Cheapest route to a high performance car?

[Ws6]

Originally Posted by grampi
Originally Posted by Wolf359
Well there's the AMG line. Some like the E55 AMG as you can do things to it more easily than the E63. Now it's basically tuning.

For pure 0-60 speeds, it's probably hard to find much that can beat a Tesla.

I don't think a Tesla would be anywhere near the cheapest route...

Or an overweight German sedan...

 

[aquariuscsm]

A cheap high performance car imo would be a bare bones car that's very common,cheap,easy to work on, and has a huge aftermarket and oem parts support.

 

[A_Harman]

Since his name is IMSA_Racing_Fan, I assume he wants to do road course.

4th Gen Camaro with LS1 and 6-speed is probably fastest for the dollar. I bought mine new for $20k and spent 3k on chassis, brake, exhaust, and intake upgrades. Was still doing track days at 240k miles on the original engine. Was never passed on track by a Mustang. Passed many cars that sticker for 3 times the money. An upgrade that I wish I had made would be an oil cooler. May be tough to find one with the LS1/6MT powertrain without T-tops.

A C5 Corvette would be faster, but more expensive, than a 4th Gen Camaro. But they're affordable. Probably not better in Average Lap Speed divided by Acquisition Cost.

Most cost-effective upgrade to improve lap time is soft compound tires.