dr_jekyll Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) with all the threads and posts about bugit items and cheap alternatives i thaught id set myself a challange. so the aim of the task in hand; to build a car with 350+bhp that can be used as a daily for less than £2500...... including buying the car (all gasp) the rules. must be a mkiv supra no holds barred. the search for the subject car has begun. ...... wish me luck bugit remaining £735 car -£995 headlights -£70 bonnet -£50 emanage £50 full t61 kit £600 Edited May 17, 2012 by dr_jekyll (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzki Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Good luck looking forward to this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I think for a real challenge you should factor in running costs for six months too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Your only option - steal one. In all honesty, I'll be looking forward to see what you do and if you can manage this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davis6110 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Maybe you could keep a list of all the budget parts and send it to me to add to my daily supra :-) i reckon you could make an NA-T for that money if you could hold of a cheap car :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubbyTwo Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Good luck! Subscribed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky49 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3823671.htm It's a start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l33wgn Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Mk3 supra would be a shout as a start car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davis6110 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201211457157430/sort/default/usedcars/model/supra/make/toyota/page/1/quicksearch/true/postcode/pe131rp/radius/1501?logcode=p Knock down to £1500 maybe ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackin_n_bashin Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 with all the threads and posts about bugit items and cheap alternatives i thaught id set myself a challange. so the aim of the task in hand; to build a car with 350+bhp that can be used as a daily for less than £2500...... including buying the car (all gasp) the rules. no holds barred. the search for the subject car has begun. ...... wish me luck Good luck Craig, my budget is £3500 and am (just about) on track for it. Any news on the tyres? Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jekyll Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 cheers for the support. i forgot to sat , the only rule is it has to be a mkiv supra. those cheapies could be a good base . but im looking cheaper still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jekyll Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Good luck Craig, my budget is £3500 and am (just about) on track for it. Any news on the tyres? Adam ive got 2 nice 255s but they dont match so im waiting on another of either to turn up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davis6110 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 cheers for the support. i forgot to sat , the only rule is it has to be a mkiv supra. those cheapies could be a good base . but im looking cheaper still. Cheaper than £1500 ? its going to be a hard find i think cant wait to see what you get and do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersonic Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 with all the threads and posts about bugit items and cheap alternatives i thaught id set myself a challange. so the aim of the task in hand; to build a car with 350+bhp that can be used as a daily for less than £2500...... including buying the car (all gasp) the rules. no holds barred. the search for the subject car has begun. ...... wish me luck I did that with a 1JZ MKiii supra, not that hard, you can prob do it with the 1JZ Soarer even cheaper too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jekyll Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 I did that with a 1JZ MKiii supra, not that hard, you can prob do it with the 1JZ Soarer even cheaper too. has to be a mkiv for this game mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fri3ndly Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201211457157430/sort/default/usedcars/model/supra/make/toyota/page/1/quicksearch/true/postcode/pe131rp/radius/1501?logcode=p Knock down to £1500 maybe ? Is this for real? If so I would be tempted to buy a car like this just to pinch the wheels, exhaust, steering wheel etc then flog the rest in the parts section! 1992 though, that can't be right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4FY D Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I'll bee watching this closely as im looking into going NA-T soon if everything goes to plan and this could be the insperation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-_-b Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 This should be an epic thread dude If you do your plan you were talking about when me & Lewis were over at the garage the other day lemmie know and ill see if I can come over with Lewis like : D P.s. Hope your gonna pile all the parts into a red pickup we can all drive down the road next to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jekyll Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 b;3377631']This should be an epic thread dude If you do your plan you were talking about when me & Lewis were over at the garage the other day lemmie know and ill see if I can come over with Lewis like : D P.s. Hope your gonna pile all the parts into a red pickup we can all drive down the road next to thats the plan mate, were pickin up the parts from harrys, they overniting from japan at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-_-b Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 thats the plan mate, were pickin up the parts from harrys, they overniting from japan at the moment Awesome! Thought they might have a "The Racers Edge" store in Cardiff somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Good luck mate this will be a great thread if you pull it off, Be honest it is lonely and boring in Wales hence this project right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellonman Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 haha i like it but a smashed up tt could easy make that power, i think you have to state that you are doing a n/a-t or tt-t to prove the cheap stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jekyll Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 its not a case of proving cheap thing work........ im just bored. im starting think i like taking cars apart more than i like driving them. itl keep my mind ocupied anyways, keep me out of trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_jekyll Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 haha i like it but a smashed up tt could easy make that power, i think you have to state that you are doing a n/a-t or tt-t to prove the cheap stuff plus its has to be usable as a daily, and i dont think you get a smashed up tt and bpu it for less than 2500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 dr_jekyll you can always just NA-T my car for me and I can pm you daily as to how it is working out if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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