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 hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Fri, 11 February 2005 21:13
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i think an old dohc VTEC crx  or an old integra, because you can pick one up for around 2500$ and turb them and make them go fastttt, but i want some more thoughts on this from my auzzie mates this im not planning to build one... yet
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Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Fri, 11 February 2005 23:45
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Ferraris are pretty cheap
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Fri, 11 February 2005 23:58
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Reaalllly?? O_O
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sunny coast, qld
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October 2002
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 00:28
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amy old car, and then drop a newer more powerful engine in it.
Take a look at the cars in the member's rides section as no doubt there would be quite a few in there.
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 01:11
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oldest cheapst car with the bigest engine then add to moden gear to the engine = fastest in strait line
an old v8 falcon or holden perhaps
if you want cornering thats a whole different story!
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Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 01:16
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Get an AE71 with a budget 4AGTE or GZE, strip it, put some fats on the back, suspension, race seat, locked diff, sub 14sec maybe???
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 02:15
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well do it
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 03:05
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hmmmmmmmmm, so nobody has a better alternitive... i like the sound of vtec.. but turbing them makes them quite down a bit owell.. im not doing it yett lol.. any way i want a drifting car first !
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Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 03:08
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| Evan wrote on Sat, 12 February 2005 12:16 |
Get an AE71 with a budget 4AGTE or GZE, strip it, put some fats on the back, suspension, race seat, locked diff, sub 14sec maybe???
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well heres an idea for one...
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Perth, WA
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December 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 03:22
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old datto with big mother engine can go REAL fast in a straight line
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brisbane
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December 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 03:44
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rotar is the money if u want bang for ur buck lol but then theres other issues
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 04:40
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ofcorse rotor is the best but to get them to 700 hp+ you need to spendm atleast 30 grand on there engine.. well 13b anyway. 20b is a almost the same and 26b (quad rotor) probibly bit more due to the rarity of the engine.. but if i did have 50 - 60 thou to spend on a car a rotor would be my choice
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Brisbane, QLD
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February 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 05:08
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Hyundai Excel. Auto. Full kit, dark tint, doof. Sub 11's easy.
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Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 05:12
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| rotor_life wrote on Sat, 12 February 2005 15:40 |
ofcorse rotor is the best but to get them to 700 hp+ you need to spendm atleast 30 grand on there engine.. well 13b anyway. 20b is a almost the same and 26b (quad rotor) probibly bit more due to the rarity of the engine.. but if i did have 50 - 60 thou to spend on a car a rotor would be my choice
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F*ckin hell, hasn't school gone back already?
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Newcastle
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August 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 05:36
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Besides the FC3S... Galant VR4's are good for their price me thinks.
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On Probation
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sydney
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February 2005
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 05:40
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laser tx3 with bptfamillia motor, boost it on 20pounds............ now thats f**king quick.
only reason i wrote this up is my mate took me 4 a spin in his last nite and compared 2 my stock n/a tx3 all i can say is "faaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkk"
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Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 07:02
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no offense rotor_life but i think that you are on the wrong forum... maybe ausrotary is more your thing, just going by your nickname
on topic i'll 2nd Evan's idea, you could also find an older rwd corolla and use similar engines.
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Perth, WA
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December 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 07:16
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Adelaide
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May 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 07:42
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| EldarO wrote on Sat, 12 February 2005 17:46 |
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LOL......i think u will find plenty of better engines....
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 08:35
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| truenosedan wrote on Sat, 12 February 2005 20:42 |
LOL......i think u will find plenty of better engines....
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well said 
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Brisbane
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June 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 09:16
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buy an xy falcon GT  351 windsor, they are easy to hot up and go like a shower of shit
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Sydney
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February 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 09:17
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s13;
cheap,
easy to extract power from (sr20det's),
easy to find parts for,
not too heavy.
simple
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 09:52
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arnt vl commadors cheap in auzzie?
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Adelaide
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May 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 10:16
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yeh and they suck. and they have enough body flex to crack wind screens...
they is some quick ones tho
rabjab runs low 9's now...
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Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sat, 12 February 2005 16:04
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Buy a mini and put cut out the floors and run it flinstone style you fucken sexy barstard! And put a turbo up your clacker
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sun, 13 February 2005 02:45
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When it comes to drag racing, it's hard to go past the old V8 clunkers for cheap thrills. Buy a shit-tin Cortina for next to nothing, slap a big cast-iron pushrod V8 in it (351's are cheap), buy all the off-the-shelf go-fast bits you want (it's depressing how much stuff is readily available for these things) and you'll be running 12's, 11's, 10's, whatever you can afford.
Of course it won't be as sik as a VTEC Honda yo.
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Sydney
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October 2003
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Adelaide
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September 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sun, 13 February 2005 03:49
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chrysler centuras are pretty fast for cheap
especially when you drop a tripple side draft fed 265 into them.
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Penrith, Sydney
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August 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sun, 13 February 2005 04:40
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buy an old tornana, put the biggest v8 you can fit in it, then work the sh^t out of it, depending on your cash flow, 11s, 10s, maybe even 9s
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sun, 13 February 2005 04:59
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WOW, i never new you there was a place like that , ive herd of rotorworx b4 but never new they did them that cheap. do you think they would put one in an escort ???
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Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sun, 13 February 2005 06:39
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| Evan wrote on Sun, 13 February 2005 03:04 |
Buy a mini and put cut out the floors and run it flinstone style you fucken sexy barstard! And put a turbo up your clacker
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I'm afraid i was very, very drunk 
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Sun, 13 February 2005 07:40
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I'm glad to know . but i like your mini idea.. it would only get faster day by day as your legs got stonger .. maybe i could beat a morris minor in 500 years 
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Adelaide, SA
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May 2002
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Mon, 14 February 2005 00:10
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I'd also think an old school carby fed v8, or even a "newer" school fuel injected v8 like the VN V8 would be the go. I know a group of guys with VN/VP's and most of them now run in the 12's with not too much work on the engine. Hell, most of them are still running the stock throttle body.
Can't go past an old Kingswood/Falcon with the 5lt or 5.8lt for cheap fun though - I had some very frightening rides in cars that cost less than $5k AUD and were pretty brutal in a straight line. I doubt any modern turbo jap 4 or 6 cyl would be as quick for that sort of money.
Best value for money I've seen in a drag car was an LJ torana GTR with a 350 Chev motor, 2 spd powerglide and tubbed 9inch rear. Cost second hand but freshly built (never run at the track) was $15K - first time out it ran 10.07!
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Pilbara
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November 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Wed, 16 February 2005 01:45
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I'd say the CRX idea is the go but very much doubt you could get a decent one for $2500NZ. Do the math and add on the cost of engine recon and turbo upgrade blah blah and you would be looking at 14000 to 16000 NZ$ once you were finished. Admittedly this would produce a scary fast 13 sec car that would demolish much more expensive rides. I'm wondering if the dude that started this post has been a little influenced by Hi Octane's "Overboost" dvd where a similar buildup was featured. The 14000 to 16000 budget was what they ended up with.
Bang for bucks, ET Pulsar, Mitsubishi Cordia, or BPturbo converted 323. I would not look past 2TGEU converted old school rollaz and Datto/Nissan engine conversions. But for absolute budget performance The ET and Cordia are the go.
In reality, even those cars will be lucky to pull 16's unless you spend $. There really is no "cheap" performance car.
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Tassie
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October 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Wed, 16 February 2005 02:38
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What's converted 323 idea ??????
I'm interested i've got a mazda 323 at home a girl gave to me (it was her old car) so i'm thinking of doing something to it but have no idea what.
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Wed, 16 February 2005 04:39
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lol, yeah hi octain rocks !
but prices have gone down alot since that was made (2003)
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Sydney
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February 2005
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Wed, 16 February 2005 06:55
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| V8_MA61 wrote on Sat, 12 February 2005 20:16 |
buy an xy falcon GT 351 windsor, they are easy to hot up and go like a shower of shit
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Have you got 30-40 grand? i sure as hell don't.
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Pilbara
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November 2004
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Tassie
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October 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Wed, 16 February 2005 21:53
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I love that idea
I was thinking of a mazda familiar motor but i'm struggling to find one.
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Melbourne
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June 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Thu, 17 February 2005 00:14
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| truenosedan wrote on Sat, 12 February 2005 18:42 |
| EldarO wrote on Sat, 12 February 2005 17:46 |
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LOL......i think u will find plenty of better engines....
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For sure there's plenty of better engines around, but what cars do they come in? SR20DET's generally come in smallish, lightweight cars - which more than makes up for any deficit in the engine department. I know that every other kid on the block has a tweaked Silvia, but there's a reason for that!! - They're (relatively) cheap to buy, and respond quite well to a handful of mods.
I s'pose none of that would matter much if you're dead-set determined to get a rotary power-fix, or a V-Tec screamer. - Just do whatever you want to do, rotor_life. 
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Perth
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September 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Thu, 17 February 2005 01:19
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| Evan wrote on Sat, 12 February 2005 12:16 |
Get an AE71 with a budget 4AGTE or GZE, strip it, put some fats on the back, suspension, race seat, locked diff, sub 14sec maybe???
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Ha Ha Ha.. 10k later im wishing i hadnt started.. 
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Thu, 17 February 2005 01:28
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lol bummer about the 10k... like the 323 idea i was reading jan's high performance imports and in the half cuts catalog there selling LASER/323 BP 1800 turbo motors for $1950, thats in ausie too. the web site is www.justjap.com if you want to have a look
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Tassie
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October 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Thu, 17 February 2005 01:31
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That sounds good.
I've taken apart a FWD car before so it should be fun
I'm assuming it's EFI ????/
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Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Thu, 17 February 2005 02:08
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| Gr33nM0nk3y wrote on Thu, 17 February 2005 12:19 |
| Evan wrote on Sat, 12 February 2005 12:16 |
Get an AE71 with a budget 4AGTE or GZE, strip it, put some fats on the back, suspension, race seat, locked diff, sub 14sec maybe???
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Ha Ha Ha.. 10k later im wishing i hadnt started..
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bullshit - it will be FAST.
how about you buy my car for ~$5500 and then you have yourself a 14.1 second car. I swear i can get a 13 out of it
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Thu, 17 February 2005 02:45
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i think it would be efi i think a newishh turbo car would be efi :S lol they sell engines Cheapp a 20b twin turbo for 5 grand!!! : D
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Thu, 17 February 2005 02:55
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yes, and well know conversions cost the price of the motor + a tank of fuel
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Tassie
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October 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Thu, 17 February 2005 03:08
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| THE WITZL wrote on Thu, 17 February 2005 13:55 |
yes, and well know conversions cost the price of the motor + a tank of fuel
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X 3
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Pilbara
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November 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Thu, 17 February 2005 05:10
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Motors can be had for less $ if you look around...
If you do a conversion yourself and the swap is bolt out bolt in it's not too expensive. It was just a suggestion. If the car don't cost you nothing then why not? If we were all into it for just having a fast car and not modding them these forums would have far less posts and be called 'New Toyota Car Buyers Club for The Spoilt Rich Bitches'. 
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Madrid - Spain
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August 2002
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Wed, 23 February 2005 04:19
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If ya want a cheap lead tipped arrow, they go for a datto 120Y with a C18 in it. You could put one of these puppies together for about 3grand including brakes and engineering. Should be good for 12's easy.
Or you could get someones pre loved 1G celica and run 13.7 in it. 
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Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Wed, 23 February 2005 04:51
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or why not a torana, one for sale the other day with a worked 350 chev for 6k, put some more money into it and would fly
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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Tassie
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October 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Tue, 01 March 2005 05:24
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that is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hot 4's
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toowoomba qld
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March 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Tue, 01 March 2005 07:23
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go for a cheap small "light car" stick the most powerfullest motor(that is cheap) that will fit in it. and it will fly.
some cars to consider playing about with
70's Celicas
70's Corollas
TX-TD Gemini
Datsun 120Y
Rotor powered Mazdas
HB Torana
LC,LJ Torana
Cortina
etc
These are the cars I'd be playing with if I wanted to do this
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brisbane
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December 2004
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Tue, 01 March 2005 07:38
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why is everyone sayin vn v8 and dato 120ys with ca18det will run 12's easy.. my car is not a 12 second car and the v8 has nothing.. and the 120y i highly doubt u could run a hi 13 without spendin money on the enigne etc
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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June 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Tue, 01 March 2005 08:09
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that's because it's front wheel drive
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Newcastle
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June 2002
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Tue, 01 March 2005 08:25
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get a series 1,2,3 rx7. get a 13BT.
plus some other gizmos and you will go very fast for under 10 grand.
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auckland nz
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February 2005
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Wed, 02 March 2005 04:09
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or a 20b tt and put it in an old starlet
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Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: hey all, what is the cheapest car you can get good power and ets out of?
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Wed, 02 March 2005 04:10
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why wouldn't you just stick it in an old mazda
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.. i really dont read hot4's i only read performance car mag and high performance imports, could you give me more details on this starlet