300bhp/ton options... on a sub £20k budget... opinions?

[Rafkoo]

Wondering what cars people would recommend to meet that criteria?

300bhp/ton (or thereabouts.... or more), either achieving that figure from factory... or stage 1-2 tune at most.
Drivetrain not important (although FWD would be silly). Ideally not a kit car.... (or an Evo/scoob.... that's just cheating! ).

Just wondering what people would recommend (or even if it’s possible??)?

[Raj_UK]

simples get a supra ... skyline... caterham / westfield / radical ... exige / elise ... maybe even a porker or bimma

decide if you want 4WD or RWD and also if you want <1000kg or over 1500kg and that should narrow the choice down

[TomCI]

You could build a crazy MX-5 for that money I think it would be pretty good fun but not my cup of tea personally. Increase the budget and get a Noble

[Rafkoo]

Originally Posted by Raj_UK

simples get a supra ... skyline... caterham / westfield / radical ... exige / elise ... maybe even a porker or bimma

decide if you want 4WD or RWD and also if you want <1000kg or over 1500kg and that should narrow the choice down

Cheers Raj, but not really that simple - as none of those fall into the specified criteria (apart from the Porsche or BMW.... but show me one of those that's 300bhp/ton at sub £20k....?? Be specific man!!! )
E60 M5 is only 250bhp/ton from factory... not far off the mark I guess. Supra/Skyline fall into a similar category as Evo/Scoob... so they're out. All the rest are kit-cars/track-cars - which isn't an option.

This isn't for me (I'm happy with my 375bhp/ton.... ) just wondering what's out there - mate is buying a newish S5, but for that money I think he could get something with a bit more poke....

[heaveho]

If you were prepared to add about 10% to that budget, and didn't have any hang-ups about LHD, I may have just the thing sat in the garage. 540 brake, about 600lbs/ft of torque, 200mph, only 17,000 miles, folding hard top, very nice condition.

Kleeman SLK55AMG, black with silver leather, frightens the life out of superbikes ( and the driver! ). Very cheap car for the performance on offer.

[Mr GTiR]

Originally Posted by heaveho

Kleeman SLK55AMG, black with silver leather, frightens the life out of superbikes ( and the driver! ). Very cheap car for the performance on offer.

Nice

[Rafkoo]

Originally Posted by heaveho

If you were prepared to add about 10% to that budget, and didn't have any hang-ups about LHD, I may have just the thing sat in the garage. 540 brake, about 600lbs/ft of torque, 200mph, only 17,000 miles, folding hard top, very nice condition.

Kleeman SLK55AMG, black with silver leather, frightens the life out of superbikes ( and the driver! ). Very cheap car for the performance on offer.

Anyone with any other suggestions. Tough one ain't it.....

[james_c]

You can get a monaro VXR8 for about £12k and spend £7k on the supercharger kit from monkfish performance.

That's got to be there or there abouts

[Rafkoo]

Not a bad call....

Any others anyone can throw in the mix?

[JamR]

Originally Posted by Rafkoo

Not a bad call....

Any others anyone can throw in the mix?

Get a supercharged Jag... Love my XJ sport and it's only the N/A .. The XK8R is a epic car but you will have to buy a flat cap and pipe though

[Rafkoo]

Originally Posted by JamR

Get a supercharged Jag... Love my XJ sport and it's only the N/A .. The XK8R is a epic car but you will have to buy a flat cap and pipe though

Well I'm prob not far off a flat cap... got a pipe somewhere as well.....

Mate got the S5 yesterday in the end anyway..... I'm impressed at how well it picks-up from standstill with all that weight. Very responsive at cruise also - guess that's what you get witha 4.2lt V8 and solid torque all the way through the rev range.