Track car circa £5k
Discussion
The golf and focus are too road biased for my taste if it's primarily going to be a (road legal) track car.
Clio and 3 series are good shouts (E30/36, anything newer is getting a bit heavy), Integra could be OK if you can find a good one but I wouldn't go S2000, not very forgiving on track. R26 is a great car but I'm not sure a cheap one is a good idea as a track toy.
Clio and 3 series are good shouts (E30/36, anything newer is getting a bit heavy), Integra could be OK if you can find a good one but I wouldn't go S2000, not very forgiving on track. R26 is a great car but I'm not sure a cheap one is a good idea as a track toy.
Do you actually need any practicality beyond the ability to drive it to a track? I mean is it a second car?
Frankly none of your options are appealing if it's basically track only. You can get a decent kitcar for £5k which would be far quicker, cheaper to run and more fun than any of those options, not to mention more "special" if it's a second car.
Lightness is key for track cars in my opinion.
Frankly none of your options are appealing if it's basically track only. You can get a decent kitcar for £5k which would be far quicker, cheaper to run and more fun than any of those options, not to mention more "special" if it's a second car.
Lightness is key for track cars in my opinion.
Mattpanks said:
It will not be used as a second car, so have no practical requirements. Just after a fun track car that can be driven to / from track.
What kit cars are good?
I'm not much of an authority on kitcars at all but for that budget, I'd go for a Fisher Fury, Sylva Striker, MK Indy or an oldish Westfield. I bought an MNR Vortx R1 for under £4k which is basically a supercar beater on a track but I was very lucky to find one that cheap as most are double that (it needed some minor TLC). A bike engined one should do 0-60 in under 4 seconds and will put in pretty amazing laptimes compared to even very capable sportscars (The lap record for a McLaren MP4-12C at Cadwell is about 1 second quicker than a road legal MNR R1). Car engined ones are nicer on the road but not quite as good on track at that end of the price range, although obviously something like a Caterham R500 is bonkers quick.What kit cars are good?
Any of them will be fun and incredibly cheap on tyres and brakes compared to a typical fast road car.
eggchaser1987 said:
Nothing to do with the ones you have suggested and not meaning to sound like an advert. Apologies if it does but I have my tiger kit car for sale around 5k.
Ideal track day car I think especially if you dont have to worry about practicality.
Actually I forgot to mention Tigers...they're meant to be decent enough too.Ideal track day car I think especially if you dont have to worry about practicality.
The only ones to really avoid are Robin Hoods apparently. That's just the advice I heard many times, nothing personal to anyone that has one!
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