Good track car on a budget?
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From: v.b.
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Re: Good track car on a budget?
Define "budget".
Top prospects have pretty much been covered: Foxbody Mustang, Sentra SE-R, Miata, E30 or some sort of 240. I'll add in a 99-02 Mustang GT (which can be had for cheap with some miles) and a properly maintained 944 S2.
Don't go rotary or forced induction unless you like replacing stupid shit constantly. And if you don't think Mustangs can handle, you are sadly mistaken.
Top prospects have pretty much been covered: Foxbody Mustang, Sentra SE-R, Miata, E30 or some sort of 240. I'll add in a 99-02 Mustang GT (which can be had for cheap with some miles) and a properly maintained 944 S2.
Don't go rotary or forced induction unless you like replacing stupid shit constantly. And if you don't think Mustangs can handle, you are sadly mistaken.
Desolation
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From: Ashburn
Re: Good track car on a budget?
How odd that NASA would have a CMC and AI/AIX class for these "terrible" handling cars.
If you don't want a mustang just say so.
With that being said, I personally would choose a b13 SE-R, Miata or E30; parts are cheap and readily available.
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at the track today?
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Re: Good track car on a budget?
My vote would be E30/E36 with a V8 swap of some sort.
Jon
at the track today?
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From: RVA, VIR, SPR
Re: Good track car on a budget?
Come to think of it I know where there's a ~100k mile E36 M3 3.2 that has been rolled, and a ~200k mile E30 325i that runs great. Buy both cars for ~$7k, put 'em together, then part out what's left and make some money back.
Wish I had the time for a project like that,
Jon
Wish I had the time for a project like that,
Jon
