Thats too bad. Probably worth the extra money to just find a low mileage clean title car.

 

yeah, I've also expanded my search to 04 and 05's. I've seen some cheaper enough to justify buying and then getting a plugnplay stand alone (prolly aem) for tuning. then just plug in the stock ecu once every 2 years when I need to pass emissions... flash pro is 700 and aem ecu is about 1500 (could prolly find it cheaper if I look around). so if its at least 800 bucks less I might as well get an 04-05... and then I can also do sh*t tons of data logging

 

Another cheap track car is the 350z or g35 low overhead and consistent power, great balance and yes a little heavy but that's easy to overcome with technique.

I suppose you want to get into real racing? The 350 would be ideal for that and move up in classes as you want more with the same chassis.

 

i have a guy i know that ran one in the Continental Tire series. granted, he had factory support and the car was full-race LOL.
but, it was capable. he would have won the Amateur championship had he not gone pro part way through the season.

 

Its a really nice balanced car that you can get into racing from the ground level and its not outrageous to keep running, if the car breaks then its $$$ but its a nice cheap car to start with.

It discourages you from making bad money decisions for power because basically you cant make power cheap lol!! Enjoy those 2000.00 cams lol!!! I loved my g35 but could not make the power I wanted on the budget I was comfortable with.

 

I had a 2003 350Z, it felt slow and heavy. I was not impressed with the V6 at all. The car would have been much better with a SR20det.

 

I had an 07, no interest in getting another one...

also no interest in wheel to wheel racing, just lapping days, maybe a time attack if there happens to be one locally some day in the future

 

350z's don't really make great track toys. They're fun but not particularly fast and don't have a big modding potential.

That said...time, dedication and dreams can make anything happen. One of the fastest road course cars I know of is a 350z.



This is a 420whp naturally aspirated vq35de equipped 350z. Nothing short of gt3 cup cars or track special radicals can touch it. It sets a lot of time attack records against 600+ hp time attack r35s even though its actually built for wheel to wheel racing. Heres a good read for 350z fans:

http://speed.academy/fast-nissan-350...-vq-power-itb/

 

To be fair, the guy I know used to drive a 370, not a 350. He's since moved on to bigger and faster things.

 

Just so we're on the same page, I'm not saying a Z makes a bad track car... I just don't want it as my track car...

 

The chassis and by extension the G35 is a very good platform to start with and with some weight reduction and management of the suspension angles its a solid car. I had the same issue that making power was just too expensive to keep it and I preferred the G35 in both look and wheelbase advantage over the 350.

Simple stuff can make this car fun to drive... partial exhaust, stock airbox and some good fluids. Beyond that making power is just too dang expensive to support if you have it as a progressive project car. 2K for cams, 1K for head gaskets, 4K-9K for high compression NA setups... my heart broke when COBB said the motors last only 10Kmiles boosted and must have a rebuild. That was 15K for the rebuild and kit.

 

Is this thread about you, or can we just discuss track cars in general?

 

Its probably about him, lots of suggestions but he is inclined to a AP1 so.... lets support the AP1

 

Think id rather unsubscribe

 

AP2 actually

And now that I figured out what car I'm getting, we can make it track car in general for anyone...