my mate Doug who helps build my car and myself have been thinking bout this magazine challenge. If we can get the money together, ( big if, for me, but if my new company goes well its do able) so its just a paper project at present. The challenge is as follows to set the fastest time over 3 disciplines, possibilities are: Autocross on gravel / tarmac Slalom Qtr mile Top speed challenge. With a car that has cost no more than £999.00 to buy / or put together. the car must be able to be sold on for £999 and you must show receipts for new parts you can "borrow" parts, such as wheels or seats, but not engines and the such like. It must be road legal and driven to and from the venue. Basically you have to build to the spirit of the laws, so no S15 nissans with ropey paint but 400bhp engines etc, or no stock BMW M3s We both think a ST162 would do well. Plan is buy a running but tatty one. Strip it out. MR2 lsd Cheapo clutch, later gen ones maybe? cheap springs / shox 15" wheels home made exhaust / intake kit NOS. We can borrow a basic kit of NOS from a V8 addict we know, but do you think it would hold together for the runs? To be on the pace, we need to get the car into the 14s for the qtr and top out over 130mph, we figure with the stock shape being good, top speed should be okay, traction maybe an issue on the strip. This gives you an idea of the things raced. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67MJIH82aUk This is a paper idea, but your thoughts guys.
shaggzs (avi) runs in the grassroots challange here. very similar. he is like 15th place in a 88 or 89 supra turbo. food for thought. plan on fabricating lots of stuff from junk.
going by my experience with the front bar I will stay well clear. I see you are runing both though, no understeer??? :shock:
Yes both, it's very pointy indeed, almost overly so for the road. Big difference without the weight & drive to the rear, as Mafix points out.
Stick with a 3SGE block, as I believe the 3SFE engine and tranny combo top out at 127....won't hit 130.
col to know on both counts, If my company takes off, I think there is a real posibllity of doing this next year, even just as a bargain track car.
