What £1000 track car for Nürburgring ?

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MatteH Oxford

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My friends + myself are doing a little Top Gear style Nürburgring challenge, what car would the "OCUK motors collective" recommend for £1k in total, this includes any potential mods.

I'm thinking lightweight & turbo charged....
 
1k and turbo charged. Hmmmm

Any of the turbo puntos still about? Unreliable though, very.

Maybe some tired looking WRX's about.
 
 
Spend abit more and get a mint Impreza wrx classic or bug eye

All of the above will blow up on a track
 
Bought my 306 Rallye for 1200, that was three or more years ago now.

Tracked it a fair bit and never had a problem.
 
Zs 180 tbh...great handling cars you can pick up for 600 now.

Spend the rest on a de cat, a induction kit into the wing, and some new disks and yelllwstuff pads for the front.

Sorted car that will handle very well
 
Forget turbocharged!!!
Nothing but a pain in the ass.

As for suggesting a WRX classic as "all the above will blow up".... I've only just stopped laughing!
 
£1000 isnt a very good budget for a car to rag round the ring mate, its uber long and if you all want a go in it, well i cant see a £1000 junker lasting out, all that way over there just to risk a few laps in a **** piece.......
Im sure someone has mentioned spend a bit more and get a better car already in this thread.
Well thats my advice.
 
I'd buy an Mk2 MR2 for around 500 quid then spend 500 quid sorting it. My mate had one tuther month with 60ish K up it which was up for 450 quid, A tyre or two maybe some new discs & pads oil change etc
Would get you there round the ring & back again.
 
nick.lidgett said:
£1000 isnt a very good budget for a car to rag round the ring mate, its uber long and if you all want a go in it, well i cant see a £1000 junker lasting out, all that way over there just to risk a few laps in a **** piece.......
Im sure someone has mentioned spend a bit more and get a better car already in this thread.
Well thats my advice.
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What a croc of *****

My E36 cost £300 to purchase and I've spent similar money to the OPs budget requirements on upgrades.
A perfect example of a cheap tracktoy that you wouldn't even flinch if you wrapped it up.
It sits in the shed most of the year but it can't depreciate any more and it doesn't owe me anything of any worry.
 
rodenal said:
The fiat coupe turbo would be brilliant to take, real chance it'd never make it though!
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Indeed. Went to Spa in 2010 one ended up ending the "Coupe" session early as one caught on fire...(not the one we were in).

Can you get a mk2 MR2 turbo for 1k?
 
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Well, i was hoping for some obscure and cheap Japanese goodness but there isn't much around unfortunately. Turbo cars are good becasue they are easy to extract free power from with a bit of messing around - labour costs aren't part of the budget. Shame this wasn't a year ago as i could have got hold of a 420GSI turbo that was one owner, fsh and under 80K!.

Still thinking the fiat coupe is the front runner although I am surprised at the 2.2 vtec prelude performance figures, it would probably do a full day flat out & still make it back o.k.
 
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