What car is best?

[MattyR8]

So I'm after a car which I can pick up for cheap, thinking cat c or d write off I want to performance tune, bit of a sleeper but something that would look good being lowered with big rims. Just a bit tatty on the outside. A small hatchback, something around 1.8-2.0 mark. I was wondering which car you guys would sudgest and what mods to do, I haven't got a massive budget but over time I don't mind spending the wonga.
Cheers

[vtecyo]

2 smart cars welded together.

[anonymous-user]

Travel by donkey.

Feeling like a big man?
Citroen Saxo.
Or if you are feeling richer, Golf GTD.


Or even richer you say? Used Conti GT, Range Rover Sport/ Q7 S Line.

Payday? Cayenne Turbo S.

Millionaire? Bentayga.

fking filthy rich? Veyron.

[Slow]

We need some sort of budget.

"I haven't got a massive budget" on here that could be 10k or £500.

[anonymous-user]

Low budget you say? Ferrari 250GTO

[Mr Tidy]

allroad one said:

Low budget you say? Ferrari 250GTO

Yes, that would look lovely lowered with big rims!

[MattyR8]

Slow said:

We need some sort of budget.

"I haven't got a massive budget" on here that could be 10k or £500.

I want to pick the car up under the £500 mark so I was thing cat c or d for the car, and then with a budget of around 3-4K to do all mods over a period of time.

[anonymous-user]

Polo and stretch the tyres innit

[dub16v]

MattyR8 said:

I want to pick the car up under the £500 mark so I was thing cat c or d for the car, and then with a budget of around 3-4K to do all mods over a period of time.

It might just be me always airing on the side of caution but I'm not sure how must trust I'd be willing to put into a cat c/d 'performance' car. Things only need to go wonky once...

[Gary C]

Is it just for the fun on actually tinkering and building ?

Get any 2.0 hatch and put the engine in the back

[FN2TypeR]

Vauxhall Corsa with a red top engine in it.

[spookly]

Assuming you aren't still at school and currently on holidays then if you want to tune up a stbox as a bit of a sleeper then the easiest to make faster for cheap will be:

1. Turbo charged engine
2. Engine you can easily add turbo supercharger to

N/A engines are far more costly to get more power from. Most turbo cars can add a fairly good amount from a remap. More still from a few simple mods (bigger turbo, intercooler, downpipes, decat, exhaust, induction mods).

[MattyR8]

spookly said:

Assuming you aren't still at school and currently on holidays then if you want to tune up a stbox as a bit of a sleeper then the easiest to make faster for cheap will be:

1. Turbo charged engine
2. Engine you can easily add turbo supercharger to

N/A engines are far more costly to get more power from. Most turbo cars can add a fairly good amount from a remap. More still from a few simple mods (bigger turbo, intercooler, downpipes, decat, exhaust, induction mods).

No well out of school haha, but yer that's what I was thinking but un sure which car is best to do this with. It seems that not all turbo engines are easy to swap about and add power. What do you sudgest is best?

[Tuvra]

FN2TypeR said:

Vauxhall Corsa with a red top engine in it.

[TheLuke]

Saxo VTS.

Cheap, Tick.
Insurable, Tick.
Easily modifiable, Tick.

You'd be able to make a right rocket with 3 grand!

[AdeTuono]

Can I sudgest a dictionary?

[Camoradi]

Double your budget, but....

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[X5TUU]

Camoradi said:

Double your budget, but....

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

I dont know why but these scream "OLD MAN" and "PERFORATED BROWN/BEIGE DRVING GLOVES ALERT!" whenever I see them, much more than say a Jazz ... def not sleeper teritory though

[MrBarry123]

Audi R8?

[Vitorio]

X5TUU said:

Camoradi said:

Double your budget, but....

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

I dont know why but these scream "OLD MAN" and "PERFORATED BROWN/BEIGE DRVING GLOVES ALERT!" whenever I see them, much more than say a Jazz ... def not sleeper teritory though

Oh dear, i drive a dark green 1.6 with beige interior, i must be a pensioner... Dont have driving gloves though... (and i personally think "rich middle aged woman with a bit of stick up her but" when seeing a 147)

And i was just about to suggest a 145 1.8, the engine makes 144hp, and not being the coveted QV spec of the 2.0 litre version, it should be cheaper.