Whats the best cheap used car to buy for AutoCross?

[Marshall Grice]

...that car has paxed #1 at nationals (multiple times?).

Clearly, the A-Mod PAX is wrong!

hahah.

i'm pretty sure AM is right and all the others are wrong. particularly F125. they should have a pax of like 1.1 }:)

[Bob Beamesderfer]

...that car has paxed #1 at nationals (multiple times?).

Clearly, the A-Mod PAX is wrong!

Absolutely! Should be 1.5.

[Keith Brown]

George Bowland's 2001 A Mod design:

In 2008:

Are the side skirts aero aids? Does it go that quick?

yes. and yes.

that car has paxed #1 at nationals (multiple times?).

I don't think Bowland ever paxed #1. I know Gary Milligan did in the Phantom (another AM car)

[Art Rinner]

4 pages and no mention of the Z Car:

what is your budget.

[Steve Ekstrand]

If he wanted a cheap uncompetitive car like the Z, he already owns a convertible Rustang.

[Kurt Rahn]

If he wanted a cheap uncompetitive car like the Z, he already owns a convertible Rustang.

No you dittint!

[Marshall Grice]

I don't think Bowland ever paxed #1. I know Gary Milligan did in the Phantom (another AM car)

It is before my time, but i thought Bowland did well at forbes pax-wise. I have no proof though.

[KJ Christopher]

George Bowland's 2001 A Mod design:

Are the side skirts aero aids? Does it go that quick?

yes. and yes.

that car has paxed #1 at nationals (multiple times?).

Do they create a low pressure area under the car? Or something else?

[Cam Correa]

4 pages and no mention of the Z Car:

I actually have always liked those 240/260 Z's.

what is your budget.

hard to say....
Basically, what has attracted me to this sport is how I can do it cheap at 1st & grow as money & skill improves.

[Marshall Grice]

Do they create a low pressure area under the car? Or something else?

not so much create low pressure as much as they keep the air from going under the car and filling in the low pressure that the big ass diffusor that's hanging off the rear generates.

only class in the world that i know of that allows sliding skirts.

[Mike Simanyi]

Yep, get that setup and let Katy Nicholls kick yer butt!

Seriously, that's what I'd do for a cost-effective autox car. The real bonus is Mazda's support program. Register through MazdaMotorsports.com (requires your SCCA membership and some other easier stuff), compete in the car for at least two events per year and you're eligible for huge discounts on factory parts for the car.

Mike

[Steve Ekstrand]

Yep, get that setup and let Katy Nicholls kick yer butt!

Sounds like a fetish thing Mike??? Far better taste than Max Mosley.

[Mako Koiwai]

Great deal considering what's gone into this car!

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/car/765953226.html

[Michael Palero]

Great deal considering what's gone into this car!

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/car/765953226.html

You know they're serious when it takes them 7 years to build and it comes with Ohlens

[Steve Ekstrand]

Mark Daddio's SM Evo is cheaper. And built to autocross.

Street legal too.

And then there is Tom Berry's vette. Much cheaper and I'd imagine much faster doing what we do.

Plus neither car is as ugly as a Suburu. }:)

[Leonard Cachola]

The real bonus is Mazda's support program. Register through MazdaMotorsports.com (requires your SCCA membership and some other easier stuff), compete in the car for at least two events per year and you're eligible for huge discounts on factory parts for the car.

Mike

Definite plus for owning and autocrossing a Mazda.

[Mako Koiwai]

You fail to consider that neither of those cars have as many decals as the STI! Odd that all those stickers can't hide the fact that it's still a Suby.

[Bob Beamesderfer]

Great deal considering what's gone into this car!

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/car/765953226.html

You know they're serious when it takes them 7 years to build and it comes with Ohlens

I don't think it actually took them 7 years to build. And what are Ohlens? I've heard of Ohlins.

[Sebastian Rios]

You know they're serious when it takes them 7 years to build and it comes with Ohlens

I don't think it actually took them 7 years to build. And what are Ohlens? I've heard of Ohlins.

Bob: I think your browser's sarcasm detector needs the latest update.

[Bob Beamesderfer]

You know they're serious when it takes them 7 years to build and it comes with Ohlens

I don't think it actually took them 7 years to build. And what are Ohlens? I've heard of Ohlins.

Bob: I think your browser's sarcasm detector needs the latest update.

At least it got the Ohlens part. Someone will buy this, take it to a track day and roll it. }:)

[Jeff Ringer]

s2000?

[Cam Correa]

I got to learn alot a this past Cal. spd way event 9/13-14/08.

& I learned riding with Jeff Ringer how nice mid engines cars handle & after riding in a couple of miatas how well those run as well.

Yet I also learned how bad my old stock Stang dont handle very well.

Maybe thats do to it being 1000% Stock with old original shocks & etc etc.....

But being the comments made to me by an experienced AX'er that drove my car, really has me re-thinking what I what to drive?

What's the top 5 best cars to AX on the cheapest budget?

Seems Miatas are very popular?

& I really liked how the mid engine MR2 handles as well.

& that has me wondering about Mid Engine cars?

remember the key in my quest is cheap.

I'm actually considering a trade for my '85 GT vert.
& that is a disirable year/model in Mustang world.

[Bob Beamesderfer]

Miatas run in several classes, depends on year and prep, but it can be done cheaply.

The 2nd gen MR2 also runs in a few classes; the NA will be cheaper than the Turbo.

Older Honda Civic Si or CRX Si.

C4 Corvette hardtop

[Jayson Woodruff]

I've got a couple 1st gen MR2s that I'll be getting rid of at the end of the year cheap. They're fun to build for STS2 or CSM, maybe even CSP now and I've had success RallyXing them. One is good to drive out of the box, the other drives but could use some refreshing.

Jay W

[Cam Correa]

I was actually surprised to see only one MR2 at this past event.