This car would be a weekend car driven to the track.
Thanks for your imputs.

 

what track you talking about???
drag strip of circuit???

 

Circuit. Laguna seca.

 

Whats your experience level?
If you are asking a generic question like this it sounds like you never have been on track, and are throwing the idea around of what to look into buying.

If thats the case find a car you can build into a track car.
Dont go for the big power engines.
Thats doing it all backwards.
Learn to drive a bone stock car first.

 

I have no experience or ever been on a track. I want to get one of them in the next year.

 

Both are good. Buy both.

 

start with whatever you can afford to write off now... and figure out what you really want when you get experience.

 

X2

 

thats really a neutal question both can b very good as track cars. it all depends on the driver. some prefer rear wheel some front and bith cars are setup diffrently as well as have diffrent prices for parts and such. if your just beginning i would start with something less powerful. the slower a car the more techincal u can get on a course and learn to handle a car better with more speed it just a constant battle with the throttle brae and steering wheel to just keep it on the track at ur level and its harder to learn it. sure ull b faster on the striaghts but in the corners ull have some trouble. plus its funner to have the faster cars pass u on straights and when u come to the corners right backl on them and they have to let u pass haha

 

x3.

 

Whichever one you'd be most comfortable "Leaving at the track".

 

I am driving it back home. I' am not bout to leave it there.

 

He means which ever one you can walk away from without shedding a tear after it gets wrecked.

 

i would not shed a tear for any of them.

 

If you really want to become a good driver, get something that can't cover you mistakes by horsepower. Like a Miata or a low hp Civic if you like to stay with Hondas.

 

Yes, you should try the Honda Miata

 

lol

 

this thread for some reason makes me think gallo 12 or gallo 24, InB4 I didnt know pizza places made motors.

 

Nothing like laughing at yourself

 

Buy an EG with a simple D16. Install safety equipment and brakes and suspension FIRST. Leave the 100hp motor in there. Spend a year driving it at many events. If you learn to drive with no HP you will be a much better driver when you get to a car with HP. Having a lot of HP to begin with means you can cover up poor technique and race craft, by mashing the pedal.

If you can't afford to your race car off a cliff and watch it burn, don't go racing. You have to assume anytime you put the car on track that you will have to write it off at the end of the day. That is racing.

 

Great advice 914 thats what we tell noobs to do... some listen.. some dont.

All they know is they want to go fast.. its takes lots and lots and lots of practice.
Then you have to practice some more.

I have seen some great drivers drive the hell out of a bone stock car, and leave faster cars in the dust.

 

SOHC Civic, that's what I learned to race with/am learning to race with right now. Yeah it's slow as ***** but you learn a lot more about technique which is what really matters. Plus if something breaks it's cheap as ***** to replace.

 

op, not sure if your aware, but your insurance will not cover an on track accident while racing, thats why these guys are saying whatever you can afford to wreck and not care, because your gonna loose all the money put into the car


like said above your absolute best bet, buy an inexpensive eg hatch like you want, install proper safety equipment to race, and learn to drive the car like that, then add tires, suspension and brake mods *** needed, add power last, youl just get yourself in trouble being inexperienced with alot of power

 

I have an AP2, and a B18c5 EG. The FF platform is much easier to keep pointed the right direction, and can be driven much more aggressively. The S2000 will force you to be a much more sensitive and therefore better driver, but the learning curve is steep, and FR mistakes can be ugly, especially at a track like Laguna.

You're getting good advice in here, keep in mind that Civic replacement parts are easier to get a hold of and much less costly that S2000 parts.

 

I remember when i turned on the Speed Channel for the first time....