Comments on: If You And Your Buddies Were Going To Build Ultra Cheap Basher Race Cars, What 1980’s or 1990’s Car Would Be Your Race Car? https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/if-you-and-your-buddies-were-going-to-build-ultra-cheap-basher-race-cars-what-1980s-or-1990s-car-would-be-your-race-car/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-you-and-your-buddies-were-going-to-build-ultra-cheap-basher-race-cars-what-1980s-or-1990s-car-would-be-your-race-car the car junkie daily magazine. Thu, 12 May 2022 12:12:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Just Gary https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/if-you-and-your-buddies-were-going-to-build-ultra-cheap-basher-race-cars-what-1980s-or-1990s-car-would-be-your-race-car/#comment-200392 Thu, 12 May 2022 12:12:14 +0000 https://bangshift.com/?p=841010#comment-200392 Another vote for minivans.

-Performance-wise, they’re all pretty similar.
-Just gut the interior (middle row seats fit into pre-war Ford coupes perfectly) and add a roll cage and go racing.
-Maybe a claimer-rule to discourage unsportsman-like modifications.

]]> By: Ted https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/if-you-and-your-buddies-were-going-to-build-ultra-cheap-basher-race-cars-what-1980s-or-1990s-car-would-be-your-race-car/#comment-200371 Wed, 11 May 2022 14:47:21 +0000 https://bangshift.com/?p=841010#comment-200371 Minivan RallyCross…….set it up……….now that would be sheer entertainment….omg I’m laughing at the thought of tossing around a Dodge Caravan with a baby on board sticker……….

]]> By: Nigel Mansell's Ferret https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/if-you-and-your-buddies-were-going-to-build-ultra-cheap-basher-race-cars-what-1980s-or-1990s-car-would-be-your-race-car/#comment-200369 Wed, 11 May 2022 14:30:25 +0000 https://bangshift.com/?p=841010#comment-200369 At 500 bucks it would be a run what ya brung kind of thing. Anything not 4000lbs plus and rwd would be a ringer. I’m thinking a rotted out and dinged up AW11 MR2 or Subaru Justy might be found for cheap. Both would shine on the road course, but if it was an oval, an uncorked crown vic with a cam would blast you into the weeds like a ping pong ball. Maybe a 3.8 MN12 Thunderchicken. You know some dingleberry would spend the money and show up with a Talon and ruin it for everyone.

]]> By: BeaverMartin https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/if-you-and-your-buddies-were-going-to-build-ultra-cheap-basher-race-cars-what-1980s-or-1990s-car-would-be-your-race-car/#comment-190844 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:46:45 +0000 https://bangshift.com/?p=841010#comment-190844 I really want a minivan racing series. Tons of us have old minivans still around after the kids got bigger. Would be super cheap, safe, and hilarious.

]]> By: Matt Cramer https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/if-you-and-your-buddies-were-going-to-build-ultra-cheap-basher-race-cars-what-1980s-or-1990s-car-would-be-your-race-car/#comment-190837 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:57:10 +0000 https://bangshift.com/?p=841010#comment-190837 My local dirt track has an entry level class that has pretty much turned into a spec class for four-banger Fox body Mustangs. The event’s already there; if I had the budget, a tow vehicle, and a place to keep the car, I’d probably join in that.

Either that, or I’d go Champ Car racing with my co-workers who are fielding three efforts with BG chassis Mazdas (Protege, Escort, MX3, etc).

]]> By: phitter67 https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/if-you-and-your-buddies-were-going-to-build-ultra-cheap-basher-race-cars-what-1980s-or-1990s-car-would-be-your-race-car/#comment-190824 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 12:41:26 +0000 https://bangshift.com/?p=841010#comment-190824 There is a bunch of beat up Buick LeSabres around here.

]]> By: Weasel1 https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/if-you-and-your-buddies-were-going-to-build-ultra-cheap-basher-race-cars-what-1980s-or-1990s-car-would-be-your-race-car/#comment-190823 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 12:02:48 +0000 https://bangshift.com/?p=841010#comment-190823 Small trucks would be great. There is also a lot of fox body Fords and A body GM’s to choose from. Up here in the north, we find light cheap cars, put studded tires on and race on the ice. Great training ground for anybody learning to race! In the warmer months there are 50+ race tracks in Michigan with 22 within a 90 min drive from my house.

]]> By: Nate https://bangshift.com/general-news/bangshift-question-of-the-day/if-you-and-your-buddies-were-going-to-build-ultra-cheap-basher-race-cars-what-1980s-or-1990s-car-would-be-your-race-car/#comment-190822 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 11:22:25 +0000 https://bangshift.com/?p=841010#comment-190822 I think small pickups would be fun, S10, ranger, hardbodys etc. Cheap, reliable, not fast enough to easily kill yourselves, durable and easy to modify with decent after market support. When it gets boring you can swap in small blocks

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