[s-cars] Targa Newfoundland Car Choices

[Taka Mizutani]

One other choice that I just came up with- mid '90s GC8 Subaru Impreza. They
can be had for pretty cheap as long as it's not a 2.5RS, and you can have a
pretty decent handling Impreza with a lot of bolt-on suspension parts. The
2.2s aren't complete dogs, 2.5s are decent (other than the head gasket
issue), avoid the early 1.8s. Short wheelbase, AWD, very tossable and pretty
tail-happy cars.

Pretty much all of the JDM STi stuff bolts on. You could go as far as
putting in a USDM 2.5L STi EJ257 and have a monster of a little car running
a stock 300/300 hp/tq. and a nice 6-speed.

Pretty cheap to buy the base chassis, costs a lot to prep, though.

Taka


On 5/30/07, Mark Rivera <mrivera at webcats.net> wrote:
>
> www.targamiata.com
>
> Just FYI...  Here's a Miata being built for the Targa Newfoundland by a
> friend of mine who works for Flyin' Miata.  This guy got me into building
> my
> turbo Miata based Locost.
>
> I agree with the Miata as a great choice for a cheap racecar.  I can't
> think
> of anything else that comes very close in terms of reliability, either...
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Taka Mizutani
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 11:29
> To: mlped at qwest.net
> Cc: Djdawson2 at aol.com; s-car-list at audifans.com; QSHIPQ at aol.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Targa Newfoundland Car Choices
>
>
> Spec Miata comes to mind-
>
> very reliable
> very inexpensive
> a used race car will have a full cage, might need to bolt in a passenger
> seat.
> just need to add a navigator's seat, intercom system and rally computer
>
> A NASA Spec GTI (or whatever that class is called) would also be a good,
> inexpensive choice.
>
> Either of these cars are cheap enough that if you wrecked badly, it
> wouldn't
> break the bank to walk away.
>
> Justusson's idea of a 5ktq in full race trim (caged and gutted) with a
> chipped MC would be fine, although a bit
> large, depending on how tight the roads are.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On 5/30/07, MLP <mlped at qwest.net> wrote:
> >
> > Scott - having survived the OLOA (had several very near misses with the
> > Jaegermeister bus) and engaged in cleaning old emails and posts of the
> > computer this AM, I come across your post below, and it triggers what
> few
> > brain cells the Jaeger's apparently missed.
> >
> > FWIW, "We" (my OneLap co-driver & I) are thinking of maybe, perhaps,
> > possibly doing the Targa Newfoundland, and looking for something car
> wise
> > to
> > take and use in there for the Sept, 2008 race.  Let me know if you hear
> of
> > any likely candidates.  Some of the Criteria I'm at least thinking of:
> >         -       Does NOT have to be wicked powerful;
> >         -       Does NEED to be wicked reliable;
> >         -       Would like "semi-disposable" i.e., doesn't cost an arm
> or
> > a
> > leg to walk away from;
> >         -       will need to come with, or have a cage etc. and
> > appropriate
> > seats in, or put in it.
> >
> > And I'm certain there's a lot of other stuff I haven't even thought of
> > yet.
> > :-)
> >
> > Cheers, Mike
> >
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