I'm looking to start may racing career

A local short track has races for 4 cylinder-front drive cars called "enduro." 100 lap race (25 miles) So I'm looking for an old 4 banger I can pick up for less than 1,000 bucks since I have to remove all glass, lights, plastic and turn it into an unstreetable race car.

What are the fastest cars in this department from yesteryear that I should shop for?? My family used to have an old toyota hatch that i thought was pretty fast when I was a kid. Does anyone have any experience in this type of racing that can help me out?

 

Dodge SRT-4, but I don't think you'll be able to find it for $1,000.

 

Now what are all the qualifications? Does it have to be n/a or can you have a boosted car?
My friends old prelude is decently quick.

columbus.craigslist.org/cto/2587274348.html

Found this bad boy in my area lol

 

Dodge Omni!!

I kid but I'm half way serious. What about an old CRX or Protoge? VW Rabbit?

Update: so I just searched Autotrader for under $1500, manual trans, 2wd. The response is hilarious. I want to buy them all! Plymouth Breeze Espresso, VW Scirocco, 323 Hatch! This is like a field day. I want my job to be to go around the country buying these cars and selling them to potential racers.

 

that was my first thought.

 

also make sure you save all the glass, that stuff is worth good money and could be sold to body shop or anyone that needs new windows on their car. A good way to recoop some money.

1st gen Rx7?

 

I just read that turbos, superchargers and rotary motors are not allowed. We also have to use stock suspension with tires no wider than 215... No z rated tires. They basically want us to take it off the street and race it

 

so the prelude i mentioned fits the qualifications

 

How about an old Escort GT 1.8L? They made 120 hp and they're pretty light-weight.

I had one just like it.

 

If this is a new class, then quite simply, the lightest, most balanced, most powerful, and above all, hardy, car is what you want.

If it's NOT a new class... then maybe sneaking a peek at what the others had run would be a good idea. Unless you just simply will NOT buy a Toyota Celica GT that's 1350 and ready to go...

/there's one on Ebay now.
//Easy search, go to motors.ebay.com, enter buy it now, 10 to 1500 as your price, and 4cyl as your engine. Tada, all the ones you want... some not worth it, but a couple...
///The Saturn SL2 is an interesting choice...
////And the Pinto Wagon. I want it myself, but just b'cause it's COOL. It'd be too heavy to race tho.

 

E30 Bmw

 

Not sure on prices but ecotech cavalier or sunfire is pretty peppy. Should be dirt cheap.

 

focus zx3

 

98 or so Cavalier Z24, much older model Nissan 240sx, or the older 200. Honda CRX, 90s Mitsubishi Eclips. Ford Probe. Mazda MX3 was a lot of fun, MX6 was cool too. 90s VW Jetta.

 

How short/wide are we talking, and paved or dirt?

 

paved .25 mile track

 

Ford probe is v6

 

It's also available with 4-cyl engine.

 

Here is another one, 1995-1999 Dodge Neon R/T (2.0L 150 hp).
They should be really cheap.

 

Was unaware of that. Kind of a rare car lol. Plus I can't drive something called a "probe"