Do you own a Track Car?

[Mochachino]

More of a Status Thread i guess.

Seems to be alot of threads in the progress area for 'Track Cars' But only a few of them have videos or talk about going on the track.

Have you got a 'Track Car'?
Have you been on the track with your 'Track Car'?
Have you been on the track in a car that isnt a 'Track Car'
Do you use your 'Track Car' on the road aswell as the track
Is your 'Track Car' a Daily Drive

Or do you have a well specced car that you just use on the road. Abit like a kit car or a caterham that poeple only get out at the weekend and dont use on the track, but just for some country road driving, or for the satisfaction of having a car that you enjoy working on?

Why do poeple feel the need to give their car a clasification of what it is:

'Im going down the euro route'
'Im going for the track look' :S

Why do poeple have to place their car within a type of car and then try and keep it within the guidlines of that type. Everyone trying to be unique but they try and be unique by classing their car as a type of car.

Why dont poeple just make their car to their own tastes making it unique and ignore the strict guide lines or 'Track' or 'Euro' in their attempt to be unique?

[CaptainYid]

no....

but my car is made to how i want it. theres always room for imporvement but hey! im not a millionaire.

i have however took a subaru off road rallying if that counts?

[Jay_]

am planning on buying a daily sometime next year/Sticking a cage + stripping the R and doing loads of tracks next summer with a mate! But no, I dont yet.

[Viper]

I have a standard car that has been on track. Does that mean I have a track car?

[Sparky26]

i have a clio valver that's being prepared for the track

[Ryan]

Got 3 heaps, the one spec'd for track use is hopefully finally going to be working again soon.

[Aly]

Yes I have

[rushy_23]

Everyone that owns a modded 106 or Saxo on this forum seems to think they own a track car. 99.9% accurate.

[FlowDan]

yep, me and my dad have a mk1 mx5 we use on track, only comes out to play on the road occasionally or when our daily cars are in the garage or something

[Steve]

I have a standard car that i track.
But it is a purpose built road going track car.


Always makes me lol at threads "VTS track car"

Me: Any intention of taking it on a track?

No...

Me: Well its not a track car, its just a saxo with the rear seats taken out isn't it?

Yep...

Me: Get out!

[jonathon5]

My car is track use only, eventhough it has mot & tax just so i can drive it there & back.

stripped, no radio,no sound deadening, 6 point cage, buckets, harnesses, poly bushes etc, tons of rattles, hot & loud.

Could be used daily however you would have to be keen.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff121/jonathon-rensport/IMG_8418_thumb.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff121/jonathon-rensport/Saxo%20Track%20Car/IMG_0077.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff121/jonathon-rensport/Saxo%20Track%20Car/IMG_0079.jpg

[Steve]

I have a standard car that has been on track. Does that mean I have a track car?

Same as me....
E-High 5!

[rushy_23]

Track car is a car that is DEDICATED to the track only IMO. Otherwise you just own a car that you use on track.

A lot of progress threads need ammending.

[Steve]

My car is track use only, eventhough it has mot & tax just so i can drive it there & back.

Fully stripped, no radio, sound deadening, 6 point cage, buckets, harnesses, poly bushes, tons of rattles, hot & loud.

Could be used daily however you would have to be keen.


Did you got to croft on saturday?
I had to cancel last minute as the car was mis firing :(
Noticed you were on the list.

:hijack:

[Viper]

Same as me....
E-High 5!

YAY I've made a friend :A:

[jonathon5]

Did you got to croft on saturday?
I had to cancel last minute as the car was mis firing :(
Noticed you were on the list.

:hijack:

Here is the videos

Part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/user/jonathon555#p/a/u/1/MgLJPA0V9Vw short 3 mins video

Part2 MR2 V6 : http://www.youtube.com/user/jonathon555#p/a/u/0/5Zh2unerR_8

[kc-saxo]

I like to think of track cars as completely stripped as i'n everything with full cage etc etc, not a daily drive.
Then there's my idea of a fast road comfy car. Which is slightly the same as a track car just maybe not as stripped etc but you still use it on track for the driving experience and testing your cars limits/ new mods etc, could be your daily drive or just a toy

[Mochachino]

I like to think of track cars as completely stripped as i'n everything with full cage etc etc
Then there's my idea of a fast road comfy car. Which is slightly the same as a track car just maybe not as stripped etc but you still use it on track for the driving experience and testing your cars limits/ new mods etc

But then you could have a track car that has standard interior and it is trailored to the track with that being its only use.

I just find it interesting how poeple think for it to be a track car it HAS to have a spec to a certain standard. And that a track car has to have a fast well built engine thats got more than just standard springs and dampers etc

[rushy_23]

Thats probably one of the biggest misconceptions on this forum. The assumption that you need "spec" to go on track! Shocking..

Sorry its a sore subject for me. Makes me cringeeeeeeee! :flamed:

[Viper]

Thats probably one of the biggest misconceptions on this forum. The assumption that you need "spec" to go on track! Shocking..



:clapping::hug::clapping:

[jonathon5]

My cars engine is std, so is the exhaust. it has 120 BHP but thats ok on track

The thing alot of people do is like to talk about going on track & never do.

Its fun & a std car is just fine no problem at all.

[shell-vt]

saxo vt possi

[maddison_vts]

i bought a vts, removed all of the interior, put a cage in it, put fancy carbon bits everywhere harnesses, bucket seats and generally made it useless as a road-going car. i tell everyone its a track car, but realy i use it for traffic light grand prix an trying to impress my mates at the local mcdonalds.
its never seen a track and probably never will.

after doing all this to my car, i then come on sax-p and flame people for saying they've driven fast.


sums up quite a few members, don't you think?

[LWS_71]

Haven't got a track car, would love a mk1 VTS just for use on the track though.

[Reechard]

My car has been on track, I crashed lol. I plan to take it out again. Its getting the MOT on friday so I can take it to Castle Combe on the 11th for its next track day.
Its not a 'Track Car' as in it only goes on track. It is also my daily driver.
I have stripped it, got a few breathing mods and sorting suspension and brakes.

Not fussed about chasing bhp, aslong as it is pretty quick on track and still reasonable to use on the road thats fine.
If people want to say it isnt a track car then so be it. It does what I want it to.

I want to get a second car so the saxo can be purely a toy. Its more of a long term project for track use than a dedicated track car.

[-Jason-]

I do track days in whatever I own inc taking the late vts to the ring

[666saxo666]

I am poor, but a wannabe Lewis Hamilton ....
The solution...
Have two cars for the price of one... I have a White mk 1 which basically nothin is standard except the interior. Which is comfy as a daily drive, then for trackdays and trax, Fcs etc jus strip everything wack a harness
Roll cage and bucket in.. Job done

[VTSjames]

Same as me....
E-High 5!

same here, track only for me.. trailored to and from track

[VTSarah]

Have you got a 'Track Car'? Yes
Have you been on the track with your 'Track Car'? Yes
Have you been on the track in a car that isnt a 'Track Car' Yes
Do you use your 'Track Car' on the road aswell as the track No
Is your 'Track Car' a Daily Drive No

Our track car:

http://images54.fotki.com/v242/photos/8/42688/7812053/SDC10248-vi.jpg

[CHIP]

I'm going to put no... But i suppose it probably wouldn't be an awful car on track.

It handle's reasonably well, not as good as a lot on here due to being quite low but it's fun enough. Also it's stripped with Sparco's so it's a supportive ride.

But i wouldn't say it's a true Track Car one bit... Not to say i couldn't take it on track.

[moxy89]

I intended to make a track car, was fully stripped buckets (no cheap monaco's here) and used it once on a track, on the way home oiver 3 hours i though to myself im not going to do huge amount of track days and car is back to standard form. now in the process of buying a mk1 focus rs for a weekend toy and odd use on the track

[MiniGibbo]

No would be the answer to this question if you beleive a track car needs to be stripped out with a cage etc..

Mines full weight but has endless chassis mods which allows me to set respectable times and enjoy my self to the full :y:

[Tom]

No I don't own a track car however I'd love to have one. I will be taking my car on track next year however.

[adamskiTNR]

Well that's what i spent silly money making it for. I passed last monday so give me a break lol. I'm going on track at trax and booking a session at brands shortly after. So yes i do have a track car

[scholesyy]

Im in the process of building a track car atm. Used to have one that i used on track but sold it to buy a house. I miss it too much so im building a new one bigger and better than before!

[sparky771]

I dont personally but we have a BMW 325i at work its a drift car strickly but could be a tracker if needed to be haha

We are midway through building a escort Mk2 track car with a 2.0 zetec

[Chr15]

I hate the whole 'has it been on track?' thing

answer - no. spend all that money and effort then risk putting into a pille of old dunlops and pirellis, ill pass.

ill do stuff to it just because i can and for the hell of it.

but thats me.

[adamskiTNR]

It's the risk that makes it more fun

[666saxo666]

building a fast/ track car and not using it on track is like takin a shit on ur bedroom floor... pointless, and somethin only retarded people do.

[stupotvtr]

I built my car to be fast on track but still useable daily never called it a track car. 708s gave it top end as did the 4-1 I wasn't bothered about loosing low down power which is more handy day to day.

First track day was so much fun but so unlucky
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/stupotvtr/photo-23.jpg

[Barber90]

Will hopefully have one when i'm older and have space to store it tbh.

[D--R--E--W]

No, I don't, but wish I did.

[Fulch]

My Mk1 White VTR is slowly but surely turning into a track car.

[16vax]

my ax vts turbo track only trailor to and from track it would just be undriveable on the road
colin

[scholesyy]

I built my car to be fast on track but still useable daily never called it a track car. 708s gave it top end as did the 4-1 I wasn't bothered about loosing low down power which is more handy day to day.

First track day was so much fun but so unlucky
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/stupotvtr/photo-23.jpg

ouch! nothing a big hammer wont sort lol