (18 and 24)to experience track days as I think it teaches them the limits of a car away from lamp posts and trees!

Now there a beauty right there!

thats my little track toy now had a cage buckets 888s full geo added goin in for forged turbo build soon

MR2 Turbo