What are the best cars for street racing if your budget is 30000?
Japanise turbo cars are you best option, but you can also use
cars like the BMW M3. Old M3s are non-turbo and you really need a
turbo to extract the most power without the extra weight.
Supercharging is not as good.
Japanise turbo cars range from the Toyota, Nissan S-chassis and
Skylines, the RX-7, WRX, and Evos. Other cars like the MR2, RX2-5,
300ZX, etc great at cornering. They can be, but with great
skill.
If by street racing you mean rally, then you SHOULD get an 4WD
car (note didn't say AWD) like a GT-R, or at least a car with a
less efficient system Subaru WRX or Evo with it's their AWD
systems. If it's rough roads and/or uneven surfaces this it is a
better option, but only SLIGHTLY if it's paved (tarmac) flat roads.
On uneven loose surfaces the front wheels are (a lot) more often
used to pull the cars 'out' of a corner then on tarmac. Personal
preference, but evos are not as good as WRXs. There's not many
other 4WD/AWDs you can consider in that budget.
NOTE: Aside from off the light traction, the only time you need
the front wheel getting torque is on corner exit. So a AWD/4WD car
has no advantages in the 3 other states of a track - braking,
corner entry, straight acceleration. In fact you are a limited in
how much grip your front tires car have on a AWD/4WD car because of
such things as the camber and castor angles you can run (if you run
too much, then your front can't transfer the torque) and the width
of the tire (front is a lot more limited and the width can't
stretch too far from the width of the rear - so your limiting the
maximum rear tire width when using a AWD/4WD system).
Furthermore more these cars are heavier.
But if you need a touring car (so paved roads, starting and
stopping, long rides, not so tight fast corners, high top speeds,
etc), then a Skyline GTR (R32 is in your budget, or maybe R33 if
you can find one that cheep) is best. This car is more natural
feeling then the Evo and WRX, however, it's still not ideal. This
is because it's weight is more to the front (around 55:45). The Evo
and WRX cars are around 60:40 while the Supra TT MKIV is around
55:45.
The Nissan S-chassis (180SX, S13, S14, S15) and the RX-7 FD are
the best balanced car. They are both very very close to 50:50, the
RX-7 is said to be that. Consiquently these cars handle the best -
note that does not have to mean grip the best in corners.
If you mean dragging, Supras are better. Idelly you want the
least amount of camber gain in the rear, so a car with a solid axle
would be best. But Supra are pretty bad for anything with the need
to corner (at least compared to others on the marketing in it's
class). Handling and grip-wise that is.
The Nissan Silvia is slighly worse and drag racing of both but
can be as good as in corners simple because it handle better and is
lighter. It is said the S14 is the best out of them all, because
the S15 have a weaker gearbox, but this couldn't be further from
the truth. The gears are fitted into a simmiler sized box, hence
the hear widths are slightly less. So the gears have a less
tolerance for miss missing revs or in general mismatched revs (such
as with clutch kicks in drifting and clutch dumps in drag). They
can handle as much power as a 5-speed Silva box, it just depends on
how your 'use' them. Having said that, the S15 is a lot better then
the other Silvias. Lots of reasons here why.
From as street racing point of view - they are better because
they are smaller (can fit into tighter alleyways), lighter, use
less fuel (this is important from a racing point of view), require
less power from the engine to do the same thing. This last point is
important becuse you can upgrade Silvia parts a lot easier to other
cars, because you can just tack the heavy bothers parts. Eg, R33
GTR rims are perfect for track and street work. R33 GTS25T front
brakes are perfect for an upgrade. Slight down side is that they
are not 4WD or AWD. But as mentioned before there is
advantages.
