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    19 hours ago, BRZ-123 said:

    He does have a lovely car indeed! If you fancy experiencing other options, I am less than an hour from you. You are welcome to come along and have a ride in a Cosworth. 😊

    Thanks very much "BRZ-123". I think I now have a good view of the cars. Just a matter of finding one now (or buying a vanilla car and modifying it myself). Thank you for the offer though 👍

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    2 hours ago, Adamd said:

    Why isn't this suitable?

     

     

    If it weren't 4+hrs away from me I would check it out as it would make a good base for what I want. That said, for track work, I'd have to replace the road-spec suspension with something more track-focussed and replace the brakes.

    There are lot of other things I'd want to do to make it more track-focussed too e.g. rear cage (or possibly just harness bar), proper buckets etc. Of course I can add those to any car but of someone has already set their car up like this and doesnt want to pull it apart there could be a deal to be done.

    Edited to add... I just saw your previous post Adam. You are probably right as there don't seem to be many cars set up for track work. It just pains me to have to do it myself - I am not really interested in the "project", and for so many other models there are cars out there already prepared. Admittedly my recent experience with Clios is a bit of an extreme in that regard!

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    I'm looking for a GT86/BRZ that is already modified for track use, but still road legal. I am looking to spend under £15k. The right car will have track-biased suspension, brakes (and rear cage and harnesses would be nice) and I am open to a car that is either NA tuned (headers etc) or boosted.

    The more road-biased suspension set ups are less appealing as I will end up replacing them in next to no time I suspect.

    I am 45 and the car will perform some daily duties so unfortunately that rules out lary colours e.g. Orange (shame as I think it looks great)

    The fly in the oinment is that I have only managed to test drive a standard car and (no offence to owners) couldn't live with the standard engine, so I am making a bit of a leap of faith that an NA-modded or boosted one will tick the box. I do, therefore, need to test-drive the car before committing so it needs to be reachable from Hertfordshire (HP3).

    And the moon on a stick would be nice too.

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    I've been looking for a supercharged or turbo car for a while now. My unscientific answer is "not many" and unfortunately for us buyers, most sellers strip their cars of mods before selling to maximise their return (fair play).

    A 2013 supercharged car sold on PH recently with a listed price of £12,500 but I didn't write down the mileage

    THere is a Giallo yellow supercharged 2015 car up for £17,500

    And I know of a white 2012 turbo car with uprated conrods running massive bhp for sale for £17,500 (which I think is a bit steep)

    Even finding a car still with an upgraded manifold is pretty hard.

     

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    2 hours ago, choupolo said:

    Great video and lovely car. I also love Leeds, has a great atmosphere.

    We did a video of my car when I got it, in the Yorkshire dales:

     

    Great vid too. And the cars look so good in that colour (I’m a bit old for orange these days)

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    Hi. I’m new to the forum. I test drove a standard GT86 this weekend for a couple of hours (with a view to it replacing my Clio 172 Cup for track days and the odd daily drive) and sadly decided I couldn’t live with the engine. I suspect the torque dip could be sorted and I could be happy with it but I am not confident to take the plunge without having sat in one with this fixed. 
     

    Is there anyone in the Herts/Bucks area who’d be willing to take me out in their car, ideally one with a supercharger fitted as this is the route I would likely take?

    Thanks 

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