Hill Climb/Sprint RWD car recommendations?

[rossyl]

Hi

Following my other thread I've been looking in to cars for sprinting/hill climbs. I would probably enter in either Road Going up to 2000cc or up to 1600cc though I realise that classes change depending on Club.

I've been looking at previous threads as well as Sprint/Hill Climb championship standings.

The trouble is I definitely want a RWD car. I've not seen that requirement in previous threads.

The obvious answer is an MX5, but I've also read that they are pretty slow on s hill climb.
Is there a better option?

The RX8 there seems to be confusion over whether it is under or above 2000cc, with different clubs having different multipliers. That's a bit too much doubt for me. Also, I've always thought they are more likely to leave me with s big bill.

Beyond those two cars, I cannot think of anything better in the budget range. Any thoughts?

Thanks
R

[rossyl]

As close to £1k as possible

[rossyl]

I am thinking cheap to buy (£1k ish) and cheap to fix.

S2000 - is £4+k

BMW's I am guessing are going to be expensive to fix. Even when old, their parts are still expensive. Or am I wrong?

[rossyl]

To explain my requirement for RWD.

My other is, and I hope will remain, a powerful RWD sports car or GT. Part of the reason for wanting to do hill climbing (and in a few years, track racing) is to develop car control that can also be used in my other car. Yes the handling will be different, but a low powered RWD on the edge is more similar than a low powered FWD to a powerful RWD car.

Thanks

[rossyl]

We are going off on a tangent here...but, I think you can definitely learn driving any car, it does not need to be powerful to develop and grow car control skills, to learn the best lines to take when driving etc.

For example this guy is very well thought of and does some lessons in a 100hp Fiat, as well as doing other lessons on track in track cars. http://www.drivertuition.com/index.htm

As for my other car, I would not want to but it would not be the end of the world if I binned an old MX5 or BMW on a sprint or hill climb, my AM Vantage on the other hand! Plus the Vantage would cost too much to run in terms of tyres, pads and discs and fuel. Even a stone chip!

[rossyl]

Yep. Autosolos look more fun than Autotests, I've got a terrible sense of direction!!

Why don't Ford, Vauxhall, Citroen, Renault - those more run of the mill brands produce a decent RWD car?

Seems absurd pretty much the only cheap option is a Mazda.

[rossyl]

stevieturbo said:

Vauxhall do their VX220, or if you treat it as a Vauxhall ( ie it's a Holden ) there are the various Monaro, VXR8 etc

The Mazda is only cheap because they've been around for ages hence are very old models. And dont think they carried a huge price when new anyway ?

There will be plenty of cheap BMW options, or I'm sure you could find some old Merc's too, or Volvo.

Mercedes SLK ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000-MERCEDES-SLK-200-KO...

Toyota MR2's, Supra, Lexus Soarer are other options.

Will they be fast, will they handle superbly etc etc...probably not. But they'd be cheap if that's what you want.

Then there's the Nissan 180, 200, 300 etc all of which are rwd....and going a little stranger, what if you got a normally 4wd car and converted it to rwd ? eg Subaru ? It's very easy to do

Either way, there are options....taking the theme a little further again and well within budget...a Smart car LOL

Excellent post - thanks very much.

Some are a tad expensive to maintain. If for example Ford/Vauxhall did a RWD to compete with a BMW 3 series, I imagine that would now be a cheap car.

[rossyl]

Furyblade_Lee said:

Bizzarely I sprint a standard Eunos MX5 in standard production 1600 and a Prodrive PZ RX8 in standard production 2.0... Both cars can win their classes here in the SE, let me know if you want more info.

Furyblade_Lee said:

A standard Mx5 ( I sprint one ) here in the South East generally fits into the class A1 1600cc bog standard class, and while technically on paper should get toasted the 106 GTi / VTS brigde, they generally don't....

I would really appreciate if you could let me know what series/club you Sprint in.

Many thanks!

Edited by rossyl on Thursday 4th August 14:07

[rossyl]

Though i still think out of all the choices the MX5 is the one to get. My second choice would be an old BMW.

For about £1k i doubt you'll get much better.