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Hi All

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:39 pm
by dom187
Hi All,

I am fellow petrol head from Norwich, I heard about this forum via 'pantera chris' whos got a sweet RX7. I am looking into getting a track car in the next year, I am just trying to work out if I wanna get into drifting or straight tracking. Any advice or experiences would be great to hear as I am quite new track days and RWD cars.



Currently I am driving a 350z, shes stock for now but I plan on doing some basic mods next year (saving for a wedding at the moment!) I would take her on the track but I am worried about binning it!



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Before the Zed I had a MK4 Golf 1.8 Turbo which I did alot of mods on myself. Was running about 200 bhp when I got rid of it for the Zed...




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Then before that I had a Toyota Celica which was a cracking laugh and was my first sporty (ish only had 105 bhp) car



Looking forward to meeting you guys in the future and checking out peoples rides! :drool5:

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:40 pm
by RX7
Really nice car you have there. Always had a soft spot for the 350z, it got a very unusual exhaust note.

Look forward to seeing it up close.

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:49 pm
by Daniel
Welcome to BigPower :thumbs: lovely 350z you have there mate, hopefully see you around soon :)

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:25 pm
by Rob S
Welcome to the club!
Love the Z, and the Golf looks to have been good also.
There's all levels of experience and cars on here, so you won't be mocked for asking a daft question, I've already asked most of them;)

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:29 pm
by Ben
Hello and welcome to BP :)

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:33 pm
by maff
Welcome aboard.

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:17 am
by Tk
Welcome

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:34 pm
by Harry
Welcome to BP nice car

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:05 am
by RobCallow
Hello and welcome to BP :D

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:36 am
by Stuart
Hi Dom

Track and drift use are a great combo and very achievable with the right car. My personal preference (from experience) would be something like an old E36 straight six; tough, cheap, forgiving and pretty quick when lightened. My old M3 was 1138 kgs and drove like a dream, so that would be exactly where I would start from and just scale back the engine size if you want to save money- easy as that! Much less than a 325i will be a bit limp though so make your choice carefully.

Welcome to the forum. We will be holding an Autotest style event in July (I hope) so pop along to that as it will double up as a Summer evening meet :thumbs: