So my dad told me the only way i can go back to the track to race is buy a junker and fix it up.... i been looking here and there at cheep cars but really havent decided what i want even.... anyone have any ideas on what would be a good ride to start from scratch?

 

Are you looking for FWD or RWD?

FWD + cheap = civic
RWD + cheap = Foxbody IMO

 

I want AWD but you cant get those cheep. I guess rear wheel drive, though ive only had one rear wheel drive and never hot rodded it. So I bet there hard to keep control of at the track eh? My dad just doesnt want me tearing up my balt at the track.

I think I can get a beretta with stock engine for 500 or so then do a swap....

 

I wouldn't think they would be hard to control. Unless of course you put an 8 second motor in with the stock suspension.

I would go with a foxbody. You can get one for cheap and there are plenty of parts out there for it. Aftermarket heads, exhaust, rear gears, and 100 shot ought to put a smile on your face.


I wonder if the supercharged 3800 would fit in there. Hmm...

 

ok refresh my memory foxbody???



ok you got me I dont know what it was, what is it?

 

Foxbody mustang.

Something like this: http://www.jannettyracing.com/car2.shtml

 

got yeah kinda of a hatch just heaver heard it called foxbody. im not an old school person so dont know much bout the old school cars

 

i met a guy at the on the border meet in jersey that put a 3800 sc motor in a fiero small mods like tune and pully went 12.5

 

A fiero is another option. Those cars are sweet.

 

id say go wit a civic hatch and buy an ebay turbo kit and have fun.. that ay if ur dad does allow u to drag ur balt then ull be used to the fwd....

 

a 350 chev motor will fit into a fiero as well. just have to put a small dent in the rear wheel weld. but anyways. a foxbody mustang is a great idea. great car lots of parts means speed for cheap. good pick xm15. personally i race a foxbody in a stock oval series love the car never had a problem with that i couldn't fix easy.

 

I used to own a 1985 Mustang GT (foxbody) and they definitly are cheap to get really fast. Engine wise, I bought Edelbrock aluminum cylinder heads ($1200), Edelbrock intake manifold ($180), Comp Camshaft ($300), Full flowmaster dual 2 1/2" exhaust with BBK headers ($700)........with all that and 3.73 rear gears, I was doing 13.1 @ 107 mph in the 1/4 with a crappy launch......could've easily been a mid 12 second car with a better suspension.

 

Just do like my boy and get a crx shell and throw a h22 in it, stock engine/trans(minus bolt ons) in a stock crx ran a 11.8 on drag slicks.

 

foxbody foxbody. i want one for a project car.

 

1987-1993 mustang 5.0 liter

4.10 gear
welded torque boxes
slicks
headers
exahust
bbk cai
150 shot
11's all day long.

 

yeah i was looking at a busted up crx with no front fender or bumper for $500 how much dose and h22 crate cost?

 

turbo dodge... you can get a running turbo shadow for 400 bucks or so and then drop 500 into it and run deep in the 12's then spend another 500 and you will outhandle many many car...

i saw an almost stock csx come in 5th place in the spectator drags last year against over 100 other cars

just shows carol sheldy did build a car for 13k new that would outrun and outhandle porsche 911s

 

found a 280 zx also but they want 2k

 

z cars are not drag cars. however. if you have deep enough pockets you can make the car very fast. in short. z cars are expensive. take it from someone who owns 4 of them

 

Idk bout crate but he had an old accord in his junkyard so he took ripped it outa that and threw it in there stock with 200k miles on it. Ran it untuned at the strip and ran a 12.7xx tuned it and finished the bolt ons, went back and did a 11.899.
I would buy it and restore it, fully restored around here you can get 20k.

And to whoever said the 280 isnt a drag car, that is like saying a 4th gen supra isnt a drag car... turbo'd2.8 I6 is not much different than a turbo'd3.0 I6. Main difference is that the supra is a fat bitch in comparison. I have seen one(280zx) with a 65 trim run low 10's and own everybody at the strip... I will see if I can find the pics from the meet.

 

Get a A/G body montecarlo, malibu, grand prix, Regal, cutlass form 78-87 or similar year F body camaro or fire bird Swap out any thing thats not at least a 350 to a 350 or bigger or a turbo 3800 add a few parts and youll be in the 13's or quicker easy. SBC parts are cheap as hell and it dosen't take much to have a car thats 300 - 400 hp and 350 -500 lbs of torque. A/G bodys you can buy fiber glass every thing for relitivly cheap. Cheaper than a fox body.

 

Dont get a A/G body, they are heavy and they are expensive now thanks to donkers with 22" and bigger rims they like to throw on them.

Oh, and here is a pic of the 280 that was killing at the track here. 10.8 on stock suspension and trans. Said he only spent about 5k on the whole car.

 

snapping half shafts, stub shafts, u-joints, input shafts. sheering the teeth off second gear.

all in one day with 200 rwhp in my 280z i had.

yep, i don't know **** about z cars.

the 2.4-2.8 L series isn't much different than a toyota 3.0 i-6?

lets do the basic difference here. crossflow head 4v ohc. none cross flow ohc 2 valve head.
hmmmmmmmm
there is huge difference there.

im not even going to get into more things that are different. in short. it is a completely different motor.

280z vs a 280zx. different body and frame set up all together.

 

what about and old Z24 Cavy?

 

1st gen talon tsi or mitsu gsx... my brother got a talon tsi with like 100k on it for a grand