What is the cheapest way to get from 0-62 in sub 4 seconds?
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Obviously Civics, Scoobies and GTIs are great ways to get you, your friends & family, and the kitchen sink there pretty fast.
Mazda Mx5 does it well and very reliably, but Lotus does it faster.
But all these still don't provide the full adrenaline sandwich.
I can only think of Caterham as an alternative and even they are more than I would ideally want to spend, I know there are some other companies like them (although I can't remember them all by name).
At the moment this is only hypothetical, but can anyone recommend any other avenues?
Mazda Mx5 does it well and very reliably, but Lotus does it faster.
But all these still don't provide the full adrenaline sandwich.
I can only think of Caterham as an alternative and even they are more than I would ideally want to spend, I know there are some other companies like them (although I can't remember them all by name).
At the moment this is only hypothetical, but can anyone recommend any other avenues?
An ex insurance write-off Hyabusa, Blackbird etc?
In terms of 4 wheels, I would think a Lotus-7-alike, and a turbo engine up front with the boost turned way up, the diff welded, slick tyres and maybe some nitrous.
Making it go around corners and last more than 5 minutes or so is an entirely different thing. When you optimise for 2 difficult targets, the other parameters tend to get overlooked.
In terms of 4 wheels, I would think a Lotus-7-alike, and a turbo engine up front with the boost turned way up, the diff welded, slick tyres and maybe some nitrous.
Making it go around corners and last more than 5 minutes or so is an entirely different thing. When you optimise for 2 difficult targets, the other parameters tend to get overlooked.
JuniorJet said:
Obviously Civics, Scoobies and GTIs are great ways to get you, your friends & family, and the kitchen sink there pretty fast.
Mazda Mx5 does it well and very reliably, but Lotus does it faster.
But all these still don't provide the full adrenaline sandwich.
I can only think of Caterham as an alternative and even they are more than I would ideally want to spend, I know there are some other companies like them (although I can't remember them all by name).
At the moment this is only hypothetical, but can anyone recommend any other avenues?
mine will do sub 4 sec to 60 and will hit 150+ ... built for 35k , not much room for luggage though , the chap i bought it from also had an Atom and RS6 and the Lotus left them standing , will be selling on next year ...probably ?Mazda Mx5 does it well and very reliably, but Lotus does it faster.
But all these still don't provide the full adrenaline sandwich.
I can only think of Caterham as an alternative and even they are more than I would ideally want to spend, I know there are some other companies like them (although I can't remember them all by name).
At the moment this is only hypothetical, but can anyone recommend any other avenues?
£15k if we're talking cars...
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3258312.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3258312.htm
Edited by dugsud on Saturday 8th October 05:43
JuniorJet said:
I can only think of Caterham as an alternative and even they are more than I would ideally want to spend, I know there are some other companies like them (although I can't remember them all by name).
In terms of 'Seven' type cars, probably the cheapest that you could reliably expect to achieve a sub-4 second 0-62 time would be a Sylva Striker, fitted with a suitable bike engine (R1 or Hyabusa or similar) and properly set-up (damping is quite important to give you the necessary traction on such lightweight cars). I've seen R1-engined Strikers sell for circa £6K.
As an 'off the shelf' solution, the Westfield Megabusa will do the job (for about £11K second-hand).
There is a difference between hypothetical and reality, though - very quick standing-start sprints are quite difficult to achieve, very dependent on the road surface and tyres, and very abusive to the drivetrain (and mostly pointless).
My Westfield will do 0-60 in 3.1 seconds, according to Lotus' computers, but AFAIK has never achieved an accurately timed figure of less than 3.5 seconds. Second-hand, it'd cost you about half what DBSV8's Lotus copy cost to cobble together, though, and will also probably be for sale next spring.
p4cks said:
CAT C VX220 Turbo (£5,500) and precat pipe and remap (£500).
Like this one?
Bang on the money
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