S2Steve

Possibilities? I'll leave this one open for discussion, so far i've had in mind mainly jap cars, pulsars, average condition 200sx's, any ideas?

gar mae

Impreza Even early WRX's are 240bhp and well in your budget

percybigun

mondeo st200?

S2Steve

Intresting. Its a shame the price of a good sapph is pushing 4-5k

Chip

iTrader: (3)

imprezza or S14 are the obvious choices.

JohnnyB

24v sierra

SapphyMike

Galant VR4?

dovboy

loads out there,too many to list. what you looking for 4door? rwd? fwd? etc etc

Red16

escort rs turbo... everyone ive seen advertised is claimed 200bhp lol

in all seriousness though, what are you after? simply anything in that price range or a rwd/4wd car?

S2Steve

It would be nice to go back to rwd ownership to be honest, but i wouldn't mind 4wd.

DangerousBryan

325i or 328i, both 193hp as standard. get a sport for better suspension and an lsd?

bryan

OvaBoost

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/419776.htm

300bhp with a few hundred quid remap apparantly

S2Steve

I'd still want it to look good! I love the look of my RS just its only running 151bhp and 174lbs/ft and its becoming a money pit too!

Rab

MR2 Turbo, MR2 Turbo and MR2 Turbo.

Charlie Chalk

iTrader: (1)

Pulsars are ok, But can be a cunt to fix. I love mine even though the troubles I've had

rossco22

volvo t5 very cheap an for less than Ł500 you can have it mapped for 300 hp wont blow up either...

S2Steve

I think at the moment, pulsars, s14s and possibly a gts-t are my favourite choices. All nissans :S If I could get a good 4/4.5k for my RS then I could consider a sapph or something a bit rarer like a gto or something I suppose

S1rst

Carlton GSi 24v. You could get a really nice one for Ł2k.

Although looking at your other choices it may not suit you.

S2Steve

Nah not a fan on carltons mate. I Think its either gonna be ford or jap. Although some of the e30s i've been looking at are rather tasty

S1rst

MR2 Turbo? Can be made to look a bit less feminine too with a few mods.

S2Steve

There are only 2 reasons why i'm not keen o mr2s, thats they are quite popular, you see a lot down here, and also they do appear quite feminine (sorry to owners)

Mr Whippy

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/437718.htm

big_wig_074

240 turbo?lol!!!!
740 and 940 turbos are good!but you wont like the styling i reckon

S2Steve

Yer i was looking through pistonheads at the evo's sems as though you can go up to an evo 4 with my kind of budget

kiddie

whats the spec of yours???

ricky_2006

problem is that impreza's are like Ł400+ to tax a year. gna cost much more to run mate.

S2Steve

hmmm true.

Spec of mine is Front mount IC, Alloy Rad, Hybrid stage 1 T3, Full stainless, -31 actuator, 165 chip @ 10si, stage 3 big valve ported polished head, cossie breaks, and a few other things hear and there. RR'd at 151bhp and 174lbs/ft. The cars also had a repsray within the past 18 months and is verging on amazing condition inside and out.

Almost sounds like a sale!

S2Steve

oh and its efi

gar mae

Since when?

ricky_2006

well sum1 i know wanted an impreza but sed that Ł400ish for tax????

gar mae

For cars 2001 and newer.

Stavros

Toyota Soarer Twin Turbo. Or Toyota Aristo Twin Turbo.

By a long shot.

Buy a tidy enough one for 2k tops, 280bhp as standard, and gives you 1500 or more to spend modding it.

Which isnt hard when a Soarer will do 500bhp on standard internals all day long from the 1J engine, and an Aristo even more so from the 2J, 1000bhp on stock internals if you fancy it (not for long tho, lol).

Auto they may be, but it doesnt matter, trust me. a genuine 400bhp and 180mph on an Aristo is just an exhaust, filters, and front mount intercooler away...

That, or you buys the same shit everyone else does which is slower but are worth that much as they are better known so command more money...

ricky_2006

but to be fair mate, the Toyota Soarer Twin Turbo is a horrible looking car, i think he wants power and look. and the aristo aint the best looking car.

and sori to dig you but who wants an automatic

S2Steve

Ye sorry mate I couldn't enjoy auto half as much as manual! Just had a look at those two cars though and they're not overly attractive. To be honest I want something that stands out, has power but is still reasonably subtle lol

Stavros

you ever driven an auto aristo or soarer? drives a LOT better and more than most manuals, ill tell you that much.

and they not stunners, but they a lot better looking than most the heaps of crap mentioned, and fuck, and RS Turbos and Saffs arnt exactly nice looking motors are they





they no ferrari, but i know id rather be seen in things like them than a fookin Escort or similar

pollocks

not quiet yet they aren't its the way tax is going to go over the next couple of years though

stonehavencossie

Older audi s2 or s6 - More reliability ???

Tuned s13 (dont like s14's)

300 zx n/a

Toyota Supra 3.0 turbo

Alfa Romeo GTV 3.0

Lexus Soarer

Fait Coupe Turbo

Honda Prelude VTi 99 onwards

Skyline single turbo

Corrado/Golf VR6

Mitsubishi GTO

ricky_2006

how can you say an rs turbo aint a good looking car mate???

ricky_2006

i wouldnt lol. there is nothing nice about eny of those toyotas atall

mart rs

iTrader: (5)

just get a stage 3 big valve head stage 3 t3 an fueling to suit on your s2 m8 mine pushing 250bhp with 5th injector an on standed bottom end!

just look in this months fast ford at the passion ford rr day it made 222bhp an 220ft on standard turbo an no 5th injector!