Some of you enjoy my trials and tribulations, learning to work on cars with my 6. And very kindly and patiently off advice etc. So here i am again.

Background: I turned 40 and decided i wanted get my CAT B license. For no other reason except as a challenge or something to do. To do that i decided i would like to get something a bit slower than the GTR as i'd taken it up to Knockhill on an owners day and it's a beast round there and the track is quite small for it. Plus i felt i was nowhere near good enough to push the car. The oil temps, brakes and tyres took a pounding. And tyres alone are £1000, so i decided i'll get something from my teenage years for a £1000 and that i could put a spanner on too (also something i wanted to get a bit more proficient at)

I was fortunate enough to pick up what is quite a good example (paint aside) of a 6. And that's where the problem is.....As my mate put it, "you've fallen in love with you're f**k Buddy!". He's kinda right because i jump in the 6 every change i get to drive it! So my thoughts are that i continue to work on the 6 in my own time, building what becomes a nice car to keep and maybe even show, and then get a MOT'd track car i can drive up to Knockhill and back.

I wouldn't be needing/looking to get a car till next year.

But what car would you get for a pre-built track car? Or would you not bother and just abuse my 6

Fast is not important. It's more about learning how to drive and something that would be quite robust and easy to fix.

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I would never advise anyone to buy or build just a track Car only ....unless your Racing properly !!!!

I would advise anyone to build something you can use on the track but use it on the road sometimes aswell

Not a every day car ....just something road legal/ track able ...so you use it on week-ends if you want a smile on your face ...

Why would anyone want a Track Car that only gets used 8-12 times a year & left in a corner of your garage

Just my 2pence view

Mines a track day / Action day car but also Road Legal
You wouldn't want to use it everyday though ......but it's Totally useable on the roads as well as the track weekends ....

No cage ....but everything done to it to make it Brake / Handle / and go as well as a stnd engine with Bodies can and be as much fun as possible
It can't Evolve much further unless I spend loads on a Engine rebuild & this stnd engine is more than capable at Combe & Prescott / Pugfest

My daily is a 306 dirty Diesel 1.9

After the last sprint had two cars go over, get a cage in it. No joke.

You can still drive my track car as a daily, it's not mega comfy but it is fun!

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Yeah my thoughts are the track car is not something I'd drive daily. But can get to and from track and with a cage, bucket seats, harness and all the safety gear.

Was chatting to my sister today as she's offered to pay for the ards or cat b and was asking ny plans. My sister is the track doctor at Moto GP and BSB in UK and accidents happen on track whether your own lack of talent or someone else's. Obviously less likely in a car when it's only timed. But she said bits break on track. And you don't want to be in a car not designed to take an impact. And so she reinforced what Adam said. As much as it would be fun to take my current 6 around, I really don't want to ruin it. So an occasional use track car with cage and MOT it is.

So looks like I'll get a bought not built car next year.Will just need to keep my eyes open

I didconsider 205s before the 6 But good clean examples were pricey. But I'll see what tracked 5s come in at. Ta

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Thanx Adam. Good advice. I guess I'll have to join a bunch of forums and do some reading

I do have a soft spot for Clios as I had one 93 plate for 9 years.

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Careful with the cage. Most aren't installed well

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I'm still getting over the cost of my brakes....So I can't imagine what the rest of that beast costs!

If I had the money, and lived down south I'd go down ginneta route.

Carsunder500.com is about my current level!

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as Adam said, cage first, never use seats and harness without cage.


tbh, you'll have a lot of fun using it as it is, I've done a few trackdays and never felt the need to build a dedicated track car, I have made my road car more capable, I think, its certainly faster than a standard 16v ZX

only trackday I have done in the zx was on a standard gti6 engine and totally s**te suspension tyres and brake pads, had a laugh!

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Bring on the Trumpets.

definitely cage if its knockhill!

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Bring on the Trumpets.

I would say 306 if you want the best on track without spending fortunes, I have had a saxo track car but shafts and boxes arent the strongest, Clio 172 track car they go well but dont handle as well unless you spend a good about on suspension, and was out yesterday in my bosses clio valver with 182 engine and i was very impressed with that to be honest, handles so much better than the newer clio sport 172/182. my rallye is pretty much just the basics, 60mm springs with standard shocks, lowered rear axle and stripped out and to be honest im happy with the way it drives and handles, was out at croft the other weekend and couldn't fault it for the whole of maybe £1000 it owes me

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I ran mine at brandshatch last week. It's my full fat daily driver with the usual brembo and coilover sort of set up. I would recommend bigger than a 13 row cooler too as my oil stayed pretty hot for the session. 125°plus. Also better brake fluid as I was suffering a bit of brake fade towards the end of the session. But overtook some much faster cars and even lapped an mx5 and civic type r. On that track I'd have liked more power but it certainly wasn't lapping slowly.

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