B-man Has Done It Again

[S13Deviat]

S13 with minor mods on SR20..... great little track car and still streetable!!

[Primordial]

1 Rotary in any family is enough...

I like the idea of the GTiR.

What about a Sr20DET powered Silvia/180SX ???

*Gasp* - AndyMac whats wrong with you!? YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH ROTARY.... ROTARY ROTARY ROTARY!!! ... Did someone say ROTARY?.... ROTARY!

My vote goes with SR20 S13 or an RB25 R32 - Or even a completely stock S1.5 R33. They're newer than the R32's obviously and you can get a decent-ish example for that money. They are ok on fuel. The only thing it lacks over the R32 is the slight difference in weight and the good looks, but you gain a more reliable daily...

Whichever option you choose it'll be a downgrade from the 20B Are you sure you wanna do it?

[B-Man]

Take the 12k and spend it on fuel - problem solved and you wont be driving a f*cking haridresser car as a result.

Will you please just RACE THE COSMO'S ARSE OFF!??!?! PRETTY PLEASE?!?!?!? NOW WOULD BE GOOD!!!

/yell

Ha ha - Adrian , Adrian....

I will , I am , I will !

I have realised now, that I really, really need to upgrade my transmission (It's only after driving this thing around on the power I have now that I see the light).

SO - In 2 and a bit weeks, I will have myself a fully built stage II MV Autos tranny with 3800 RPM stall. Same box has proven it's worth in SA where it ran 10.8 on a similarly spec'd Cosmo 20B.

So - YES - all in good time, my friend - It WILL happen. And when it does, I want to make it a good one

(Now I am going t be disappointed if I run a shit time) ha ha ha ha ha

[B-Man]

PS - I think the GTiR is getting my vote right now - It's a lot of car for the $$ these days.

[TTT]

early rex, earlier RS lib.

don't launch

last for ever..

A mate sold his RS Lib for $9K and it was doing 1:10 on average around wakefield on road going 17's.

best lap time on same tyres was 1:08:50

only had about 160awkw.

Edited August 6, 2007 by GTST

[Beer Baron]

GTI-R is a good choice. plus they look like a normal-ish hatch so you wont cop hassle from tha man.

I reckon you only have these choices:

GTI-R

SR20 S13

MX5

Any of them will be a good choice. GTI-R can be bought so cheaply now, and if you do decide to go nuts you could build a 10 second GTI-R pretty cheaply (compared to cosmo, or GTR etc). Plus they are fairly nice just to drive arond in.

MX5 will be much better on fuel, but looks a bit camp, and it's quite small inside so you may not be comfy in it. but it would be great fun on track and ok for just driving around.

SR20 S13 is a pretty chat car. they have horrible interior, most in your budget will be fairly shagged too, but they have SR20 turbo up front, 5spd in the middle and driving the rear wheels which is a recipe for fun. some downsides are crap brakes, 4 stud hubs and again, that nasty interior will make driving it every day pretty annoying, but it will probably be the best on track of the 3.

[Beer Baron]

oh, and do not buy the legnum/galant. absolute nugget.

[evil_weevil]

Im with wilch - mx5 ftw

Another one of my crazy ideas lately about swapping cars is to get the mx5 SE turbo

[B-Man]

How about this for the best of both worlds :

[wilch]

How about this for the best of both worlds :

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/RPM-...her/pics005.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/RPM-...her/pics002.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/RPM-...her/pics015.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/RPM-...her/pics016.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/RPM-...her/pics017.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/RPM-...her/pics018.jpg

lol! I thought you wanted a reliable daily. Why stop at the rx7 above... Why not do this then?

[2rismo]

[88silhouette]

i have a clean r31 wagon

konis all round

5 speed manual

rb30

extractors

locked diff

$2.5k

you can spend the remaining 10k on it!

the wagon with rear seat removed will fit 21 15" rims with tyres fitted!!

[B-Man]

Does it chirp second ?

[Cassbo]

Its not my money so here are my suggestions!

Early 90s Supra

Early 90s Liberty RS (Nice 2.2L Boxer Noise , ugly as sin )

Mid 90s Impreza WRX

Mid 90s 200SX (Might be a little high on the price side, as well as not being much to look at )

Late 80s RX-7

Of this list I'd go the Supra or Liberty. What I'd actually do is save up a little more cash and get something better

By the way, to get this list I used Red Book. It gives national averages for pretty much any car out there. Quite handy if you don't know what you want

EDIT

If 88silhouette's Skyline Wagon is anything like my old one, it will chirp second. But it had nothing to do with power, it was a death trap driven by a complete idiot. But those old RB30s will out last cockroaches in my opinion.

Also...

Defect for blue lights on the front of the car?

Edited August 7, 2007 by Cassbo

[TTT]

Early 90s Liberty RS (Nice 2.2L Boxer Noise , ugly as sin )

*checks engine bay*

hmmm.. mine must have lost 200cc's

B-Man - 1JZ no shit!!

http://forums.performanceforums.com/forums....php?t=67211694

it is honestly a bargain.

and he's already got recaro's in it so it's lighter than the electric seat crap

but seriously..

It is a farking good choice over the other shit mentioned here..

Last post by owner:

Ok people, I'm open to serious offers for this car so whats it going to take for me to get a sale??

I can check it out for you if you want.

I can also drive it to Sydney for ya if you want.

You pay for my flight back and food bill (which will probably be about the same as the flight cost)

Edited August 8, 2007 by GTST

[evil_weevil]

that rx7 is phat!!!!

88 - how bout you just give me your koni's, locked diff and extractors for my r31!!

kthx!

[B-Man]

*checks engine bay*

hmmm.. mine must have lost 200cc's

B-Man - 1JZ no shit!!

http://forums.performanceforums.com/forums....php?t=67211694

it is honestly a bargain.

and he's already got recaro's in it so it's lighter than the electric seat crap

but seriously..

It is a farking good choice over the other shit mentioned here..

Last post by owner:

I can check it out for you if you want.

I can also drive it to Sydney for ya if you want.

You pay for my flight back and food bill (which will probably be about the same as the flight cost)

Pity it's in Qld - Don't you have to get a bluey for interstate rego - with the 1J conversion, that might be difficult - It's nice though

[TTT]

MK3 supras come with 1jz standard in Jap-pan.

and considering it is 500cc less than the engine it originally came with here in Aus , surely it shouldn't have any issues passing a blue slip.

Edited August 8, 2007 by GTST

[B-Man]

What about this:

http://tinyurl.com/23zub6

Cheap Cheap !

[Beer Baron]

NO BMAN... NO!!!