track car

[supyoo]

hey guys, bought myself a little vtr but i want to make it into a track car. thinking of dropping a vts engine in it, anyone got one and willing to fit it for a reasonable price?

[greyjasper51]

get the tyres, suspension, brakes, stri[ and a cage if your serious, before thinking about the motor bit too much... but todo it properly your prob looking at 1500 to get a motor worth having and someone to put it in... ask kris b :) hed be the man to ask

[mark1311]

where are you based mate?

[supyoo]

just doing the moter first as the one thats in it is now shot so makes sense!lol based in northamptonshire mate.

[greyjasper51]

makes more sense now, mu mate rallys one and his words were i sed the 16v engine but had to rev the stones outta it go get it to move, hes got the 8v and loves it, aint doing too bad either tbf... drove a mates vts cammed and mapped and it put a large smile on my face so up to you, is it gonna be a road car as well or just soely track??

[KamRacing]

First thing is gut it of all items that you dont need in the car.
I would then fit a decent suspension kit and gut the winder mechanism and fit polycarbonate windows.

[D4MJT]

hey guys, bought myself a little vtr but i want to make it into a track car. thinking of dropping a vts engine in it, anyone got one and willing to fit it for a reasonable price?

As already said, I'd have a think before you start and decide whether you want 8v or 16v.

If you want 16v, I'd say it's far easy to just buy a VTS and get cracking. My ph2 was only £900, and you can pick up ph1's for around the £600 mark, both are significantly cheaper than converting your VTR.

Or, keep the VTR, and crack on losing weight and sorting the suspension.

You're far better spending money on tightening up the handling and upgrading the brakes / buying decent rubber though, MuZiZZle has a cammed VTS on here that made 141bhp on the rollers, and mine is standard. There's next to nothing in it until silly speeds on a straight road, but his is ridiculously good in the corners now, it makes mine feel like a milk float.

I'd be going for much firmer bushes, 266mm brakes, good track tyres, a nice suspension setup and some braces, then start looking to lose weight.

[supyoo]

thanks i will probably have to have a rethink now as it does not sound like putting the 16v engine in is really worth doing at the mo.