Insomnia again....

 

The zed has gone and I am facing another boring hours drive to work. I can't really afford to run another car but maybe in a few months I will be able to get something cheap to muck about with. Has anyone got any recomendations- if I was looking for something cheap (less than £1500, perhaps even less than £1000), what would be a good bet? I'd like it to be as powerful as possible, rear wheel drive, or maybe go-cart-like drive and small, but definately as powerful as possible. It would be good if it easy to work on so that I could start tinkering without worrying about completely ballsing up the engine, but reliability wouldn't be as much of a worry as I would definately only be messing with it at weekends whenever I had a little bit of cash to spare.

 

Is there such a thing- maybe an S13? Z31? Has anyone got any ideas?

s13 is the only real kind of powerful RWD for your money pick them up for less than a grand and they go so sideways :D not that reliable but for less than a grand you cant grumble

 

greg

definitely an S13. you can pick one up for less than a grand and they are well good fun. little bit laggy but once you get going......YEEHA!

 

Have a look on the autotrader website, bet there's a few

Ive seen silvia's kitted out with some serious mods for around 1500 and they are LOADS of fun!! look rubbish though

look rubbish though

 

:rofl: Dont hold back mate :D

S13 or Mk1 MR2 - you could maybe pick up the SC version for about £1500 if you're lucky.. they're definitely small and gokart like (just try to get one that isn't too rusty.. ;)) - heck, they can be had for £500 if you're lucky..

I can vouch for the fact that mk3 Supra turbos can be a lot of fun, albeit rather thirsty :)

I had this dream where my other half secretly bought my zed off the garage and I go home and there it is on the drive. I didn't happen though. I would like a car a cheapo strictly going sideways fun car for not much money, but whether that will happen or not I don't know. The S13 could be an idea. Is there anything else rear wheel drive (that still goes). Are Mk III supras that cheap? I will have a look in the autotrader, but my eye keeps getting drawn to zeds and NSXs. I would like to try an NSX, or a really late model 300. Dream on dream on...

:rofl: Dont hold back mate :D

 

lmao, i had one when I was 17, thought I was the mutts nuts!! it was black and pointy, I even got the nickname david hasselhoff for a short while!! Looking back I was a cock and the car was fast and fun but looked naff! :D

 

cost 1100 to buy back then and 900 to insure tpft!!! :shock:

If you're looking for something that goes sideways, then the S13 will be much better than the MR2. The MR2 will probably handle better though

S13 For deffo

I saw an MR2 '90 N/A go for £1100 on ebay :eek: looked a good un an all, mot'd n taxed was tempted. but I'm fairly certain the missus would have stabbed me in my sleep.

:rofl:

 

Cant go wrong with a S13 tho :)

Are Mk III supras that cheap?

 

If someone wanted to give me £1500 for mine, I certainly wouldn't stop them! :rofl:

 

Poor thing is just sat there - I would like to turn it into a track car, but there's so much I want to do to my Z first...

Yeah I would vouch for the Mk III Soup Turbo aswell, I had one before the Z and it was cracking. They go for silly money now but 235 bhp and they go well.

 

We had an S13 and it was OK for a while then blew up properly, doubt if I'd have another but would have an S14...they're nice! ;)

Had an S13 for six years and loved it.

Rust finished it in the end but otherwise it was great.

You could try a celica GT 4*4 Turbo. You can pick them up quite cheap these days. Was actually thinking of getting one myself.

I want to have one that I can strip out completely- have it as minimal as possible. I won't be worried about knackering it up, so hopefully be OK to thrash a bit more. An S13 sounds like a good bet at the moment- I should be able to find something at reasonable money (whenever that might be) and it would be good for a bit of sideways. I had thought first of an old Supra, but an S13s going to be a bit more nimble than that, won't it?

;) Er...This won't be popular...but there are loads and loads of K/L/M Reg BMW 3 Series's about with 110k for that sort of money. My Dads goes like a snorter and, if you stay away from the main dealers, they are cheap as chips to fix.

 

Dads car got 157k and its gizzards are still as strong as a Tennant's Super Brew. No real rust either

 

Chris (JapTraitor) Davies :duffer:

DEf go for a E30 bmw 325i Would be an animal Trying to keep it in a straight line is a mission and a half! had so much fun when I had mine.

 

Or go for a 4ltr jag look on ebay mate there is loads going from 500 up

....... I had thought first of an old Supra, but an S13s going to be a bit more nimble than that, won't it?

 

No, in stock form the Mk3 Supra turbo will whip an s13 in a straight line. (0-60 in 6.1, 100 in under 16 and a 50-70 time not too far behind a ZX).

 

They don't handle badly either - OK they're a bit lardy but with decent springs and tyres they do grip well.

 

I had 2 before my ZX and loved them to bits. you can pick one up quite cheaply now - average £1-1.5K but good ones still fetch a bit more. Fensport do some decent tuning mods at reasonable prices. Get the head gasket sorted (only weakness - head bolts were not tightened down enough in the factory, consequently if this is not corrected early the HG will go around 60-70K miles)

 

Very reliable too.....

 

Richard :D

Plus the Mk3 Supra has that whole 80's cool thing about it. Get one and you'll immediately have the urge to don a pair of Ray Bans and go for long night-time drives, looking a bit peeved, whilst listening to "Crockett's Theme".

Plus the Mk3 Supra has that whole 80's cool thing about it. Get one and you'll immediately have the urge to don a pair of Ray Bans and go for long night-time drives, looking a bit peeved, whilst listening to "Crockett's Theme".

 

True!! :D

 

My last one was an imported black GT ltd edition targa-top. Came with a full LCD dash just like K.I.T.T. too - how much more 80's cool do you need ;) :hyper:

 

Richard ;)