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Wobba
29-10-2012, 16:38
I am still in limbo, wondering about next car. M5 is still top of the list BUT I am also seeing 197's drop quite a bit in price. The bhp/ton with the Meg engine conversion is very good, plus with the R26 you get the built-in LSD.

With a decent turbo and remap, and maybe even forged internals, could have a serious giant killer for under 10k and still be reliable.

Anyone tried one or seen them go? Any good?

diditno
02-11-2012, 10:21
Ive been looking at updating and am drawn to the seat leon fr's rather than the 197's now. 170bhp and 350flb as standard. Just think ive had enough of french build quality.

Mikeb185
02-11-2012, 12:13
and spanish is better how????

Wobba
02-11-2012, 14:21
French build quality is part of the fun though :(

I think I am going the M5 route though and garaging the Clio for a bit to make it a mad car for track days, so I'll strip it and bucket seat it and remove sound deadening etc.

northy
02-11-2012, 16:36
You need to do more than that to make it mad for trackdays wobba!

diditno
02-11-2012, 17:47
and spanish is better how????
The ones ive driven recently seem much better than french. Technically spanish, but mostly german.