Any alternatives to caterham budget 5k

[Wattsym12]

Managed to scrape together 5k for a track toy seen caterham 7 and a few Westfields I know budget is a bit low but are there any alternatives any replies much appreciated

[LukeSi]

A Tiger?

[Quattromaster]

Sylva Striker

[downsman]

The Sylva/Raw Striker (if you can fit), and Sylva/Fisher Fury are excellent kits that don't cost as much as I think they should, but you'll struggle to find them at less than £5000. If you could stretch to £7000 you'll have many more good cars to choose from and get a more modern engine.

[Wattsym12]

Unfortunately 5 is the limit the girlfriends already making me try to justify it cheers for the responses

[AdiT]

This is in you price range...

http://www.jpsc-online.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=6&amp...

There's a 1700 ford cross-flow engined one about to be advertised soon as well.

Strikers, Furys, Pheonix are all Jeremy Phillips designs and reknowned for their handling. You could look at MK Indy's, MNR Vortx, Mac#1. All usually come in at a lower price than a Caterham.,

Edited by AdiT on Friday 18th April 20:16

[foggy]

Ex-championship Ginetta G20? Depends whether you want something road legal.

~150bhp 1.8 Zetec, Quaife transmission and LSD. Fully trackday effective and proof being a race car at heart, somewhat basic in the fit finish department though! Readily in budget.

[Wattsym12]

Doesn't really matter about road legal it's track only will be trailered everywhere

[OlberJ]

Could build a mev exocet for less than 5k I think.

[Turn7]

Does the Exocet need IVA?

I'm in a very similar position to the OP ,but being a six footer struggle for fit in sevens,even tho they are my preference.

[big geoff]

Wattsym12 said:

Managed to scrape together 5k for a track toy seen caterham 7 and a few Westfields I know budget is a bit low but are there any alternatives any replies much appreciated

Hi I have decided to sell my Raw Striker 1.8 Dunnell Zetec on twin 40s R888 rebuilt running gear mini alternator red top battery to many other bits to put on here looking for £5 and a bit grand being all but 60 years old and poor health its has to go as cant get in and out of

[ChrisJ.]

This:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Westfield-Pre-Lit-Narrow...

and it's tax exempt too.

[JMDWestley]

Theres afew Duttons on ebay,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Dutton-Pheaton-Kit-...
or if you fancy getting your hands dirty I'd go for this with the fiat/lancia twin cam trust me they do shift!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-DUTTON-PHAETON-KIT-CAR...

However this looks interesting

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUBARU-TURBO-IMPREZA-POW...

[mikesalt]

If you're interested in building the car yourself, I think a budget of £5K puts you squarely in MEV territory when you consider registration and IVA costs. Something like a Mevster or Exocet.

[mikesalt]

Turn7 said:

Does the Exocet need IVA?

Stuart now recommends that the vehicles are IVA tested, even though it was a bit of a grey area as to whether the Power Plant Frame (PPF) was a chassis and thus the kit was a mere body swap. IVA is a reassuring (albeit expensive) independent check of your build before you trust your life to it. To the OP: if you're careful about selling the unnecessary parts from the MX-5, Stuart reckons you can screw one together for £3K, leaving you £2K for the official tests and paperwork, which is plenty.

[AdiT]

The other Striker I mentioned is now officially for sale...

http://www.jpsc-online.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=6&amp...

[Turn7]

mikesalt said:

Stuart now recommends that the vehicles are IVA tested, even though it was a bit of a grey area as to whether the Power Plant Frame (PPF) was a chassis and thus the kit was a mere body swap. IVA is a reassuring (albeit expensive) independent check of your build before you trust your life to it. To the OP: if you're careful about selling the unnecessary parts from the MX-5, Stuart reckons you can screw one together for £3K, leaving you £2K for the official tests and paperwork, which is plenty.

IVA kills it stone dead for me. I caanot deal with that level of anal retentiveness Im afraid.

If push came to shove, Id rather buy a £1k MX5 and drop another k on goodies on that.

[mgv8dave]

LukeSi said:

A Tiger?

What he said I got myself a Avon 2.0 Zetec last year and it is great fun !
Paul at the factory are also very nice and helpful as well which helps with the running of it :-)

[robcollingridge]

AdiT said:

The other Striker I mentioned is now officially for sale...

http://www.jpsc-online.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=6&amp...

I've driven this car on track several times (it is my elder brother selling it). Huge fun and very quick in the right hands. My younger brother always seemed to be about 1 second a lap quicker than me :-(

It was this car that persuaded me to sell my Lotus Elise and build a Fisher Fury R1.

Rob

[MLH]

Turn7 said:

mikesalt said:

Stuart now recommends that the vehicles are IVA tested, even though it was a bit of a grey area as to whether the Power Plant Frame (PPF) was a chassis and thus the kit was a mere body swap. IVA is a reassuring (albeit expensive) independent check of your build before you trust your life to it. To the OP: if you're careful about selling the unnecessary parts from the MX-5, Stuart reckons you can screw one together for £3K, leaving you £2K for the official tests and paperwork, which is plenty.

IVA kills it stone dead for me. I caanot deal with that level of anal retentiveness Im afraid.

If push came to shove, Id rather buy a £1k MX5 and drop another k on goodies on that.

During my Exocet build i got an insurance quote for it as a heavily modified MX5. The difference between that quote and what i pay now (fully IVA'd Exocet) was far more than the cost of the IVA.