Okay, here we go- fantasy £999 challenge car time.

(for the un-initiated, you have to buy or build a car for less than £999 then do two races- one drag race, one slalom). The car has to be road legal and with a current MOT.... So no Go-kart / LS7 combos

What would you build???

I'm thinking something cheap and aerodynamic then wacking a big powerful cheap engine in it....

For me- its a Triumph TR7 with a 200SX engine (240Bhp easy) in it (not sure how wide the engine is though...).... Then again, although slippery the TR7 is built from pig iron- 1000kg!!!

Back to the Triumph Herald with 200SX engine 725kg even if it's not very aerodynamic.... and you'ld get a pretty grotty one for £400!!!!

[Edited on 12/9/07 by BenB]

Ka RS Turbo. Handles well, light, and 130bhp of turbo grunt in an engine lighter than the one previously in there!

rover coupe turbo!!!

cheap and quick

ray

I'd fit this Alfa V6


Into one of these plastic cars....

MG Midget with an RX7 engine (and rear axle ).

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MG Midget with an RX7 engine (and rear axle ).

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Stripped-out Peugeot 309 Mi16.

Pug 205 1.9 (or similair) - just add nitrous!

Yup- I wondered about nitrous.... Not cheap if used routinely, but for drag racing it's wicked stuff.... and the car should handle well- maybe a lowering kit would help for the slalom (or super stiff shocks)...

I suppose a stripped out bog standard 205 wouldn't be very costly.....

Just seen this on the bay of E....

http://cgi.ebay.co .uk/2004-NISSAN-350Z-BLUE_W0QQitemZ110169258439QQihZ001QQcategoryZ18238QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

currently £686 with 11 hours to run - methinks the seller will refuse to sell for that even though he has set no reserve!

But here is a nice littl contender - and not the 'norm'

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1996-MAZDA-MX-3-V6-MOT-MAY08VGc77KWITH-SH-calibra-probe_W0QQitemZ330164567585QQihZ014QQcategoryZ18211QQssPageNam eZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Edited on 12/9/07 by DaveFJ]

Yes I think an error on the listing might appear within the next few hours causing the auction to be removed....

Really annoying- it is after all a legal offer....

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Originally posted by BenB
Yup- I wondered about nitrous.... Not cheap if used routinely, but for drag racing it's wicked stuff.... and the car should handle well- maybe a lowering kit would help for the slalom (or super stiff shocks)...

I suppose a stripped out bog standard 205 wouldn't be very costly.....

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The 350Z looks like a scam as he only wants 3,500 for it lol

Fiat 126 with vauxhall XE16v turbo engine and fwd box transverse in the boot, under 600kg and 350+ hp with an appropriate chip.

Mate with a sub £500 lightly modified LET engine in a £70 RWD opel kadett shell is running 12.1 1/4 miles with it at the mo.

I paid £62 for a pair of rot free fiats, still got one spare!

What about a £500 s/h grasstracker with £499 spent on lights handbrake calipers, and industrial quantities of edge trim. SVA fee shouldn't be included in the price IMO.

350z - will accept the price of £ 3.500 for my car .!?!?!? wow, that is cheap.

Old MX5 with interior stripped out, sold off and spent on the engine.

i've got a redundant Nova chav mobile sitting on my drive left by one of my boys. So that's £0 spent and £999 left to tune.

May be a V6 on a sub frame in the back with some suspension work

or a 2ltr Vauhall engine in the front

but £0 spent on making it look good it must look like a wreck

Just might do it for fun if SWMBO will allow

Ditch

£999 ?? Pah!
Ron C could do it for £250

For £999 you could put an engine in the back and the front at the same time

Not sure the handling would be so nice though on the slalom!!!

Obviously you wouldn't be able to have a kickin bass tube in the back if you did

My old corolla GTi has been practically abandoned by the current owner.

Doesn't sound promising at first but I did fit a an MR2 2.0L turbo in the front with some decent dampers, springs and roll bars. I think it even had a new wiring loom and OMEX ECU last time I looked. Needed some big end bearings which is way its been neglected but easy to sort.

NS Dev's 2.9 xr4x4 for 350.

Add headers from the 24v scorpio.

then add nitros ....... should be decent enough

the 350z has been removed!!

To win the quarter mile you'll need a lot of power, light weight will help but it's power that'll win. Obviously light weight, decent handling and progressive power delivery are needed for slalom.

*E34 540i auto (£500 less if unloved and ratty looking)
*Gutted and agressively lightened with holesaw (-£ for leather and bits)
*Composite bonnet, boot, bumpers (cheap DIY especially as it doesn't have to look perfect)
*low ratio M535 LSD
*+200bhp NOS
*Lower it by moving platforms or cutting springs
*Bigger fabricated anti-roll bars

A similar plan with a big Jap V8 or inline6 barge would work just as well.

jk

[Edited on 12/9/07 by jkarran]

something with a V and a bottle of NOS!!!

stinky dutton + any one of the engin swaps people have talked about