What would you get. Here's your criteria:
1. 4 cylinder engine, no more
2. Has to be natually aspirated
3. If its a 16 valve, the standard injection system must remain (inlet, throttle body and fuel injectors)
4. 8 valve engines can be run on carbs, but only 2 chokes (1 twin twin choke or a pair of splits)
5. 16 valves must have fuel injection
6. No flared wheelarches and the interior must remain


What would you pick? Gona save up for my 1st one once I regain strength, also want it to be cheap to run and maintain, and handle well out of the box.

 

Old Astra GTE 16v? Or Golf 16v gti

 

Proton Satria - without doubt one of the best road rally cars going...

 

Aye the proton is popular, might well be one of them

 

Are you allowed to modify the suspension?
Fiesta Zetec s any good?

 

Yes, suspension is free (I think, as long as everything stays in the same place anyway). Brakes are free, wheels are free provided they fit in the original arches, tyres need to be e marked, body colour must remain as factory, no sponsor liveries, but stripes are permitted if they were there from factory, like mk1 rs2000s.

 

manta gte if you could find one

 

Yes suspension can be modified. And brakes. IMO I thinkaa satria gti or a wira for the simple reason they are an evo in disguise aha. What you thinkin greg? Saving up for one?? If so i wanna do an event in it too (hint hint)

 

Acctually. A bmw compact or use your fezza. Its cheaper as its free

 

Knew it was only a matter of time before you were here Nath. Always wanted a road event car, aye we'll do an event together. SOmething like the drystone?

 

The fezza is rusty, want a solid base

 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...1500?logcode=p

I like this^

 

Excuse the ignorance, but is this where you go point to point, but can't go faster than the set time?
Reason I ask, is that you don't necessarly need a particularly fast / powerful engine? Sorry if I'm being thick here?!

 

Haha yeah. Time for you to flog the fezza then?aand the drystone, mercian, or a welsh event as i wouldn,t mind an experience of one of them. Also get a 1.6 or more satria as anything under is gutless

 

Yes. But they screw the clocks your timed on. So you need to be a bit quicker than expected haha

 

Hate them, but Saxo VTS?

 

Clio 172 or Pug 205 GTI, saxo isnt a bad shout either.

 

Not being thick at all, you cannot average more than 30mph. But you'll struggle to do it on most sections, cause the oraganisers will send you down the tightest and twistiest road with checkpoints on them (where you have to stop and get a signature), they'll also make you go through farm yards, quarries, sand mines, scrap yards, etc. Whatever they can, so you'll never manage 30 over them (not all the time anyway). So you go as quick as you can (making sure you are on the right road obviously), and basically its whoever picks up the least penalties wins (the ods of anyone being penalty free are pretty much 0)

 

They've banned that Nath, but ye up untill 1988 they screwed the cklocks big time, very clever it was, there were sections were crews would average 90mph on very fast sections and still be late!

 

Have they banned it? Haha think the organisers i know of are being cheecky

 

Civic VTi would be pretty decent id imagine.

French hot hatches wouldn't be a bad choice either

 

I finished the circuit of down in a old 1.2 Clio. Engine size doesn't matter IMO its all down to the crew.

 

Good suggestions. Cheers peeps. Supose I could do what the fronrunners in the welsh do and get a 4 door escort, and then put £35k on turning it into a group 4.....

 

Thanks mate, always wondered the ins an outs of it all...

 

Citroen Ax Gt 1.4... 8v ?

Proper little weapons and handle realllyyyyy well once lowered

 

I LOVE the ax gt. Ace cars. A bmw compact 316 or an original mini

 

Saxo vts' are one of the best cars you can buy for the money they are priced at!! I have had x 5 vts' and a 106 gti.

Meets your criteria!