Best sub £5K 2.0 N/A car for track toy & hill climbing

[Calza]

Axionknight said:

I'd say a DC5 Integra if a 1.8 is OK. Otherwise choose an EP3

The DC5 is a 2.0 I do believe, but for 5k I guess you meant the 2!

[Johnny 89]

I'm guessing rotaries are against regs?

[Huff]

No, just uncompetetive.

[200Plus Club]

This mr2 roadster currently stands me at £2700. It's 140bhp and rwd with an lsd. It's 900 odd kilos. It has plenty of steering feel, it can be slid about and it's extremely fun to drive. You could strip loads of weight off it and go racing or hill climbs. Brakes are fine. I might buy another yet and put the 190bhp engine in :-)

Edited by 200Plus Club on Thursday 11th February 23:22

[Johnny 89]

Huff said:

No, just uncompetetive.

Ah, okay, I know little about it.. Would a stripped out RX-8 with some upgrades not be quick enough?

[ZX10R NIN]

Can you fit throttle bodies to the Clio & still be within the rules?

[Roman]

I don't know how competitive it would be but a 2.0 V6 Mitsubishi FTO would look and sound great IMO - this one looks a bargain:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

Inspiration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOxjMaBC4Gs

[LordHaveMurci]

ZX10R NIN said:

Can you fit throttle bodies to the Clio & still be within the rules?

In the SW yes, you'd have to check regs for the champs you wanted to enter though.

When I looked into ITB's the results weren't conclusive & it's a lot of cash.

[e21Mark]

LordHaveMurci said:

ZX10R NIN said:

Can you fit throttle bodies to the Clio & still be within the rules?

In the SW yes, you'd have to check regs for the champs you wanted to enter though.

When I looked into ITB's the results weren't conclusive & it's a lot of cash.

Added to which, whilst they do give better throttle response, any power increase will be pretty small.

[BenLowden]

vtecyo said:

No. The k20 is very strangled to meet emissions regs.

Air intake, inlet manifold, throttle body, full exhaust and a map from tdi north / eurospec on a k100 ecu and you're about there tbh.

Awesome thanks! Will take a look at TDI North, they did pop up on my searches last night. Doesn't sound overly expensive either, at a guess all in for <2K.

LordHaveMurci said:

I've hillclimbed a fairly standard 172 Cup for 5 seasons, great fun but not really competitive (in the dry anyway).

With a bit less weight & a bit more power (not cheap or easy on a Clio) it could be really competitive.

Have competed against modded 205 Gti, S2000 & well sorted DC5, all competitive cars in SW. Sadly 1.6 & 1.8 FI cars fit in same class down here so NA stuff doesn't stand much chance any more.

Interesting to read that charged cars with smaller engines are making it into the N/A class with you. To be honest, I doubt I'd be that competitive anyway, I just want to have fun with the money I've got and not be at the bottom of the pile! I'll have a chat with Pure Motorsport and see what they can do, as I think their throttle body kit and exhaust manifold will see 200bhp+.

That FTO looks great, used to spend hours looking at them and all sorts of Japanese cars when I first started driving. Yet to own anything Japanese though, so maybe this is the opportunity!

Edited by BenLowden on Friday 12th February 08:46

[ikarl]

mk2 MR2?

175bhp from a rev3. Loads of grip due to the mid-engine layout, stock brakes are pretty decent with upgraded pads/fluid and you can get c.200bhp out the engine with an exhaust/CAI/ACIS spacer and a piggyback ecu - they also have their own race series!

[LordHaveMurci]

BenLowden said:

Interesting to read that charged cars with smaller engines are making it into the N/A class with you. To be honest, I doubt I'd be that competitive anyway, I just want to have fun with the money I've got and not be at the bottom of the pile! I'll have a chat with Pure Motorsport and see what they can do, as I think their throttle body kit and exhaust manifold will see 200bhp+.

That FTO looks great, used to spend hours looking at them and all sorts of Japanese cars when I first started driving. Yet to own anything Japanese though, so maybe this is the opportunity!

Edited by BenLowden on Friday 12th February 08:46

We have a weird class system in the SW, our class A3 is 1800-2600cc meaning FI cars up to 1800cc slot right in
I reckon a well sorted Clio would do well in an up to 2000cc class, especially if you could strip some weight out. I planned to change my seats & steering wheel etc but sadly things have changed & I probably won't be competing at all this year

[BenLowden]

LordHaveMurci said:

We have a weird class system in the SW, our class A3 is 1800-2600cc meaning FI cars up to 1800cc slot right in
I reckon a well sorted Clio would do well in an up to 2000cc class, especially if you could strip some weight out. I planned to change my seats & steering wheel etc but sadly things have changed & I probably won't be competing at all this year

That's a shame, although 5 years doesn't sound like a bad run so far! I'm hopefully going to get involved in the Javelin Sprint Series, although there's a Fiesta running 220bhp on ITBs and a Ibiza running 235bhp. Yikes! It's the taking part though...