#ChallengeTime CTzens: You are given a Geo Metro and a budget of 5000 US Dollars, your goal is to turn the Metro into a high speed Time Attack car! Rules Below.

Exactly how long does it take for the geo to get around??? k20 swap with pilot supersports and call it a day

hayabusa swap, sell the interior except the absolute essentials, race spec suspension, race spec brakes, and wider wheels and tires

2.0 Duratec with ITB’s, race header, exhaust, 93 Oct tune, Getrag 6-speed, 1-way torsen LSD, adjustable coilover suspension, widebody kit, 15x8 wheels with 235 width DOT-spec R-compound tires, big brake kit, fully stripped chassis, chassis braces and roll cage, race bucket seats, 5-point harnesses.

Such a set-up should EASILY have no problem getting around a 1:35-1:40 lap time. Total costs would be around $4600-4700.

Give the Geo to a less fortunate person, use the $5000 to rent a viper acr and be happy. On your way out the Geo will still be where you left it and you have a ride home.

This suggestion would be for someone that has access to a machine shop and is a good fab guy. Get a a hayabusa engine (or similar) and fab something to fit a diff. That could take 1500$ is you’re lucky with the engine. then comes suspension, brakes and used 13in slick w/rims. that should take 2000$, the brakes being the most expensive I guess. Then a rollcage, a used racing seat/steering/5 point harness. Weight reduction, that’s free. It would be tight with 5000$ but i’m sure it’s feasible.

Do nothing to it, lose the race, keep geo metro and 5000 dollars.

Wheels, sport tires, discs all around (rear prolly uses drums) run 5 pounds with the fuel being managed by a cheap mechanical fmu. Maybe a sway bar and Springs, then rip everything out of it. Still have money for the cigrits . Then we cheech’d

Ripping every sound deadening materials, mats, rear seats, dashboard, etc, swap it with a k20a turbocharged, a six speed secuential drenth gearbox with a twin plate clutch, 235 55 r15 slicks on all four corners on rays te 37s, replace every posible body panel with a carbon fibre one, extreme aero package, brembo 12” brakes on all corners with triple piston calipers front and twin piston ones rear, polycarbonate windows, ohlins coilovers on all four corners with a 8 cm ridve heigth, full rollcage, sparco evo 2 bucket seat with sabelt seatbelt and momo steering wheel, autometer digital gauge,

Fwd SR20vr from a infinty g20 p10 with 5speed manual 1200$ junk yard ford powerstroke turbo 500$ big brake kit 300$ race radials 750$ just the front tiers . Boost gages etc 200$ cage1000$
Total$3950

Remove myself from equation for weight reduction, leave metro at the track, go home with 5k for my personal car