HI Guys,

My car goes up for sale so i can put down a house deposit after christmas, however in the spring I'd like to look at getting a cheapish toy for the track.
I'm thinking Clio 172 Cup... purely due to it being cheap to run and 'relaible' engine wise...

Very tempted to put boddies on it and a cam to take it over 200bhp and rip everything out of it.

RWD seems pricey to get quick, any kinda heavy unless i go down the elise route.
4WD is pricey, lots to go wrong and consumables would be pretty high.

Jap stuff will need some tuning to get big power and German gets very expensive.

What are your thoughts?
Any other alternatives?

I like the idea of all weather track days, not having to worry about the time of year. Tempted by a Ring trip as well.

just sold my 7 im goint to put a 2.0 zetec in a ka and strip it out. bolts to the ka box just have to buy mount what is bolt on from
http://www.trackdesigns.co.uk/index.htm

best bit getting ka for free if i can shut the wife up for 2mins lol

Clio 172 Cup sounds fun, would be pretty good trackcar i would of thought all stripped out and a cam etc..

But i would say go down the elise route if you can! Pretty Reliable and some serious fun for track and road!

Just my thoughts on it

Ed

Dejavu

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=102098

How about a 200sx? Plenty of grunt, great handling as standard, real wheel drive, and bundles of tuning potential. Then when you get bored, use it to build a Locost!

also been looking at this and he will take 1k for it

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/778030.htm

Ive said it before,but you can't go far wrong with a clio 172,quick little track cars,managed to lap Cadwell in mine 1st time out in 1minute 51seconds,going to try and knock a couple of seconds off that next time out,with a few suspension adjustments,not as fast as a BEC,but about on par with a locost race car round cadwell,but would be quicker round the faster circuits,striped out they weigh around 900kgs,decat and a induction kit,will see over 200bhp per ton,and pick them up for £1500,it even fits on the same trailer I used for the Indy,as its almost the same wheel base and track

Here's a bit of video of mine,poor quality,but will give you some idea.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UlMgk3aSVrw&feature=channel


[Edited on 19/05/04 by PAUL FISHER]

quote:

---

Originally posted by twybrow
How about a 200sx? Plenty of grunt, great handling as standard,

---

i was looking at a 106 rally other day on a 98 99 plate striped out with a 106 gti 16valve lump in there isnt much catching one round a track 16 valve engine is quite tune able the heads are quite restrictive from standard so respond well from head work and some cams.

I had a 1300 106 Rallye was so much fun on the track, when i fitted a 1600 16v motor it was so much better not much would keep up with that upto about 100mph on track ran out of steam abit after that though

See what me and Indykid bought ;-)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BDcMa9lpe88

They also go sideways a lot:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qteugDbixYU&feature=channel_page

Pat...

[Edited on 17/12/08 by Avoneer]

that nova would have been great fun, have a look at this video at the top of this link and see just how much fun and the frustration of the Evo (which isnt standard)

http://www.driftworks.com/forum/media-section/71908-not-drifting-corsa-vs-evo-knockhill.html

clio's are great handling little cars.

[Edited on 17-12-08 by Antnicuk]

Thanks for the replies, food for thought for next year!

Has anyone played in an S2000? They seem silly cheap at the mo, even for UK ones.
Guess it would work for the Ring trips and possibly a venture to Le Mans... foreign driving roads. (Has room for a bag i suppose)
And then for about £3k i could get it supercharged by Rotrex? seems to make its Crank HP at the wheels then!

Ordered the bits to fix the kit car today tho! Wooo

i had a play with an s2000 on track in my rx7 and i was very impressed for a standard car

if you start looking at s2000 and superchargin it and then all the mods that WILL need, its no longer Locost