P1CK4D
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Around Essex Somewhere
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Then do what Pickford said, get some decent bonnet vents?
Wait till you see someones bonnet, which was to be my new one. 
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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Sort out the suspension if its running on shitty dampers!! what do you expect 
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Daimo B
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Sorry but these days i'd muych rather take say a old E30 325i over a LET corsa for TRACK action.
I just dont think the corsa is capable of safley using 250+bhp. AS you say, it gets hot, brakes will get hot etc...
325i, strip it out, do some minimal work, get it to 200bhp again and use that. Far superior base, without "TOO much power. Yeah you can have too much power on track. WEll, its not about having too much power, its about being able to use the power you have without the inside wheel lighting up.
What about a proper track car, somethign Caterham type based. There are other cheaper options out there instead of Caterhams.
Hell you could even put the LET in one of those type cars and have RWD in a stupid light chassis.
MX5!!!!!!!!!!!! OK so its a bit girly, but you own a corsa so that should be ok  Not too much power, but 50/50 handling, nothing will touch it round the bends.
Few breathing mods should up the power.
For me, if it was RWD, would be the MX5, or 325i.. Or as said, if funds allow, stretch to an E36 M3. The 3.0 version as its the stronger more reliable engine over the 3.2 Evo model.
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P34NUT
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Registered: 24th Oct 08
Location: chippenham Drives: a pair of nike's
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VTS 
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flybikeslee
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Location: Liverpool
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honda
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sand-eel
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I'm biased e36 M3.
Don't know about the 3.0 and 3.2 M3s I think I would rather have an evo more capacity + more power to start with. The unreliabilty is the twin vanos on the evo that seems to break more than the 3.0 becuase its twin vanos not single vanos so more to break. Anyway get an evo and bin the vanos, put lairy cams in it and put some ARP rod bolts on it as they seem to snap often when trackday'd.
Also the evo is newer so it has beefed up rear subframe, older ones are known to crack. Also I think the evo diff, driveshafts are beefier as well.
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