Which hot hatch has the best tuning potential?

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Is there an easy answer to this?

By hot hatch lets say anything with between 200-300bhp stock.

By 'tuning' I mean simple modifications, not strapping on turbo chargers and the like.
 
Not as such but I was thinking along the lines of the more affordable/popular hatches like Focus ST, RS Meg/Clio etc.
 
ST does 300bhp~ pretty easily, I think the Astra VXR does as well.

I'd imagine the S3 is probably one of the best/easiest to mod and will handle everything better cause it's not FWD.

You basically want to be looking for a car with FI and a bit modding scene, Civic Type R you'll get nowhere for example due to being N/A and the Mazda3 MPS which has a 2.3T engine has (iirc) no modding scene so is left largly untapped.
 
Erm... focus St, Astra vxr (not corsa as they have a 4th cylinder fueling issues), Golf GTI, seat cupras etc... Basicaly anything turbo'd can have the power boosted fairly easily.

The meganes not so much for some reason though.
 
basically any turbocharged car is good for epic gains

its all relative as most will see a minimum 25% increase in power output with simple work like a remap at a few hundred pounds or you could go to the extent of uprating cams intercoolers turbos etc what do you class as a simple modification


personally i dont see anything out the ordinary with changing a turbo or fitting a larger intercooler others might think that a tad extreme

its a really open question as it depends a lot on each individuals personal abilities and their own view on what is simple

personally i wouldnt think twice about fiting a hybrid turbo and a set of cams, others might limit themselves to getting their car remapped.
 
Erm... focus St, Astra vxr (not corsa as they have 4 cylinder fueling issues), Golf GTI, seat cupras etc... Basicaly anything turbo'd can have the power boosted fairly easily.

The meganes not so much for some reason though.

The meganes are pretty similar to the golf gti tbh.

With hybrid and remap they hit 280 bhp
 
The meganes are pretty similar to the golf gti tbh.

With hybrid and remap they hit 280 bhp

Sorry I should have been a bit more specific about the golf, I ment the ed30 :)
As the op said he didn't want to mess with turbos so I guess hybrids are out of the question. I would like to know why the meganes are not as tuneable though, my friend has one and wanted to boost his power but there seems to be no real tuners for them, I belive the have a fairly decent size turbo anyway so not to sure why they are not an easy car to boost power on??
 
It's a bit odd to start at 200bhp, when this rules out most of the best hot hatches.
 
Buy a faster car in the first place, then you aint got to mess about with tuning it.
 
[TW]Fox;17962416 said:
Another vague Scott212/tommyb fantasy thread. Joy.

Anything with a turbo.

If it doesn't interest you then why post?

I agree with Gilly, there's very, very few proper hot hatches with over 200bhp. Why not get an impreza or something if you want a heavy car with a turbo strapped on it,
 
If it doesn't interest you then why post?

It interests me because of who it is and what he's posting yet again. I'm also amazed he wasn't banned for having two accounts, everyone else would be. He's done this for years.

Plus I even contributed and suggested something with a turbo.
 
[TW]Fox;17962539 said:
You've been genuinelly interested in all sorts for years both before and after you signed up for a new account yet never buy a car.

It's not rocket science!

I am a Uni student and I seriously doubt I am the only one who takes a genuine interest in cars but, for whatever reason, is not in an ideal position to make a purchase. Couldn't you apply the same criticism to those who spend countless hours on car configuration websites speccing up dream cars?

As it happens I graduate in July and I have the pennies saved to make a purchase shortly after. I have explained to you before the various reasons why I haven't bought my own car yet. They amount to the fact that by being patient I will now be able to buy, run and insure something I really want, far beyond the limitations of what I could have bought whilst studying.

Just because I'm not planning on buying a car today it doesn't mean I can't ask for advice/opinions for the future. Although when the time comes I really hope you will be willing to offer me help and advice as a first time buyer :)
 
The problem with all these cars is most are FWD. 300bhp Astra? Great it can hardly handle the 240bhp~ it comes with when making progress round corners.

Only thing I'd wanna put silly power through I'd want to be RWD or that stuff Audi use.

135i or S3 then please, which I'd imagine are well out of the OP's 'Spend £5k then another £300 on a wikkid hot hatch' budget.
 
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