where to find a racing 944

[Allan108]

hi everyone, i have finally got my 944 s1 up and running, great fun!
i am looking for a good track one now, race prepared, possibly to enter into the classic series at knockhill nest year. looking to spend 4-7k all in.
does anyone know a good place to chat too or find one?

cheers

Al

 

[944 man]

Speaking to Kevin or Alex Eacock at EMC would be a good start.

http://www.emcmotorsport.co.uk/

 

[John Sims]

Oh you could easily spend more than £7K there.

I love the carbon door cards - though wish I'd never seen them. [8D] []

 

[944 man]

Very easily. I meant that Kevin is likely to know of EMC built cars for sale. Id expect a really good EMC series one car to sell for under £5,000.

 

[Hilux]

Pistonheads classifieds is worth keeping an eye on

 

[Neil Haughey]

All of the above. I hope I am not teaching anyone to suck eggs by saying this, but be very careful when buying a secondhand race car. At best you can buy a fresh car for 1/2 what it cost to build (its the man hours that is the killer), at worst you can end up with something essentially worthless.

£7K is less then I have spent so far building my S2 race car and as I already owned the car it was free to start from.

 

[lali]

I think I saw Frank Cortese's 944 for sale not long ago...

a VERY quick EMC car.

 

[John Sims]

ORIGINAL: Neil Haughey

All of the above. I hope I am not teaching anyone to suck eggs by saying this, but be very careful when buying a secondhand race car. At best you can buy a fresh car for 1/2 what it cost to build (its the man hours that is the killer), at worst you can end up with something essentially worthless.

£7K is less then I have spent so far building my S2 race car and as I already owned the car it was free to start from.

True but race cars are funny things. They are never worth the sum of their parts and have a very small market which keep s the price down. Some will sit for months or years without a buyer and eventually get blow out cheap just to clear the space.

You could get a blinding buy and a well preped car for the price of a road car...... or it could be a dog. The main issue with racing cars is that they have been racing and the possibility of it coming into contact with other things is relatively high. Because there is little to the car, cosmetic repairs are often easy but could hide a multitude of nastiness beneath. If the shell is bent it will make setting up a nightmare and introduce odd geometry issues.

 

[John Sims]

The other thing to do is establish what series you want to race in before you buy the car. Get the reg's and make sure the car is eligible, or can be made eligible without a lot of work.

There is little worse than buying a car to enter a race series only to find that it can't (got the T shirt []).

 

[lali]

ORIGINAL: John Sims

ORIGINAL: Neil Haughey

All of the above. I hope I am not teaching anyone to suck eggs by saying this, but be very careful when buying a secondhand race car. At best you can buy a fresh car for 1/2 what it cost to build (its the man hours that is the killer), at worst you can end up with something essentially worthless.

£7K is less then I have spent so far building my S2 race car and as I already owned the car it was free to start from.

True but race cars are funny things. They are never worth the sum of their parts and have a very small market which keep s the price down. Some will sit for months or years without a buyer and eventually get blow out cheap just to clear the space.

You could get a blinding buy and a well preped car for the price of a road car...... or it could be a dog. The main issue with racing cars is that they have been racing and the possibility of it coming into contact with other things is relatively high. Because there is little to the car, cosmetic repairs are often easy but could hide a multitude of nastiness beneath. If the shell is bent it will make setting up a nightmare and introduce odd geometry issues.

But if it's been raced and smacked there is normally lots of people who'll know that so hiding the accident is difficult, which means that checking the repairs should be a bit easier...
Just do your homework first.. ask LOTS of questions and get the car checked out before you part with the cash.

 

[Allan108]

thanks for all the replys, i have a 944 s1 which im turning into a racer, but my dad wants to race in the classic car series at knockhill, and he does NOT want to build one, he just likes the driving! i have offered to source a road car and modify it, but he would prefer a ready speced machine.
ill try kevin.

Cheers


al

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Strasse's ad on the back of the new Porsche Post has 944 and 968 race cars.

 

[Andy97]

ORIGINAL: lali

I think I saw Frank Cortese's 944 for sale not long ago...

a VERY quick EMC car.

I remember it being for sale too, and was on fleabay a couple of times so may not have sold. EMC will know the contact details. IIRC it was priced within the budget you outlined.