Mongo81

Hi Dave, Tell me (via pm if you wish)

Hi all, First post so be gentle with me :). Over the next year I am planning on building my next race car. The series I compete in gives me pretty much unlimited options. The Elise has for sometime been on my mind as the best car for the job albeit underpowered. Usual google search brings many different options for engine convrsions, but most posts are many years old so thought I would see the current consensous. What I need from the engine is around 300bhp and a decent whack of torque from relatively low down the rev range so that may influence opinions. As far as I can see I have the following options: 1. Ford Duratec - There seem to be a couple of specialist on this, one is near me. 2. Civic Type R SC - Seems to be a popular choice 3. Audi BAM engine (20vt) - Very little on the interweb on this, but other than weight could tick all the boxes. There a lots of other options V6, V8 etc etc, but they almost certainly need chassis mods etc so want toa void that as much as possible. What are the pros and cons of the above? Although I am far from a millionaire, budget should not influence the choice.