I heard the plymouth laser rs turbo is fast as hell, and its cheap.... i dont care bout age, i just want the fastest cheapest car, as a 2nd car, any ideas/?

 

get a used hatch thats all crapped out with a killed tranny and blown engine for maybe 2gs or less, then spend 3 to 4 gs on a gsr engine and tranny. Now you have a fast car. 14s stock



SEE YA

 

Matt, I was looking for you on Westheimer Sat. night. What does you Max look like? anything unique or a color?

 

1st Gen Talon TSI AWD / Ecplise GSX

 

Toyota Celica... low HP but very damn light.

 

i got a 92 civic coupe, gutted the hell out of it, got a roll cage, just have one seat, spent 5000 on the motor got a ls bottom end and a gsr top end and fully built that and threw on a 15 pound turbo and i run 11s all day!!!! spent about 8000 total and ive launched on some exotic cars! and my car looks almost stock. 11 second car for 8000 thats cheap and very fast.

 

Pinto w/ the iron block/head SVO turbo 4 cylinder. About 200 hp+ stock. Boost up to 21 psi and guess what? by-by to everyone of these other low buck suggestions.

 

old 80s Misubishi Starion turbo. Get one that runs good spend about $200 on a fuel pressure regulator, dial up the turbo's boost and you're at mid 12s for about two grand.--Hey, I didn't say the car would be pretty!

 

Damn I would think you would be in the magazines w/ that set-up? 11 sec in a civic for only 8 grand?

 

late 80's early 90's mustang 5.0. fast as hell. cheap and some come with some mods.

 

um, ya but my interior looks like crap and my paint isnt all that, and to tell you the truth i havent ever ran the car at the track, im saying 11s becuse ive raped cars that have been to the track and run 13s, but after i get sponsored for paint and interior you will see my car in mags.

 

Can you scan a timeslip? 11's on a stock suspension or driveline doesn't seem like a great idea. Are Honda drivetrains that durable? Reason I mention it is if you have mods to the drivetrain and suspesion to handle 11's, it's not getting that cheap anymore?

Isn't the fastest unibody hondas in the 10's?

[Edited by Jeff92se on 01-04-2001 at 01:24 PM]

 

I read about a CRX in the mid 8's in Import Tuner Magazine or maybe Sport Compact Car magazine.

 

They are no longer unibody. ie....tube frame construction.

 

Let's clear this up. I'm currently looking at the cover of TURBO and right there it says the fastest unibody Honda in the world is the Jotech Civic running 9.681 @ 144.99 with 561 @ the wheels. Not that I give a dook about Honda's but just wanted to stop some of the feuding.

 

No feuding as far as I'm concerned

 

I'd say get an 86 Mustang GT and throw a few bolt on parts in the engine compartment and WHam you got a $3-4000 reliable performer with lots of torque.

By the way I have seen Hondas with 300+ hp running with the OEM clutch, tranny etc... who run 11-13 second 1/4 miles.

 

i love my max, but i like hondas too, if you have a civic without a swap you have a slow pice of sh#t, but if you have a swap and fully build your new motor and throw on a turbo then you can have a fast *** car! im gonna paste a part of an article from this months import tuner;
Symply Stryking
Team Stryker's Pristine Integra Walks The Walk

Text By L.C. Janus
Photography by Jason Mulroney

You gotta admit, these are great days we are living in. Who would've thought, even a couple of years ago, that the explosion of the scene would now offer up all the dope *** cars we now see at the tracks and shows from coast to coast? Think about it: 7-second East Coast hybrids (Puerrrto Rrrriiicooo!), an 8-second Honda Civic and on the show side there are swaps, drops and props to make you drool at every turn. Yes sir, these are definitely great days...

so um yes there are 7 and 8 second civics, but to all the honda lovas sorry nissans still tear your sh#t up, theres 240s running 9s on stock chasis without swaping motors.

 

Actually there have been VW bugs in the 10's, 9's, and maybe 8's for 20 years now??

But technology has done alot for the 4 cylinder. There are sub 10 sec Supras that drive to the track and then drive home. Quite a feat huh?

 

With regards to the 7 second Honda, what the hay is a hybrid, that sounds like a fiberglass Honda body with maybe one O.E.M Honda part. Right? That's not a Hoonda. Just curious.

 

i found these videos sorry no sevens in the videos but there are 8s and 9s
(copy and paste this on your browser)
http://www.importtuner.com/importtuner_com/pit.shtml
click on the pictures and enjoy

 

a hybrid means a car that has a motor that wanst there when it came out from the factory, basichlly a car with motor from a different car

 

Ah dude? Who are you talking to??

 

a '89 928S4 and a '93 944 Turbo for ~15K in Dupont Registry..

 

if u like nissan than get a 91 Sentra SE-R 140 hp stock
it is easy to modify, with a lot of aftermarket and a turbo available. show those honda NISSAN POWER

 

you know less than my freind hahaha i gotta show him this one

 

I agree...I have a friend (who is a mechanic) and he has taken a 92 sentra se r and totally rebuilt the engine. put pistons from a z and a whole lot of other stuff that I can't explain. It didn't cost him to much and he can run a high 14. I know this is not too much but this is also on stock tires, rims, suspension and with all the interior just as the day it rolled of the assembly line. This car still has a lot of potential. It would be a great find, and besides you keep it in the family.

 

What are you sayin?

 

That was a while ago. Lisa Kubo is the fastest now I think(correct me if I'm wrong) with a 9.2x run. That's for a unibody, tho.
But back on topic, if you could get Sean Glazar, Dave Buschur or someone like them to work on a 1st gen Eclipse/Talon/Laser, it could be pretty quick. We're talking 10-sec daily drivers here. A lot of the parts(throttle body, cyl head design, etc.) are better than the 2nd gens too.

 

If you could those guys to work on your car it would no longer be cheap. And doesn't Buschur racing use a Starion RWD w/ 2.0 turbo Talon engine? FWD style engine installed into a RWD car. Again not cheap anymore.

 

Besides all these little imports for cheap that run high 14's and 15's, why not look into stuff like '92-'93 Z28's and 5.0 Rustangs. Yes, they are ****ty and ragged out(haha) but their cheap and can haul some ***. (I have nothing against imports! I love them, I am a Maxima owner myself!) Later, Steve