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Me and a few mates were thnking about getting a track car for the dirt circuit racing in Whyalla (we live there). Buget of about $2.5k thinking a MA supra (ex-race), celica, s13 (ex-race) or a silhouette skyline. Any ideas?? would prefer an AWD car but RWD should be ok as well

Thanks in advance for the help

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2.5k won't get anything decent AWD - unless you get a Subaru Brumby ute!!! LOL Won't be overly competitive though.

For 2.5k I would pick up cheap ass R31, Manual Conversion, 2nd hand Extractors & exhaust, minispool diff and keep the change! :P

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I'd use the 2.5 k on moving away from whyalla..lol

2k on beer and pizza for mates to help

500 on fuel and truck rental

problem solved

buy a disposable car for a few hundred bucks

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I would mid mount a 1jz / auto half cut into a $200 commodore. You could probably do it on your $2500 budget.

I would pay that much to move to whyalla :P . They have more motor sport facilities than Adelaide :- Power boat club, motocross, go Karts, drag racing, off road, speedway and a 200kph dirt circuit track.

The Truro and districts raceway will have an open day in September 2009, where we will have approx 30-40 cars on the track. If anyone has a car built by then they can come and practice. Now we have all the earth moving equipment out there the facility will progress quickly. Racing will commence in March/ April 2010 and we will be running practice sessions from Feb 2010.

Start building you cars now guys. I did 30 laps on the weekend in a stock falcon wagon and was as much fun as our old open wheeler. If you like drifting but don't have the budget, dirt circuit is an comparable option. I could keep the old ford sideways for a solid 650 meters at up to 100kph and you don't need big power to do it either.

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$2500, you can get a datto sunny or something like that....the a series motors are basically bulletproof going from previous experiences.....buy it for around $1000 and spend the rest on tyres, little performance bits, and paint to make it look pretty....go magenta as a magenta datto sunny would stand out in the crowd :P

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sunny, if you getting a damn dato get something with the 6banger. i dont know why so many like the other datos but the L24-L28s go alot harder than any other dato ive come accross. 280zx's is prob the fastest dato they usually swap in this engine into 240z's. seen as no 1 really likes the look of the 280 there's a good chance of picking up 1 cheap.

note ive had L26 260c 8years now and i swear it wont die :P

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Datsun stanza...yummy

A Datsun is a good starting point but most turf the 4 cylinder for a bigger motor and why not when you can legally mid mount a 350 chev in the little nissan.

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z310/Ma...3121640x480.jpg

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How about a Mazda familia 4wd turbo. I had a mate sell one for $1500 not long ago.

This may not interest you but it's cheap and gets you on the track now:-

FIAT, SHEET METAL BODY WITH FORD RUNNING GEAR, 250 X FLOW MOTOR, 9 INCH DIFF, 3 SPEED AUTO, SPORTS STEERING WHEEL, NEAR NEW REAR HOOSIER TYRES AND 2 SETS OF FRONTS, BONNET SCOUP + REAR WING/SPOILER NOT PICTURED, VERY COMPETITIVE AND RELIABLE CAR!AND CHEAP TO KEEP RUNNING!, COMPLIES WITH ALL SA RACING RULES AND REGS, GENIUNE REASON FOR SELLING PH 0437675097 OR EMAIL[email protected] CURRENTLY LOCATED IN PORT AUGUSTA SA $2000 O.N.O

http://adelaide.gumtree.com.au/c-Cars-for-Sale-cars-5K-FIAT-FORD-DIRT-CIRCUIT-RACE-CAR-W0QQAdIdZ120089880

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Sigma's aint that grunty, seen them go flat and a 31 would definately spank it along with a 260c i dont know how i know that :D

then again the sigma i seen wasnt the best example of 1.

ive seen a couple of cars going cheap that might interest ya but ill keep em secret cause im taking a squiz for maybe a new daily

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If you can stretch to $3K I have the perfect car - Jap import U12 Bluebird AWD with CA18DET and ATTESA. Runs in FWD until it detects slip and transfers power to the rear, so it would own all on the dirt. The car is even located in Cummins, so a relatively short trip to pick it up.

I was planning to put it on the road (and given its rarity, I probably still should), but I'm happy to take a loss rather than keep the money tied up in it.

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If you can stretch to $3K I have the perfect car - Jap import U12 Bluebird AWD with CA18DET and ATTESA. Runs in FWD until it detects slip and transfers power to the rear, so it would own all on the dirt. The car is even located in Cummins, so a relatively short trip to pick it up.

I was planning to put it on the road (and given its rarity, I probably still should), but I'm happy to take a loss rather than keep the money tied up in it.

yeh this thing is nuts, has to be done.

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