500bhp for less than £10k

[nick.lidgett]

Hi folks,

Please help settle an argument i'm having with a colleague,

Im saying you cant get a roadworthy 500bhp car for less than £10k and he says you can and showed me a shagged out old merc and thats about it.

So I put it to you, is there anything out there with 500bhp under the hood as standard for less than £10k or a cheaper car you could buy and tune for less than £10k thats not a bag of bolts?

 

[sigma]

450bhp is possible for less than £10k. Not sure what the point is, unless it's a car you're really after, though.

 

[Siliconslave]

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds?Category=used-cars&EnginePowerFrom=500&MaxPrice=10000 - fill ya (very limited) boots

 

[a1ex2001]

as with most things like this it is of course possible that's not to say it's good idea! The three examples linked above must have potential for some absolutely shocking bills when inevitably for a highly tuned older car things go wrong!

 

[nick.lidgett]

Yeah that post does prove my point, 2 high mileage junkers and an odd looking Merc,

 

[Bug One]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chrysler-300-SRT-6-1-Hemi/262897551968

 

[Nasher]

I'm wondering if you could get an LS400 up to that for quite a lot less than 10k

 

[Jamesyboyjim]

I think the main thing here is not whether you could, but whether you should

 

[TS7]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610038367572

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201609167815007

480 BHP for 9k

 

[nick.lidgett]

I'm wondering if you could get an LS400 up to that for quite a lot less than 10k

Maybe if you found somebody skilled enough and daft enough to try and turbo it

 

[nick.lidgett]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610038367572

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201609167815007

480 BHP for 9k

Not 500bhp though is it

 

[TS7]

Not 500bhp though is it

£10k or a cheaper car you could buy and tune for less than £10k thats not a bag of bolts?

I'm sure the £1k left over could allow for a modification to add 20bhp

 

[nick.lidgett]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chrysler-300-SRT-6-1-Hemi/262897551968

This must be tuned then as they were 425bhp from the factory

 

[adam cool dude]

You could get 500 HP out of a Saab 9-5 Aero with a built engine and big turbo. In fact any tuneable turbo engine in a cheap car would be possible with ten grand.

That wouldn't be a shagged out car either. Say 2k for a good condition Saab 5k on the engine with 3k left for suspension and tyres. You would be mad to do it but would be one hell of a sleeper.

 

[Jez]

None of the Mercs linked actually have 500hp stock. They are around 490hp. (Both 600TT and 55K models).

You can easily get a 55K or 600TT engined Merc for under £10k, but yeah, they are not actually 500hp as standard. (Although they will mod to well over 500hp for not much at all).

 

[Doogles]

I'd say it's doable if you modded yourself and knew what you were doing so only had to buy parts otherwise probably not.

 

[Gribs]

It wouldn't be difficult with a nitrous kit. Top gear did it with a skanky v12 Jag for far less.

 

[Dis86]

You could get 500 HP out of a Saab 9-5 Aero with a built engine and big turbo. In fact any tuneable turbo engine in a cheap car would be possible with ten grand.

That wouldn't be a shagged out car either. Say 2k for a good condition Saab 5k on the engine with 3k left for suspension and tyres. You would be mad to do it but would be one hell of a sleeper.

Mad...or awesome? I'd go with awesome.

 

[chaparral]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chrysler-300-SRT-6-1-Hemi/262897551968

Power: 6001

 

[Dr Who]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MERCEDES-...044904?hash=item1c7fca3e28:g:PmoAAOSwOgdYpq-g