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Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:16 pm
by FaisalJ
Looking for something cheap and fun, track ready (buckets and cage), and road legal. I'd like to be able to get in it and go straight out on track - no projects.
A clio 172 or 182 would be ideal, but if you have something else that fits the bill, let me know!
I'm based in Surrey.
Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 10:10 pm
by HYFR
SEAT Ibiza Cupra 1.8T is a good shout if you can find one
Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 11:37 pm
by Golfather
Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:40 am
by FaisalJ
With something like that, I'd be too worried about it going bang before I get the chance to put it into a barrier myself!
Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:41 am
by FaisalJ
HYFR wrote:SEAT Ibiza Cupra 1.8T is a good shout if you can find one
Thanks for the tip DK. What are they like to drive?
Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:50 am
by marc1
E36...
Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:01 pm
by HYFR
FaisalJ wrote:HYFR wrote:SEAT Ibiza Cupra 1.8T is a good shout if you can find one
Thanks for the tip DK. What are they like to drive?
I had one
Was stage 2+ and lots of mods.
Key thing was a LSD which allowed the front wheels to put the power down
Running 270PS in 1,300kg with a bucket load of torque was fun!
I put R888's on it and Recaro Pole Positions and did a 'ring track day in it, 10 laps....was awesome
Also hit 155mph on the Autobahn before I pussied out as it was damp and I was on R888's
They are rare thou, but cheap
Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:27 pm
by Shoppinit
This:
marc1 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:50 am
E36...
RWD FTW. E36 stripped and lightened, roll cage. Friend of mine races one and it's very quick. Cheap parts, too.
I wanted a track day car so I bought the M3. I didn't want a front wheel drive so that limits the choice.
Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:29 pm
by FaisalJ
Shoppinit wrote:This:
marc1 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:50 am
E36...
RWD FTW. E36 stripped and lightened, roll cage. Friend of mine races one and it's very quick. Cheap parts, too.
I wanted a track day car so I bought the M3. I didn't want a front wheel drive so that limits the choice.
Yep, I'd be happy with an E36 328!
Marc - thinking of selling any of your collection of 328's anytime soon!?
Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:04 pm
by dougle_turbo
Funny you should mention that, I've been looking for exactly the same thing for the last two months. I just haven't sorted where I'm going to put it yet so have held off. I used to have a Clio 172 and it was spot on to drive.
This one popped up on Gumtree the other day, haven't looked at it case i buy it!
https://www.gumtree.com/p/renault/have- ... 1223443647
Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:04 pm
by Surrey Sam
FYI pre facelift E36 328 came with an LSD as standard, post facelift lost the LSD but got the Alusil engine liners.
I enjoyed mine
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Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:06 pm
by FaisalJ
Oooh, I'm seriously drawn to this!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222443577034
I posted up on the Audi TT forum about the mk1 TT as a track car, and verdict is that it's a heavy understeering dullard - unless you spend thousands stripping it, and upgrading the suspension and geometry. Looks like this car has had most of the work done!
Just needs a haldex insert to make it a predictable 50:50 split and perhaps a few other tweaks - but then this could be good!
Opinions?
Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:10 pm
by will1981
FaisalJ wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:29 pm
Shoppinit wrote:This:
marc1 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:50 am
E36...
RWD FTW. E36 stripped and lightened, roll cage. Friend of mine races one and it's very quick. Cheap parts, too.
I wanted a track day car so I bought the M3. I didn't want a front wheel drive so that limits the choice.
Yep, I'd be happy with an E36 328!
Marc - thinking of selling any of your collection of 328's anytime soon!?
I co own the E36 with Marc, I would be happy to sell but Marc has some crazy notions that we are actually going to use it this year.
Get in his ear and I'm sure we can do a deal, it's ready to go.
Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:19 pm
by marc1
^ nope! How much did we spend again?!
besides it's usuable on the road.
Faisal, the other one (you should have bough
) was stripped, parts sold and remains went to the car graveyard.
Good cars. Getting harder to find and appreciating.
Think we may still have an LSD for it kicking about somewhere.
Re: Wanted: Road Legal Track Car £3-4k ish
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:22 pm
by HYFR
FaisalJ wrote:Oooh, I'm seriously drawn to this!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222443577034
I posted up on the Audi TT forum about the mk1 TT as a track car, and verdict is that it's a heavy understeering dullard - unless you spend thousands stripping it, and upgrading the suspension and geometry. Looks like this car has had most of the work done!
Just needs a haldex insert to make it a predictable 50:50 split and perhaps a few other tweaks - but then this could be good!
Opinions?
That's a good shout.
Got to be worth £3k?
A sorted TT is decent on track. Depends if you want to be chasing GTR's and setting lap records
If you just want cheap fun then that'll tick the box