back to basic track day car

[tommyturbo1983]

I have owned my Mitsubishi Evo IV for 3 years now, and been tracking it for a year. Its has 365hp and countless upgrades which have made a lot faster and greater on the track.

The problem is that its costing far to much to maintain are run, 5mpg on track, endless diff and tyre changes. You always get the feeling with the evo's that its just to grippy on the track and the car doing most of the work. (need more envolment)

I looking for a road legal track day that will spend 70% of its time on the track.

I have 3 grand to spend and it dont have to be as fast as a evo!

Please help

[mrpink]

if you are looking for out of the box preformance & reliability you could do worse than looking at a DC2 Honda - just a suggestion - good luck

[tommyturbo1983]

Great car, dont think I will get one for 3k tho?

[mrpink]

they are out there - like you i got fed up with high cost / unreliability / maintenance so i took a chance and bought this a couple of months ago - gave it a quick checkover, put some 888's on it, done 3 trackdays without a single prob - cant see me changing for a while - its a Honda!!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KZPCQYUFgjU

fast forward to 7mins :-)

Edited by mrpink on Sunday 4th January 22:43

[james28]

on that budget you should be able to get a pretty sorted mk1 golf gti 16v
this is mine with the previuos owner round brands hatch as you can see power isnt everything this evo has 440 hp
http://media.putfile.com/Brands-Hatch-Mk1-and-440b...

[System-G]

£3k would get you a Supercharged MK1 MR2 preferably with an LSD box for the moneys. The MR layout is perfect for quality track time and parts are in-expensive. As all Superchargers were imported so rust is less of an issue over the UK N/A cars.

Another really good option - would be an MX5 - still RWD and with awesome handling.

And lastly another MK1 MR2 - £3k would get an already stripped out race prepped one (to MSA spec) that should have all the suspension, brakes etc sorted.

Only thing is after going from a powerful 4WD turbo barge (allbeit a rather tasty barge ), the above might seem a tad slow in a straight line.

[jleroux]

System-G said:

Only thing is after going from a powerful 4WD turbo barge (allbeit a rather tasty barge ), the above might seem a tad slow in a straight line.

I'd use the extra time spent on the straight to calculate how much money I was saving by not doing track days in a barge!

Jonny
BaT

[james28]

jleroux said:

System-G said:

Only thing is after going from a powerful 4WD turbo barge (allbeit a rather tasty barge ), the above might seem a tad slow in a straight line.

I'd use the extra time spent on the straight to calculate how much money I was saving by not doing track days in a barge!

Jonny
BaT

well said Jonny
and a tad slow on the straights
no way check the vid below more power than most could use
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=COdjeiww0I0

Edited by james28 on Monday 5th January 16:40

[juansolo]

Option 4)


Apologies for the quite frankly sickening display of Batlickery.

Edited by juansolo on Monday 5th January 17:13

[james28]

surely not the above for 3k

[Darkslider]

Could get an E36 M3 for that money if you're not fussed about cosmetics.

[Jon_Bmw]

james28 said:

on that budget you should be able to get a pretty sorted mk1 golf gti 16v
this is mine with the previuos owner round brands hatch as you can see power isnt everything this evo has 440 hp
http://media.putfile.com/Brands-Hatch-Mk1-and-440b...

One day that yellow Evo might hit an Apex

All the gear, no ....

[sniff diesel]

Darkslider said:

Could get an E36 M3 for that money if you're not fussed about cosmetics.

325/328's are half the price to run, and a quarter of the price to buy in the first place and nearly as much fun on track. Go for an E36.

[Darkslider]

sniff diesel said:

Darkslider said:

Could get an E36 M3 for that money if you're not fussed about cosmetics.

325/328's are half the price to run, and a quarter of the price to buy in the first place and nearly as much fun on track. Go for an E36.

Good point. I'm not sure an M3 would meet your 'cheaper to run' requirement anyway to be honest

[tommyturbo1983]

Some good and odd replys regard my car lol. Warming towards the idea of a mk2 golf or a bmw 328/325.

Any of you guys with golf seen or know ones with 1.8t engines, guessing this would quite fun.

[swtmerce]

I have a 328 and I can't recommend it highly enough as a cheap to buy and run track car with a good turn of speed. It can do nice things like 8'24 round the ring

[tommy18]

have to agree with the 328i e36, i'm currently turning a 328i sport into a full time track car, i paid £1800 for it. took it to brands in stock form and i was so impressed with it, had some good tussles with cars that you think would blow it away.
the parts are cheap and a simple £340 large throttle body and inlet manifold conversion see's upto 220bhp, with a bit weight stripping and some bigger brakes should make a good cheap reliable track car!

good luck
tom

[tommyturbo1983]

tommy18 said:

have to agree with the 328i e36, i'm currently turning a 328i sport into a full time track car, i paid £1800 for it. took it to brands in stock form and i was so impressed with it, had some good tussles with cars that you think would blow it away.
the parts are cheap and a simple £340 large throttle body and inlet manifold conversion see's upto 220bhp, with a bit weight stripping and some bigger brakes should make a good cheap reliable track car!

good luck
tom

Well just spent the evening down the pub with petrol head mates, and now have a real problem!

I was all up for a golf or 205 with some power, but now been told I need RWD, so going to look at some this week.

Short list is now 328 e36, 200sx or 944! still really like a golf mk1 tho!

[matt frost]

Clio 172 Cup!

Hot hatches are great for cheap trackday fun!

[matt frost]

Jon_Bmw said:

james28 said:

on that budget you should be able to get a pretty sorted mk1 golf gti 16v
this is mine with the previuos owner round brands hatch as you can see power isnt everything this evo has 440 hp
http://media.putfile.com/Brands-Hatch-Mk1-and-440b...

One day that yellow Evo might hit an Apex

All the gear, no ....

LOL - the golf looks pretty decent, but I wouldn't get too excited. Wait until you see and 440bhp evo with a driver with at least some know-how