Kit car / Track day car

LupoLover · 9 Aug 2010 at 15:22

Hi all

I have been tracking my Audi TT and realised she isnt really a track car and I dont want to break her. So......

I want a track car that is road legal. Would you go buy an evo or would you buy a kit and make it or......

Any advice would be great. Im a motorcycle engineer so building and tools wont be a problem.

GravyMonster · 9 Aug 2010 at 15:23

Any ideas of budget?

First thought is a Radical or Caterham R500 Superlight.

Ricochet J · 9 Aug 2010 at 15:23

Stripped out E36 or a stripped out Bentley Flying Spur.

LupoLover · 9 Aug 2010 at 15:31

No Budget in mind, bar im not loaded. So 6k-10k. But if your building one then you spend a bit here and a bit there and takes time so more money avalible.

Im more after an idea if anyone has built themselves and any advice or is it not worth the hassel and just buy a car?

Firestar_3x · 9 Aug 2010 at 15:37

Something non turbocharged imho, find yourself a nice 318iS spend some money on suspension upgrade then have fun learning how to get the most out of the car

CraigN · 9 Aug 2010 at 15:46

id start off with something old,small and cheap

something like a rover 100 series metro and chuck a 2.0 16v engine in it with only a couple of seats.

Old Golf GTi
I had a sierra cosworth which was great fun on the track after it had had a bit of money spent on it.

things like these will not cost the earth to fix when you do brake them which you will.

If you go for a rear wheel drive car and are not used to one do track days were you have a lot of run-off to get used to steering with the arse end if you have to.

Something like a Nissan 200SX is good for this.

something too heavy with an underpowered engine will feel slow.

LiamC · 9 Aug 2010 at 15:53

Pulsar GTI-R

Can be made VERY quick

LSPIII · 9 Aug 2010 at 15:54

I'd be very tempted to look at Lotus' for that budget. That or a Caterham style affair.

Perywinkle · 9 Aug 2010 at 16:36

Bike engined kit car for the win.
Mines nearing completion MK Indy with an R1 lump

Berger · 9 Aug 2010 at 17:54

Something like a 106, 205 or 306 GTI/Rallye would be ideal at the bottom end of your budget.

Isn't likely to cost you as much as some of the other suggestions to run so you can do more trackdays = more smiles!

Aero · 9 Aug 2010 at 17:57

MX5

cheap chearful and would be comfortable to drive to and from the track

Spuderoony · 9 Aug 2010 at 18:02

http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1935609.htm
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Disco Boy · 9 Aug 2010 at 18:06

Depends exactly what you want to drive. At that price point you have loads of options.

two seater track weapon (kit car)
two seater sports car (that sort of money could get a properly sorted mx-5 with FI)
hot hatch (LOADS of things, one that hasn't been mentioned yet is a Renault Clio)
RWD Coupe (BMW E30/E36)
4wd jap turbo-nutter I wouldn't go for a 4wd jap car like an evo if it were me because they wouldn't be as much fun as any of the others imo.

Westyfield2 · 9 Aug 2010 at 18:51

£10k and you want road legal but good on a track? There's only one answer to this; a Se7en of some sort. And of-course that'd be a Westfield then!

Clarkey · 9 Aug 2010 at 18:57

S14, everything from the driftworks catalog, win.

Blackvault · 9 Aug 2010 at 18:59

Westfield/Robin Hood/Caterham?

Blackvault

NickXX · 9 Aug 2010 at 19:02

I bought an e36 318iS when I didn't want to track my main car.

Ryan-3 · 9 Aug 2010 at 19:07

LiamC said:
Pulsar GTI-R

Can be made VERY quick

+1, seen some take on some very quick cars, and win.

Example:

^^Skip to 3:00!

Skeeter · 9 Aug 2010 at 21:15

Clio

Tis what im planning, although for a lot less than £6k

Skidder · 10 Aug 2010 at 09:28

I would say a big part of the decision as to wether to go kit car or not is whether you would enjoy the build. If you fancy it, that should influence the decision. I am planning a kit car build more because I like making things rather than performance.