Looking for a fun and interesting track car....on a budget..
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Big changes in the SloppyCock household (the L is silent)!
I'm selling my Crossfire which is the road car toy and buying a - wait for it - Prius. Can't justify having 2 2-seaters cars any longer, and to be honest £20 car tax and 60 MPG can't be argued with. Plus its a Prius, so I wont want to modify it - partly because its pointless, partly because I dont want to stand out in it.
What this leaves though is my current track car, an MR2 MK3. Thing is, as good a car it is, as easy it is to work on and cheap are its parts - I dont think its very good looking really. Bit of a wet flannel imho.
So I come to you PH'ers. Help me, please.
I'm on the hunt for a track car. I dont mind which WD it is, as long as it has wheels that drive. As long are parts are reasonable, its fairly easy to work on, fairly reliable, has a good base chassis and available power, and as long as it tickles my balls when I see it, I'm happy. Within reason, the last point is the most important.
I think the above criteria might be pigeon holing me into the Japanese marques.
My budget is around 3K.
So far spotted an FTO as a candidate. GPX pulls a supposed 7.3 stock which would no doubt drop with it being stripped inside. Rumor has it with strut braces it can handle quite well. Its FWD though, which I havent driven in over a decade, and even then it was a Fiat Cinquecento with a whopping 40 hp. Might not be a basis of how to expect a FWD car drive on track.
Whaddya'think?
I'm selling my Crossfire which is the road car toy and buying a - wait for it - Prius. Can't justify having 2 2-seaters cars any longer, and to be honest £20 car tax and 60 MPG can't be argued with. Plus its a Prius, so I wont want to modify it - partly because its pointless, partly because I dont want to stand out in it.
What this leaves though is my current track car, an MR2 MK3. Thing is, as good a car it is, as easy it is to work on and cheap are its parts - I dont think its very good looking really. Bit of a wet flannel imho.
So I come to you PH'ers. Help me, please.
I'm on the hunt for a track car. I dont mind which WD it is, as long as it has wheels that drive. As long are parts are reasonable, its fairly easy to work on, fairly reliable, has a good base chassis and available power, and as long as it tickles my balls when I see it, I'm happy. Within reason, the last point is the most important.
I think the above criteria might be pigeon holing me into the Japanese marques.
My budget is around 3K.
So far spotted an FTO as a candidate. GPX pulls a supposed 7.3 stock which would no doubt drop with it being stripped inside. Rumor has it with strut braces it can handle quite well. Its FWD though, which I havent driven in over a decade, and even then it was a Fiat Cinquecento with a whopping 40 hp. Might not be a basis of how to expect a FWD car drive on track.
Whaddya'think?
Thanks for the responses so far all.
The MX-5 is a good shout but also raises an interesting point. I'd be looking for something completely stock, so that I can build it from the ground up with my own tastes and modifications.
A really big part of this though is I want to learn more about mechanics. I would do this with the XF but its mint, and I dont want to track it. And the problem with the MR2 is I dont love it enough to bleed over it. Sounds wrong but I'm sure you all know what I mean.
I would love to do it with an XF but after owning one for coming up for two years, I dont have faith that it could withstand track punishment. I guess its one to consider more though.
The MX-5 is a good shout but also raises an interesting point. I'd be looking for something completely stock, so that I can build it from the ground up with my own tastes and modifications.
A really big part of this though is I want to learn more about mechanics. I would do this with the XF but its mint, and I dont want to track it. And the problem with the MR2 is I dont love it enough to bleed over it. Sounds wrong but I'm sure you all know what I mean.
I would love to do it with an XF but after owning one for coming up for two years, I dont have faith that it could withstand track punishment. I guess its one to consider more though.
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