perfect track car....
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alphonso said:
hey guys
what's the perfect track car on a reasonable budget, not too much fiddly stuff back home in the garage, robust and road legal?
Perfect timing: http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/roadtests/doc.asp?c=4...what's the perfect track car on a reasonable budget, not too much fiddly stuff back home in the garage, robust and road legal?
Or some kind of Elise based machine e.g. Elise/Exige/2-11!
Edited by Stu_00 on Thursday 13th August 16:40
Best bang for buck??
Being slightly biased in my suggestion but.... 944/968.
I went from 964 to Caterham to 944 to 968.
Yes the Caterham was ballistic, ( more the car than me )but when it rained it was grim, when it needed fuel every 10 mins it was grim, when it broke it was grim, when my tyres were running close to the limit I couldn't take spares-grim.
When I drove to the 'ring it was worse than the road to hell.
the 944/68 on the other hand have been practical to the max, versatile beyond belief, and quick enough on track to make me smile lap after lap after lap....
Being slightly biased in my suggestion but.... 944/968.
I went from 964 to Caterham to 944 to 968.
Yes the Caterham was ballistic, ( more the car than me )but when it rained it was grim, when it needed fuel every 10 mins it was grim, when it broke it was grim, when my tyres were running close to the limit I couldn't take spares-grim.
When I drove to the 'ring it was worse than the road to hell.
the 944/68 on the other hand have been practical to the max, versatile beyond belief, and quick enough on track to make me smile lap after lap after lap....
Nice easy question - A bit like how long is that bit of string combined whith Just what IS the meaning of life?
One of those Lotus 2-11 rocket ships would be nice if £40k was your budget.
A Caterham if £20k
An E36 M3 if £10k
You need to give up a bit more info. Likes/dislikes. What you have driven in the past etc. I have an E34 540 and would not suggest one as the ideal track car. I however think it's great.
Good luck
Paul.B
One of those Lotus 2-11 rocket ships would be nice if £40k was your budget.
A Caterham if £20k
An E36 M3 if £10k
You need to give up a bit more info. Likes/dislikes. What you have driven in the past etc. I have an E34 540 and would not suggest one as the ideal track car. I however think it's great.
Good luck
Paul.B
BoxheadTim said:
sniff diesel said:
Gotta be a Caterfeild.
That won't exactly conform to the "not too much fiddly stuff in the garage" requirement, would it?A Seven is about the least fiddly car on the market - much easier to get to service items than in an Elise or virtually any production car. If, on the other hand you mean 'it's not mass produced it'll break down' then that's also a misdemeanor as they're phenomenally simple cars and the only things that can really break are the bits churned out by the hundreds of thousands by people like Ford and Rover. Rant over.
OP: Depends what you want. If speed (lap times) is critical then you will notice the aerodynamic effects of an open wheeler like a Seven - cars that were comfortably behind you at the beginning of the straight will be streaming past by the end. They're also not known for their wet weather gear if that's a consideration, but the same could be said for most open track cars.
Something like a Seven or a full-body version like a Fisher Fury/Sylva Stylus is very light - even in comparison to an Elise - which will cut down on consumable costs if you plan to spend a lot of time on track.
Chris71 said:
BoxheadTim said:
sniff diesel said:
Gotta be a Caterfeild.
That won't exactly conform to the "not too much fiddly stuff in the garage" requirement, would it?A Seven is about the least fiddly car on the market - much easier to get to service items than in an Elise or virtually any production car. If, on the other hand you mean 'it's not mass produced it'll break down' then that's also a misdemeanor as they're phenomenally simple cars and the only things that can really break are the bits churned out by the hundreds of thousands by people like Ford and Rover. Rant over.
That said, I used an MX5 as a track shed for a while and that didn't require a lot of additional work...
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