Track car advice

[D@wson]

205 T16 .....

[THE_Liam]

Or dare i say a gti-6 205 also lots of fun. That way you get your 205 and your dad gets his petrol :grin:

Actually, f*ck what I said, do this ^^^

[Foxy-jim]

I would say get a petrol 205! What about 106 gti engine camed and boosted? Kick out around 250bhp!

[Moonstone2.0]

or buy it prebuilt

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motor...y/95626747

[hbomb1905]

Something with a bit of the above would be nice!

[stevobeavo]

E36 out of the choices.

Or a redtop nova, Good project for you and your dad

[Foxy-jim]

Redtop nova is a great shout!

[Jonny b]

Redtop nova is a great shout!

But the handling is no where near as good as a 205, my mate Kelly's red top corsa was under steer city

[Foxy-jim]

Could you not drop the engine in a 205?

[THE_Liam]

Redtop nova is a great shout!

But the handling is no where near as good as a 205, my mate Kelly's red top corsa was under steer city

You can make a Nova handle, but you need to chuck a lot of money at them. My mates got a GTE and that's not bad but he's spent a lot

[Jonny b]

Could you not drop the engine in a 205?

Why though it's a lot of work when you can drop a mi16 or gti6 pretty much straight in

[Foxy-jim]

Suppose so. Would be different though.

[THE_Liam]

There was a guy ages ago on .net who dropped a C20LET into a 306, that was pretty mental...

[Jonny b]

Yeh a black ph1 iirc was most defo awesome

[procta]

dan what about a certain red car i own

[stevobeavo]

dan what about a certain red car i own

Rover 100

My mates redtop Nova is like a little go kart. Coilovers, camber adjustment on the front and homemade chassis bracing.

[mark_airey]

So, have you agreed to buy the 205 back yet??

[hbomb1905]

There was a guy ages ago on .net who dropped a C20LET into a 306, that was pretty mental...

Dead now

[Foxy-jim]

That nova looks pretty cool!

[THE_Liam]

There was a guy ages ago on .net who dropped a C20LET into a 306, that was pretty mental...

Dead now

Hopefully the car not the guy?!?!

[mark_airey]

^^ I'm pretty sure he means the car Liam, I remember a breaking thread worth more in pieces and all that! Bad times!

[procta]

i think the novas are long gone up here now sadly. i remember that c20LET 306, i think it was about 450 bhp?
tbh dan, you need another 205 in your life!

[Ruan]

The 306 with the LET in wasn't anything like that, it was late 200s, like 280 or so...

205, big blower XUD9 conversion, some suspension mods, handle better than the 328i, you can't go sideways on trackdays - you'll get kicked off, you know the 205 inside out, it'll be a LOT faster than a 328i, use less fuel, handle better for naff all money, be more WTF'esque, unless you've driven a big turbo XUD9 then you won't know what they're like...

Admittedly you'll need to work on the cooling side of the XUD9 in the 205, decent radiator, oil cooler, front mount... Done the right way, it'll be an awesome car...

[Rippthrough]

You're not going to hit 140mph on many tracks with that little power anyway. And on the ones you can, you're not going hit it more than once, perhaps twice per lap.

However, there's a lot of corners, and you have to go around them all....


The only time not having enough power gets annoying is when you get stuck behind some arse who trickles around the corners and then plants it to stop you coming past on the straight, but it's a trackday, not a race, so just back off for a lap.
Then hit him with the tyre iron in the pits.