Best sub £5K 2.0 N/A car for track toy & hill climbing
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This mr2 roadster currently stands me at £2700. It's 140bhp and rwd with an lsd. It's 900 odd kilos. It has plenty of steering feel, it can be slid about and it's extremely fun to drive. You could strip loads of weight off it and go racing or hill climbs. Brakes are fine. I might buy another yet and put the 190bhp engine in :-)
Edited by 200Plus Club on Thursday 11th February 23:22
I don't know how competitive it would be but a 2.0 V6 Mitsubishi FTO would look and sound great IMO - this one looks a bargain:
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...
Inspiration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOxjMaBC4Gs
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...
Inspiration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOxjMaBC4Gs
LordHaveMurci said:
ZX10R NIN said:
Can you fit throttle bodies to the Clio & still be within the rules?
In the SW yes, you'd have to check regs for the champs you wanted to enter though. When I looked into ITB's the results weren't conclusive & it's a lot of cash.
vtecyo said:
No. The k20 is very strangled to meet emissions regs.
Air intake, inlet manifold, throttle body, full exhaust and a map from tdi north / eurospec on a k100 ecu and you're about there tbh.
Awesome thanks! Will take a look at TDI North, they did pop up on my searches last night. Doesn't sound overly expensive either, at a guess all in for <2K.Air intake, inlet manifold, throttle body, full exhaust and a map from tdi north / eurospec on a k100 ecu and you're about there tbh.
LordHaveMurci said:
I've hillclimbed a fairly standard 172 Cup for 5 seasons, great fun but not really competitive (in the dry anyway).
With a bit less weight & a bit more power (not cheap or easy on a Clio) it could be really competitive.
Have competed against modded 205 Gti, S2000 & well sorted DC5, all competitive cars in SW. Sadly 1.6 & 1.8 FI cars fit in same class down here so NA stuff doesn't stand much chance any more.
Interesting to read that charged cars with smaller engines are making it into the N/A class with you. To be honest, I doubt I'd be that competitive anyway, I just want to have fun with the money I've got and not be at the bottom of the pile! I'll have a chat with Pure Motorsport and see what they can do, as I think their throttle body kit and exhaust manifold will see 200bhp+.With a bit less weight & a bit more power (not cheap or easy on a Clio) it could be really competitive.
Have competed against modded 205 Gti, S2000 & well sorted DC5, all competitive cars in SW. Sadly 1.6 & 1.8 FI cars fit in same class down here so NA stuff doesn't stand much chance any more.
That FTO looks great, used to spend hours looking at them and all sorts of Japanese cars when I first started driving. Yet to own anything Japanese though, so maybe this is the opportunity!
Edited by BenLowden on Friday 12th February 08:46
BenLowden said:
Interesting to read that charged cars with smaller engines are making it into the N/A class with you. To be honest, I doubt I'd be that competitive anyway, I just want to have fun with the money I've got and not be at the bottom of the pile! I'll have a chat with Pure Motorsport and see what they can do, as I think their throttle body kit and exhaust manifold will see 200bhp+.
That FTO looks great, used to spend hours looking at them and all sorts of Japanese cars when I first started driving. Yet to own anything Japanese though, so maybe this is the opportunity!
We have a weird class system in the SW, our class A3 is 1800-2600cc meaning FI cars up to 1800cc slot right in That FTO looks great, used to spend hours looking at them and all sorts of Japanese cars when I first started driving. Yet to own anything Japanese though, so maybe this is the opportunity!
Edited by BenLowden on Friday 12th February 08:46
I reckon a well sorted Clio would do well in an up to 2000cc class, especially if you could strip some weight out. I planned to change my seats & steering wheel etc but sadly things have changed & I probably won't be competing at all this year
LordHaveMurci said:
We have a weird class system in the SW, our class A3 is 1800-2600cc meaning FI cars up to 1800cc slot right in
I reckon a well sorted Clio would do well in an up to 2000cc class, especially if you could strip some weight out. I planned to change my seats & steering wheel etc but sadly things have changed & I probably won't be competing at all this year
That's a shame, although 5 years doesn't sound like a bad run so far! I'm hopefully going to get involved in the Javelin Sprint Series, although there's a Fiesta running 220bhp on ITBs and a Ibiza running 235bhp. Yikes! It's the taking part though...I reckon a well sorted Clio would do well in an up to 2000cc class, especially if you could strip some weight out. I planned to change my seats & steering wheel etc but sadly things have changed & I probably won't be competing at all this year
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