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Mattb
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9th Jun 07 at 19:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Been toying with getting a car for trackdays.. Now i have got two cars in mind for this

1) E30 Bmw 318is - 140 bhp, rwd, handles well alledgedly - not that cheap tho £1500ish

2) Mk2 Golf GTI i know of one going cheeeeeap - a wider variety of tuning goodies available for these - but not rwd..

thoughts opinions, and of course your suggestions for a car

Colin
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9th Jun 07 at 19:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Golf would be cheaper to fix & get spares for???

Although E30 bmw is fun, id imagine it would be a hoot around a track.

Ive owned both a Mk2 8v gti & 325i BMW - never tracked either though.
Kano
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9th Jun 07 at 19:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Golf for me... 318's are nice but there not fast.. Even 325's arent anything special tbh..
Robin
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Porsche 924, only 125bhp but they have near perfect weight distribution, galvanised shells and are cheap to fix, shouldn't be too hard to get some more power from either, bargain prices as well.

Volvo 340, put a 1.8/2.0 16v Renault engine in it (bolts straight on to the bellhousing) lower it. Great weight distribution again as it has the gearbox at the back, like the Porsche, and they cost about 300 quid to buy

106 XSi or AXGT would be a good choice too, small, light, cheap
Mattb
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ooooh, volvo sounds interesing...
Kano
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quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
ooooh, volvo sounds interesing...


aprt from the renault valvers are the shittest engines to have ever been produced..
Kurt
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ive been looking at a gen2 rx7 turbo, think im gonna save and get the rx7
Mattb
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quote:
Originally posted by Kano
quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
ooooh, volvo sounds interesing...


aprt from the renault valvers are the shittest engines to have ever been produced..


immediately put off!!
Robin
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Get a 360 then, that's Volvo engined, not Renault engined, so you can use the 2 litre and 2.3 Volvo turbo lumps from the 740/940

 
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