N1gel 1970

after watching the Rally of Ireland on TV over the weekend, two of the privateer's (sp) were running S11's. it got me wondering, instead of people modifying their standard road cars, would it be cheaper to just go out and buy a S11 instead?

Hugh Jass

Great idea if you have £415,000 burning a hole in your pocket, even then you would be tied in to a contract for a year.

Phil

Not actually heard of S11 before but I assume they are either Grp N cars or ex WRC cars neither will be cheap

N1gel 1970

seriously!!! 415 k

i'll go back to saving up for my 1993 wrx import

Hugh Jass

Could be more depending on the spares package you want.

There is a lot of WRC cars in Ireland, mostly Imprezas and most of them are privately owned. When the world rally championship come to Ireland the big boys had better watch out for the local talent

TonyFlow

Not quite that much for a used Prodrive group N car see http://www.wrcsales.com/

Although I wouldnt think many of us have mechanics on-hand for the turbo/engine rebuilds that competition spec cars receive in their lifetime.

Hugh Jass

You can't compare a N11 to a S11 car, completely different animal. N11 is basically a road car with a cage and a few other modifications, the S11 engine barely looks like a scoob engine, has a fmic, runs at about 5bar boost pressure and has around 900nm of torque!!

N1gel 1970

one of drivers was described as a local lorry driver, so how the hell could he afford it???

mind you, i think his name was Eddie Stobart

TonyFlow

Was'nt comparing chap, just pointing out what a Grp N car could be had for in comparison.

Hugh Jass

Tony, what are the prices of the Group N cars on that site, I couldn't view any for sale, my connection must be crap or something.

Edit:Finally got the link to work

GC8

£25,000 for an '02 and £45,000 for an '03>

Simon