whats the easiest car to go fast in under $30,000?

[ssteve]

Ok so I sold my evo8 and am researching my next purchase. Dont get me wrong I loved my evo and felt like it was fairly easy to drive and handled very well, but it just wasnt as confidence inspiring as I would like. Now there is a large possibility that a couple suspension mods could take care of that but Im wondering what my other options are. Whatever I get Im not looking to go super crazy with it just sways, coil overs, and some sticky tires. Given my driving style I am much more comfortable with oversteer so I am leaning towards something rwd. the things I have considered are: s2000,350z,m3, m-coupe,01-02 z06, sti, fd rx7. I plan to do some autox and I dont live very far from thunder hill so my goal is sub 205's at thunder and being able to drive there and back(about 60-70 miles).

[-Jayson-]

GTO with LS2 is your best bet for a cheap powerful RWD car. Doesnt handle so well, but you can improve on it.

[ssteve]

maybe I should have said "fast around a track" straight line power isnt as important to me as a well balanced package. To get a gto to run low 2's around thunder would take a crap load of money and Im not sure how easy it would be to push it to do that.

[CassiesMan]

You mentioned it above, but E36 M3s are fairly good with pricing right now, and with the E92 M3s comming out this September, even the E46s have really come down in pricing. Also the M coupes. Handle well, don't need that much to handle even better, and if you go with an E36 M, you can get one for fairly good money, with good cash left over for extra power and handling bits.

[CivRacer95]

350Z and stay N/A if you plan on going AutoX. Basic BPU's and suspension treatments are ideal for it. Or you can go with the SRT-4 ACR package if you can find one. But, I opt for the 350Z.

[Musashi3000GT]

Solstice GXP or Saturn Sky Redline.
You wanna auto cross thats the car to do it in. They are small, light, powerfull and can be modded up the wazzu.

[Drifty]

RWD, Light, and handles crazy? = Any Miata FTW

[BlackGT2000]

Since you are looking at used, how about a 2003-04 Cobra. They are extremely quick from the factory and the supercharger gives that thing some serious potential.

[nissanfanatic]

I don't think Jason has crossed the $30k mark.

http://forums2.freshalloy.com/showth...ighlight=j-rho

As you said, you don't want to go crazy, so you don't need everything he has (CCW's with crazy wide Hoosiers, ect). His car makes right under 400whp on a stock internal KA24DE just like mine. I'm just a little more power hungry.

[jeepgclwj]

Originally Posted by Drifty

RWD, Light, and handles crazy? = Any Miata FTW

I agree, a first or second gen Miata would be perfect. It has a near 50/50 front to back weight so handling is great. You get one at a pretty good price and then they make a supercharger for them. As light as they are that would make plenty of power to come out of those corners and straight aways.

They even made one with a turbo I'm pretty sure that would be in your price range...

[BP2K2Max]

how 'bout a mid-late 90's Acura NSX?

[Mr. Luos]

This is easy.

C5 Z06.

[ssteve]

I would imagin that the z06 would be the most capable but I was also thinking that it would be fairly hard to drive also.

[clawhammer]

Everyone will say you should buy whatever car they have. S2000.

[VR43000GT]

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

This is easy.

C5 Z06.

I like that idea.