Ex- race cars, a wise buy for trackdays?
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Long story short...
Run an Impreza STi PPP that I use everyday and for trackdays. Decided to run 2 cars, everyday car and a something for UK and European trackdays. Don't really want to bend my only car on track. So probably get a £4k rep-mobile and a Caterham/Westfield and a trailer. I'm doing 5k a year just in Ring trips so it now makes sense to tow.
I've seen this for sale http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/541445.htm 'ticks the right boxs' price wise and track ready etc. Any potential problems with ex racers i.e. crash damaged, engine wear etc.
Any advice would be welcome.
Oh and any good tow cars you can recommend for circa £4000 would be helpful.
Thanks,
Mark
Run an Impreza STi PPP that I use everyday and for trackdays. Decided to run 2 cars, everyday car and a something for UK and European trackdays. Don't really want to bend my only car on track. So probably get a £4k rep-mobile and a Caterham/Westfield and a trailer. I'm doing 5k a year just in Ring trips so it now makes sense to tow.
I've seen this for sale http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/541445.htm 'ticks the right boxs' price wise and track ready etc. Any potential problems with ex racers i.e. crash damaged, engine wear etc.
Any advice would be welcome.
Oh and any good tow cars you can recommend for circa £4000 would be helpful.
Thanks,
Mark
Thanks for the reply.
I'm glad to hear they are normally mechanically sound. Scratches, small dents and dings aren't an issue but good to haggle over. I emailed the garage earlier today, not got a reply yet. I'll hopefully view the car at the weekend. It's not far from Caterham so I'll pop in there on my way home.
Rubystone? Is this a users ID or a specialist?
Possibly interested in the car for sale, can't help to have some details... Litchfield/Powerstation, probably the best garage I've ever dealt with both in service and knowledge. Their set-up is impressive.
I'm glad to hear they are normally mechanically sound. Scratches, small dents and dings aren't an issue but good to haggle over. I emailed the garage earlier today, not got a reply yet. I'll hopefully view the car at the weekend. It's not far from Caterham so I'll pop in there on my way home.
Rubystone? Is this a users ID or a specialist?
Possibly interested in the car for sale, can't help to have some details... Litchfield/Powerstation, probably the best garage I've ever dealt with both in service and knowledge. Their set-up is impressive.
Finchy172 said:
If your an after an ex race car that will be scooby speed look at an R400 as a roadsport will simply bore you to tears after a while.
Problem is budget, a R400 that's road legal will be out of my budget. Buying an ex R400 racer would be great for UK trackdays but it will be covering some road miles on sunny Sundays and of course needs to be road legal for the Ring.I believe a Roadsport, with maybe £2k spent on the engine can get to about 160bhp giving 300bhp/tonne which should be enough... I hope...
I was going to hire a Roadsport from Caterham but I have been offered a new job which means I can't take the time off work which is a little annoying.
BertBert said:
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