djoptix Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Had a Megane Coupe 2.0 F4R, sold it, miss it. Had an MGF VVC, sold it, miss it. Please recommend something to fill the hole. Criteria: Faster the better but good round corners, not just in a straight line. Ideally quicker than the MGF. Image not important. Current possibilities are: Sort out one of my BX 16vs (but this would be a metric fuck-ton of work) Find a Metro 114 and transplant a VVC into it - confident I could do this, would be less work than a BX, but I'd have to work hard to find a decent Metro for the money I want to spend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthedonkey Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Metro but the 1.8 turbo from the 75 for boost...Better than vvcSent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djoptix Posted November 26, 2019 Author Share Posted November 26, 2019 I liked the way that was going but the internet suggests the 1.8T actually only has 5bhp more than a VVC? And less than a 160... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthedonkey Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 But boost and with a simple map literally a mgr file there's 30bhp extra Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 A CBR600 0-60 in 3.5 secs 140mph Pulls wheelies Better than any car twosmoke300, mat_the_cat, Tamworthbay and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrcento Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Can you still find Saxo VTS's around that money? (i'd guess not, most have been chavved/crashed and scrapped). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 MX5 of course, silly. Loads around sub £1k with an MOT on them now. anonymous user and Bradders59 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporty-shite Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Obvious choices: Clio 1*2 MX5 Cooper S Left field RX8 Alfa 147/156/GT with a mapped JTd (200bhp) Celica 190 Audi TT 225 All should be obtainable for £700 - £1000, handle well, and are pretty quick. HillmanImp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 1 minute ago, Mrcento said: Can you still find Saxo VTS's around that money? (i'd guess not, most have been chavved/crashed and scrapped). LOL no unfortunately! Think £5k+ now for a VTS - if you can even find any. Even the VTR is £2k+ for something half decent now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 1 minute ago, sporty-shite said: Clio 1*2 I've been tracking these for a long while. They're now £1.5k+ for something usable. Sub £1k are fucked in some way - knackered suspension, rattling dephasers and the like. Also appears at the stage where it's utter fucked or decent ones and very little middle ground. bigfella2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrcento Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 1 minute ago, SiC said: LOL no unfortunately! Think £5k+ now for a VTS - if you can even find any. Even the VTR is £2k+ for something half decent now. Crikey, it only seems a year ago they were everywhere for about £800 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporty-shite Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, SiC said: I've been tracking these for a long while. They're now £1.5k+ for something usable. Sub £1k are fucked in some way - knackered suspension, rattling dephasers and the like. Also appears at the stage where it's utter fucked or decent ones and very little middle ground. They're still out there at reasonable money but they are creeping up now, as all the scruffy ones get broken for parts. It's the cambelt change that kills values. If you're willing to DIY or cambelt roulette, your budget may just about get you one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrcento Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, Mrcento said: Crikey, it only seems a year ago they were everywhere for about £800 ? Just had a quick look, a little over budget but not in the 2-5k range https://www.gumtree.com/p/citroen/saxo-vtr-/1359520409 https://www.gumtree.com/p/citroen/citreon-saxo-vts/1359241570 The VTS there actually looks decent (albeit over 1000). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Doubt you would find a 190 Celica for that kind of budget either. Maybe a very leggy st200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Puma 1.7, every time. HillmanImp, Vince70, 155V6 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Such thoughts rattle around in me head all the time. The obvious choices are so for a reason but there aren’t any rules really. A couple of ideas I’ve seen/though of: Toyota MR2 mk3. Cheap, mid engined, not a backwards facing metro BMW 330d E46. There was one on slicks at the last track day I went to and it was brutal Pug 206 gti 180. Seen as the poor relation but will keep up with the clios Citroen Xsara VTS. Great if you can find one loserone and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 There was a vtr on Facebook this week for£700 in good nick. Unpopular option: £460 206 GTi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 You won't find a xsara vts, I've been looking for one for a while. Another Mégane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 A Kia Pride with a B6 engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 6 minutes ago, 2MB said: BMW 330d E46. There was one on slicks at the last track day I went to and it was brutal Yes this. We did crail a few times this year in a 330d on slicks and what a hoot, the bloody thing is mental quick. It's stripped out and could be cheaply bought but not road legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 There was a fully track prepared Xsara VTS with a naff WRC paint job sold on eBay for about £800 earlier this year. They are few & far between though, and the pretty version of them is starting to be worth a bit now loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, garbaldy said: Yes this. We did crail a few times this year in a 330d on slicks and what a hoot, the bloody thing is mental quick. It's stripped out and could be cheaply bought but not road legal. The idea of running a proper track car on red diesel is both sensible and hilarious Vince70 and cobblers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Yup loads of flat out laps all day for £1.50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 2 hours ago, djoptix said: Had a Megane Coupe 2.0 F4R, sold it, miss it. Had an MGF VVC, sold it, miss it. Please recommend something to fill the hole. Criteria: Faster the better but good round corners, not just in a straight line. Ideally quicker than the MGF. Image not important. Current possibilities are: Sort out one of my BX 16vs (but this would be a metric fuck-ton of work) Find a Metro 114 and transplant a VVC into it - confident I could do this, would be less work than a BX, but I'd have to work hard to find a decent Metro for the money I want to spend... You need an omega. Take out interior. V6 218 bhp Rwd sutty2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Primera GT loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 No contest No mods necessary https://www.facebook.com/groups/118152902300899/ GIB 155V6, djoptix, Brodders and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Jim Bell’s bini Cooper S that foad won in a Roffle ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Steel framed CBR600. Fat_Pirate and Jazoli 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 8 hours ago, Jazoli said: A CBR600 0-60 in 3.5 secs 140mph Pulls wheelies Better than any car Or a thundercat ? Fat_Pirate, Jazoli and They_all_do_that_sir 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I used to do car trackdays a lot 20 years ago, then I did a bike one, I've not done a car one since, 'don't pass here' 'wait for the other driver to let you through' 'no overtaking into corners' etc, it all seems a bit restrictive but necessary I guess due to the varying levels of incompetence in wildly differing cars. twosmoke300 and Fat_Pirate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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