How fast can you reliably go for £5000?

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Just curious really.

I think it's probably going to be something jap like a Skyline, Supra, Evo or Impreza but how reliable are these when you are hitting big power?
 
Like, not going to explode or eat clutches every 3000 miles :p

I suppose it's going to be a car you can use daily and not just as a weekend toy in fear of it exploding into flames.
 
probably something like a Nissan 300zx or Toyota Soarer wouldn't be a bad bet if you were looking for straight line speed... you can get them either for less than £5k and bolt on some goodies to unleash the fury ;)
 
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What you want one of them nasty Jap things for, get a nice car and plod about :)
 
I'd go with a Soarer.

£1000 for a base car. £1500 for a R154 manual gearbox conversion (or about £750 if you're willing to take a chance with the weaker W58 box). Spend carefully (second hand where possible) and the £2.5k left over should see you well into the 400s and be about as reliable as you're going to get from a car that had a good and proper engine strip down and rebuild. Another grand to sort out the handling and brakes and you're golden :).
 
Muffin` said:
But it has MASSIVE (I mean, we're talking container ship ammounts) of reliability and cheapness compared to the others
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But in comparison to what £5,000 could build you, they are dead slow.

A even a mildly modified CTR wouldn't be see which way I went and my car owes me less than half the proposed budget.
 
Tim said:
have you considered an S14?


(Power, reliability, cheap. Pick 2:p)
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For 5k you should be able to get a stage 3 S14a which, if done properly, will still be reliable and return the same if not better economy than as a standard :).
 
Joshy said:
But in comparison to what £5,000 could build you, they are dead slow.

A even a mildly modified CTR wouldn't be see which way I went and my car owes me less than half the proposed budget.
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Really? Are you sure about that?? :p
 
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