cars like e30 - broaden my horisons?

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list me cars that could be a e30 replacement

Fun handling
spritely
Simpleish to work on
can be made sensibly & reliably fast (e.g. e30 with m52b28 fasts)
not 100% fwd (unless it wont piss me off)

been looking for a while for the right e30 to come up for sale but decided i might look at some other cars, one that keeps coming up are 6th gen VR4 galants.

Ive got alot of e30 parts and i do like them alot, but i started on the e30 because i could get one for $500.. haha

can galants be made fast without shitting drivetrain?

if another good e30 comes up that is in vic (either stockers and good nick or expensive completed project) ill probably go that.

[Terribleone]

Im no Galant expert but the drivetrains are fairly tough.

[clutch-monkey]

list me cars that could be a e30 replacement

Fun handling
spritely
Simpleish to work on
can be made sensibly & reliably fast (e.g. e30 with m52b28 fasts)

MX5? S13 or similar?

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no to mx5 for childish reasons and because ill look like a wanker if i buy a roadster ((fornow)fat cunt in I.T.)

S13 is no due to cop bait. if the s13 was a relatively unknown car to police/everyone id be rocking a rb25 one..

[MRMOPARMAN]

budget?

the mx5, s13, r32/34 etc are obvious choices.

how about E36, Z3/4, dc2r, 86 etc?

ive never worked on a galant, but have had a good look at a 3000gt under the bonnet. the look like a cunt to work on.

[Rdyno]

+1 for e36

mitsushitys are quite shit most of the time evo's are a exception to this to a extent.

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no e36 because i dont have a flatbrim or a snapback

in all seriousness though ive thought about getting a e36 328 and i just cant bring myself to buy one cause of the styling.. if i get over that hump ill probably do it though.

no to z3 because of roadster thing, no to z4 because of cost

no dc2r because of cost relative to what it is

[Rdyno]

no e36 because i dont have a flatbrim or a snapback

You are just making excuses now.

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budget is about 10k max

You are just making excuses now.

e36's look like shit in my opinion and the trim quality is crap

[Rdyno]

laser sr2

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i am not going to go for any skyline purely because a mate got epaed and defected when he drove past a cop at normal speeds low rpm and got demotivated, id do the same shit myself (get massively demotivated), its why i stopped turbo build and decided ill buy another e30 and reshell parts or go a different car.

[clutch-monkey]

datsun 1600? seem simple to drop SR in. dunno what prices are being asked for them now though.
sprinter/KE70, or whatever 80's RWD toyota?

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oh forgot to add, must have some form of chassis integrity for smashes so anything thats like 60's/70's jap is out

[Rdyno]

E30 bmw?

[clutch-monkey]

oh forgot to add, must have some form of chassis integrity for smashes so anything thats like 60's/70's jap is out

damn.. i'd been looking at something like this, but probably too sloppy
http://www.carsales.com.au/private/d...ock&sort=~Year