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I have been hanging out and helping a buddy here and there with his ls1 e36 swapped m3. He has a couple boys that road race and I've gotten the itch as I've never run a full open track. I've run autocross and drag racing a bit. But road racing is intimidating from a financial perspective.
Goals and must haves.
Fun to drive, easy to work on, the cheaper the better on parts.
Manual transmission, 4 or 6 cil, budget of 5,500.
I've been reading and checking out cars for a few weeks now.
-Porsche 944. Rwd, 4 banger, nice examples around 4k. This was really my first choice from a drivers experience as the interior quality and seating position was amazing. However depending on the model a clutch takes 16-24 hours to swap. No thank you
-Bmw e30 6 cil, rwd, german quality. These are great cars, however these csrs are getting older and nice examples are fetching some loot. E36 beemers are nice too but I am scared of the maintenance as a diy guy.
-Honda crx, or newer civic hatch. Crx's were all riced up or high miles and clapped out. Ep3 drive amazing however an example with 170k was 4500
-Mazda miata. Drive great. Amazing sound, have owned one already. Drive a first gen and it just didn't do it for me this time around.
At this point I had decided on saving for a nicer ep3 civic si. I was looking at going over budget and I went to drive a car I've thought about but never seen my self in
2002 saturn sc2. DOHC, 5 speed, timing chain and damn easy to work on. Cheap parts to boot.
I texted a local asking 2200 obo. Offered 1500 on a limb and they said it would work.
Car belonged to a church. They have used the car for food drives and transporting people ( pretty sure the homeless )
I wanted to haggle more but cmon it was a church.
155k miles with a ton of maintenance records.
11lb wheels and race tires will be here on Wednesday. Track day on friday.
Check out this link if you think im nuts "best kept secret in road racing"
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/different-kind-race-car/
I have been hanging out and helping a buddy here and there with his ls1 e36 swapped m3. He has a couple boys that road race and I've gotten the itch as I've never run a full open track. I've run autocross and drag racing a bit. But road racing is intimidating from a financial perspective.
Goals and must haves.
Fun to drive, easy to work on, the cheaper the better on parts.
Manual transmission, 4 or 6 cil, budget of 5,500.
I've been reading and checking out cars for a few weeks now.
-Porsche 944. Rwd, 4 banger, nice examples around 4k. This was really my first choice from a drivers experience as the interior quality and seating position was amazing. However depending on the model a clutch takes 16-24 hours to swap. No thank you
-Bmw e30 6 cil, rwd, german quality. These are great cars, however these csrs are getting older and nice examples are fetching some loot. E36 beemers are nice too but I am scared of the maintenance as a diy guy.
-Honda crx, or newer civic hatch. Crx's were all riced up or high miles and clapped out. Ep3 drive amazing however an example with 170k was 4500
-Mazda miata. Drive great. Amazing sound, have owned one already. Drive a first gen and it just didn't do it for me this time around.
At this point I had decided on saving for a nicer ep3 civic si. I was looking at going over budget and I went to drive a car I've thought about but never seen my self in
2002 saturn sc2. DOHC, 5 speed, timing chain and damn easy to work on. Cheap parts to boot.
I texted a local asking 2200 obo. Offered 1500 on a limb and they said it would work.
Car belonged to a church. They have used the car for food drives and transporting people ( pretty sure the homeless )
I wanted to haggle more but cmon it was a church.
155k miles with a ton of maintenance records.
11lb wheels and race tires will be here on Wednesday. Track day on friday.
Check out this link if you think im nuts "best kept secret in road racing"
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/different-kind-race-car/
