fast-as-u-can
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Iam after a bit of advice............
I have a the moment a 1.8t mk4 golf 230bhp track car.
I have been offered good money for it and think i may take it!
Do I.....................................
1. Buy a corsa £500 with a buget of £5500 to turn it into a track car!
If so how would you spen the money(Was thinking 2l 16v).
2.As above with a buget of £2500 and spend the rest on a astra vxr for the wife.
3. Buy a skyline for around £6000 ( I have always wanted a skyline).And the wife can keep the car she has!
4. Buy something else. If so What?
Thanks
Tony
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Ben G
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skyline for sure.
you'll severly regret spending all that money on a track corsa, just like everyone else who's thrown money at one will say.
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mattk
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Id go for 2 me
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by fast-as-u-can
3. Buy a skyline for around £6000 ( I have always wanted a skyline).And the wife can keep the car she has!
You only live once.
[Edited on 21-06-2009 by BluKoo]
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SportBoy
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if you can afford to run/maintain the skyline then id go for that but there all good options . 5500 should make a half decent track weapon
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gavin18787
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I was thinking of buying a £500 corsa earlier and building a track car and buying an astra gsi run around 
Track corsa would be good but then its nice to have something you have always wanted 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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fast-as-u-can
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
I was thinking of buying a £500 corsa earlier and building a track car and buying an astra gsi run around
Track corsa would be good but then its nice to have something you have always wanted
Problem i think with the skyline is i wouldnt want to strip it if i spent lots on it and if i buy a cheep one then its going to cost a fortune to make it into a track car as it would have to be 350 bhp min. and that cost dolla
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gavin18787
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true once you get something like that modding gets expensive
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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swill_omnibus
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I'd say option 2 as it's best of both and personally i wouldn't want to strip a skyline either
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fast-as-u-can
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
true once you get something like that modding gets expensive
Yep that would end up being another re-mortgage to make it the way i would like it.
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Andy Stocker
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Whats wrong with keeping the Golf Tony?
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jr
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keep the golf
its allready very good, and with your planned changes ANYTHING will have a hard time passing you
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fast-as-u-can
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quote:
Originally posted by Andy Stocker
Whats wrong with keeping the Golf Tony?
I had a tot up and realised if i keep the golf iam going to end up spending....
£3000 on a big turbo 350hp conversion
£2500 on management
£1000 on engine parts (stronger)to cope with power.)
£300 to finish the cage
£???? Carbon roof skin to remove the sunroof
£350 on polly windows.
Thats going to be close on £7500 and thats just some of what i would end up doing to it and at the end of the day its a mk4 golf i cant even adjust the front end on to get 2 deg of neg camber!
So i thing i should take the money and start again with something cheeper.
Plus a turbo track car it expensive to maintain so iam finding out!
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jr
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keep the golf, change the cage, spend the rest of the cash on trackdays so knowone can get remoutly near you
you dont need that power of that £££ spent on it
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fast-as-u-can
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
keep the golf, change the cage, spend the rest of the cash on trackdays so knowone can get remoutly near you
you dont need that power of that £££ spent on it
Hum.............Iam lots and need to be found but i like the idea of lots of track days!
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jr
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Tony get the golfs cage to a fia standard, and get a msa booked for hillclimbs or sprint racing
the car is so close and you can peddle it, a few tweeks and maybe some competition (well at least till the astra starts hunting you down  ) might make you realise how good it is
we all came away from germany wanting a turbo golf for a reason
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