Discussion
I've been checking out the forums for while to see what gets recommended as track day cars and never noticed Mitsubishi FTO's getting a mention (unless I missed it!) I ideally want to buy a second car to have a bit of fun with at weekends including the odd track day here and there and wondered if a FTO may fit the bill. Any opinions out there?
Thanks
Lisa
Thanks
Lisa
Used to do a few private trackdays with a car club in Scotland. There were a few FTOs in the club, a mixture of GR, GX, and GPX cars. Obviously it's pretty subjective due to driver skill etc, but at best the GPX lap times were in good hot-hatch territory.
Haven't driven the car, but if it was a dynamic marvel I reckon it would have a higher profile than it does. Bigg-ish power FWD cars can have difficulty in laying power down out of slow corners as well. At Abingdon in my 215 bhp/200 lb ft Corrado it was very easy to light-up the front tyres coming out of chicanes if too eager with the throttle. I think the FTO MIVECs have broadly similar power/torque outputs. RWD is much better in this respect of course.
If you are after something relatively cheap and Japanese for trackdays I'd look at Mk1 and Mk2 MR2s, S13 and S14 200SX, Mk1 MX5/Eunos, perhaps even a Mk2 CRX VTEC before the FTO. Imprezas and Pulsars are fun, but can be expensive to run. Integra Type-R would be my first choice, FWD or not... A supercharged Mk1 MX5 is an absolute bag of laughs on a race circuit BTW!
On the cheap-ish non-Jap front, I considered Porsche 944S2 or Turbo, Sierra Sapphire Cosworth, Clio Williams, Pug 205 GTI 1.9, but settled on the Corrado.
Haven't driven the car, but if it was a dynamic marvel I reckon it would have a higher profile than it does. Bigg-ish power FWD cars can have difficulty in laying power down out of slow corners as well. At Abingdon in my 215 bhp/200 lb ft Corrado it was very easy to light-up the front tyres coming out of chicanes if too eager with the throttle. I think the FTO MIVECs have broadly similar power/torque outputs. RWD is much better in this respect of course.
If you are after something relatively cheap and Japanese for trackdays I'd look at Mk1 and Mk2 MR2s, S13 and S14 200SX, Mk1 MX5/Eunos, perhaps even a Mk2 CRX VTEC before the FTO. Imprezas and Pulsars are fun, but can be expensive to run. Integra Type-R would be my first choice, FWD or not... A supercharged Mk1 MX5 is an absolute bag of laughs on a race circuit BTW!
On the cheap-ish non-Jap front, I considered Porsche 944S2 or Turbo, Sierra Sapphire Cosworth, Clio Williams, Pug 205 GTI 1.9, but settled on the Corrado.
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