MKIII Supra?
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From: been thawn
Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
So you wanna car for autocrossing, and the first thing that comes to mind is a 3500 lb pig that you can throw some bolt-ons at to make a decent amount of horsepower to the wheels?
What else would you suggest?
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The main problem with your dual-purpose idea is that anything decent at going down a drag strip will be too modified for any autocross class in which it'd potentially be competitive, and anything that fits in an autocross class where you stand even a chance probably will be pretty regular in the 1/4 mile.
I'm no autocrosser, but the lighter the car the easier it is to make it handle good. If it was me, I'd pick something relatively lightweight that I happen to like, and go have fun with it.
I'm no autocrosser, but the lighter the car the easier it is to make it handle good. If it was me, I'd pick something relatively lightweight that I happen to like, and go have fun with it.
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Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
The main problem with your dual-purpose idea is that anything decent at going down a drag strip will be too modified for any autocross class in which it'd potentially be competitive, and anything that fits in an autocross class where you stand even a chance probably will be pretty regular in the 1/4 mile.
I'm no autocrosser, but the lighter the car the easier it is to make it handle good. If it was me, I'd pick something relatively lightweight that I happen to like, and go have fun with it.
I'm no autocrosser, but the lighter the car the easier it is to make it handle good. If it was me, I'd pick something relatively lightweight that I happen to like, and go have fun with it.
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From: been thawn
Good point, I'd be doing more racing than dragging. The whole drag thing would be more of a "once and done" kinda of thing just to try out how fast the car can go.
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
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Originally Posted by AF
I think we know what you're hinting at.
But I understand how you could see that.
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Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
Not hinting at anything in particular. Probably want something less than 3000 lbs though.
But I understand how you could see that.h:
But I understand how you could see that.
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They make fun cars in the twisties.If I had the money, I'd buy a 1st gen and never register it, and just track the car.
Couldn't deal with being seen in public with it.
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Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
The MkIV people turn up their noses at MkIII people because MkIV people like to think they're all superior by association with the subset of MkIV people who have ridiculous amounts of money in their cars.
When you say "weekend track car," what sort of track are you referring to? Road course, autocross, drag strip...something else?
When you say "weekend track car," what sort of track are you referring to? Road course, autocross, drag strip...something else?
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MKIII is alright, probably not what I would want for autoX, its heavier than the MKIV and can't make the power of the MKIV. If you are autoX on a budget I would go for like a 240sx or something
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Originally Posted by 98CoupeV6
There's a good reason that when you google image search 'MKIII', this picture is like 5th:
How fittingh:
How fitting
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