How fast can i go for 1500 quid?
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There are a lot of 1000cc bikes out there for £1500 that will get you 0-60 in 3 seconds and some will do 100mph in 1st gear (thinking early blades here).
Go on, get a bike. If your after speed thrills this is where its at! Plus you get to scare the crap out of your mates taking em on the back.
Stretch to £2000 and you will be able to buy a 190mph missile with handling and brakes that will always be better than you are as a road rider.
Come to the dark side . . .
Go on, get a bike. If your after speed thrills this is where its at! Plus you get to scare the crap out of your mates taking em on the back.
Stretch to £2000 and you will be able to buy a 190mph missile with handling and brakes that will always be better than you are as a road rider.Come to the dark side . . .
sormicoft said:
I very nearly bought an XR2 turbo and a nova turbo in my yoof (10years ago!!!).. do it.. especially if the xr2 is blue or the nova is white.
Fabulous.
£1500 man.. thats not even bonus money.. I wish I had a garage! Mrs 100 wouldn't forgive me if I put an XR2 on the drive.
Seriously if you want reliability and your looking at cheap old cars you can scrub old ford nails, crappy vauxhalls and any french tat off the list.
Any of these will give u major trouble.
Go for a lude.
Or if you want torque, get hold of a really old civic, the one before the EF, get a B20 block from a Honda CRV, then a B16 head from a civic vti, bolt them together and away you go.
A friend of mine did this and he ran loads of 13.5 second 1/4's, was very funny seeing him run neck and neck with an NSX, he never had it set-up or anything and guessed it was running about 175-180bhp, with proper work these can easily reach 250bhp+ N/A.
Or Civic VTi, get an old volvo turbo, make up some intercooler pipes and bam, instant evo beater, I know as I had one.
Any of these will give u major trouble.
Go for a lude.
Or if you want torque, get hold of a really old civic, the one before the EF, get a B20 block from a Honda CRV, then a B16 head from a civic vti, bolt them together and away you go.
A friend of mine did this and he ran loads of 13.5 second 1/4's, was very funny seeing him run neck and neck with an NSX, he never had it set-up or anything and guessed it was running about 175-180bhp, with proper work these can easily reach 250bhp+ N/A.
Or Civic VTi, get an old volvo turbo, make up some intercooler pipes and bam, instant evo beater, I know as I had one.
Another Vote for an E36 328.
193bhp as standard (though these cars will be 9-12 yrs old), great handlers for what they are, sweet on m-ways too.
Can be pushed to 210-220bhp with bbtb/induction/manifold mods too..
Great cars, if suffering from a little image problem in some quaters.
193bhp as standard (though these cars will be 9-12 yrs old), great handlers for what they are, sweet on m-ways too.
Can be pushed to 210-220bhp with bbtb/induction/manifold mods too..
Great cars, if suffering from a little image problem in some quaters.
commited said:
You'd have a sheddy example for £1500 imo
£1500 would buy a tidy e30 325i though.....
My money would go on an e34 540i - 286BHP V8 in an ideal world, a manual one.
I rolled my mothers XR2 on Mothers day (!) - never liked them since!
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sormicoft said:i've already got an E30 project ta and i doubt i'd get a decent 325 manual 3 door for 1500
Well, I do have my car serviced by an e30 specialist, so I'll take his word for it
WTF - I still say the e34 540i manual!
O/T - The specialist in question has a '91 e30 for sale, a snip @ £40k.
