Turbo car for £3k?
 

Carrying on from last post..

Cant really afford a cossie at the moment, especially with a sti in the drive.


Want a turbo'd car for around £3k mark, insurence not to high (aka not group 20)


Any suggestions!?

Nissan 200sx.

EARLY SCOOBY...?

LMAO. He said insurance NOT too high ;) :D

200SX S13

Some form of Saab?
Diahatsu Charade Gtti
R5
s13 200sx
Mitubishi Starion (not sure of the insurance on these).

Can get el-cheapo insurance on a old WRX wankbox through Baseball Cap Direct Ltd I'm sure.

Renault 5 GT Turbo :)

You could definitely get a last of the line Citroen BX17 TZD for about 800 notes :p

Very cheap insurance :D

Limiting yourself to just a "3k with a turbo" is reducing your options, there are so many decent fun cars for 3k without one, with cheapish insurance. If it must be a Turbo, then your probably looking at immaculate versions of early hot hatches, problem is finding a decent one!....

R5 Turbo
Fiesta RS Turbo
Escort RS Turbos S1 or S2
Charade GTti

I would go for a 200SX S13, they are cheap, great rwd, tunable and if you can find a decent one, reliable for its age. Might even get a high mileage S14.

Also Rover 200 Tomcat turbo. But you really need to be careful as a lot could be dogs, and they handle poor too.

Depends what your looking for, and why it has to be a turbo (is it becuase you can turn up the boost easily?)

There's also the option of cars that have already had turbo conversions, dare I say it Nova's with Turbo 2.0, or 200Vi/GTi with Tomcat turbo engine. But there's the question of insurance, handling etc.

Cars like GT4's, Fiat Coupe Turbos, Pulsars, early MR2 T's etc could be advertised close to 3k, but they will def be dogs for that price, have insurance way above what you stated, and still cost a loads to run, so all are no go's.

Toyota Starlet..

Toyota Supra (MK3) ?

Do I keep having to point out the obvious, Saab 900/early 9-3 + chip = 220 bhp for 2 grand !

rover 220 (coupe) turbo?

DAan

what about a rover 600 turbo? quite cheap now.:confused:

Nah, sod the Rovers, too old and unreliable.

you can pick up pretty good condition MR2 turbos from £2200

insurance was half the price of my subaru and still got a bit of poke at 220bhp standard

s14 200sx, great rear wheel drive turbo fun
and insurance freindly as they are english:thumb:

you can get a top notch GT-Four ST185 for under 3k, maybe even a Carlos Sainz version

mates trying to sell a 200sx std for 3500 mint and under 40thousand on clock full nissan history .is that any good

MR2 GT

Why not try finding a 1990 onwards Mazda 323 Turbo import. If you can find one.

Metro :D

http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=8323

Volvo T5. They are strong, reliable and extreamly tuneable. £2500 would buy you this example, £500 would get you a nice filter / remap combo which will result in 300hp. They are not that shy at that point - lol.......... [insurance group 16 BTW]

High miler 1.8T golf

MR2 Turbo!!!