My Cheap 'Ring Car...

[Gavin J]

Well i set myself a challenge of getting myself a cheap project that would boast both good performance and reliability for a 'ring car and i stumbled across this,

Parked on someones drive, last taxed 2004 so i knocked the door and £500 later it was mine....

Its a '91 Toyota Celica GT4 - So 2ltr turbo & 4wd and no abs so perfect for a track toy...

Work needed was a new rad, free'd off all the brakes, 4 x new tyres, changed the cambelt water pump and cheap respray in satin black (£22) to tidy up the very worse for wear paint....

Engine bay tidied up,

Some fresh satin black!

Surprisingly it flew straight through the mot only needing a fog light bulb!!

So next on the agenda was the Nurbugring and i have taken it twice in the last month and its behaved and performed without a fault - only problem i've had is a noisy heat shield on the exhaust! not bad for almost 6k of driving and plenty of track abuse!

Oh and i added some camo!

 

[powey]

Really cant fault that, when you going next?

 

[Needster]

Mint. What a bargain! I have a real soft spot for matt black. Awesomeness. Good on you.

 

[Russ_16v]

Fantastic mate!

How fast does it go on the autobahn? lol

love these

 

[Englebert]

Nice job!

 

[fUbAr]

bargain :approve:

 

[Ash87]

that is cool

 

[Ally]

That's a good way to have a track car on the cheap.

Probably still under a grand all-in including new tyres and servicing bits, etc? Looks bloody good in the photos!

 

[jon_r]

Good work!

 

[cjewkes]

He was meant to be selling it as this is one of 6 cars he currently owns....but it seems like he will be keeping it now, he enjoys it a touch too much

 

[Gaz.]

Cool, looked a right state but you did well. Don't like the camo though.

 

[Justin]

Nice!

 

[.GAZ.]

I need to get my arse to the ring tbh!

 

[R20 CWH]

quality

 

[ben_r1]

Wouldnt of been my first choice for reliable at the state of it, but she tidied up nicely lol.

Like the paint job.

 

[jonnyboy]

Brilliant!

Shame it didnt rain at the ring. The first time I went we met some guys who's done something similar and bought a GT4 off ebay for peanuts. They spent the whole weekend drifting it round a wet Nurburgring. Looked brilliant fun!

Ironically their pal who had an MR2 turbo he'd spent £1000s on broke down on the second day and limped home spewing smoke from the exhaust.

 

[mattyjones]

used to have one of these great car for the price you can pick them up for

 

[seb]

good work, what a bargain!

 

[R1XPH]

Really brilliant

 

[Ben]

Awesome, what a bargain! Looks great in the satin black.

 

[Russ Rallye]

Wouldn't get me going round the 'ring at speed in that with no cage, on ditchfinders, 4-up and without helmets even if it was only a monkey.
Russ

 

[rocky99]

nice job...now where's my cheque book for a bargain for a 'ring car? A few guys I know have done something similar, like bought a Accord Type R, but had to leave it there as it was to worn out! lol

 

[Ali]

Good job. Ring can be enjoyed in anything!