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Originally Posted by alga

I doubt S2000 would be very popular. It's a ~£2500 up-front cost just for the donor drivetrain. My impression is that the 'on a budget' aspect is very popular on this forum, not many builders here are building without tight monetary constraints. Probably those who can afford it just go for a kit from Westfield or others.

BMW 3-series, E36-E46, on the other hand, would be great. Globally available and not expensive.

Yes they are expensive but you can get a whole car for £2500 and sell all the bits you don't need drastically reducing costs. I reckon you could recover £1500 of the original purchase cost. I've done that with mx5s costing £500. My concern would be engine height though. Westfield make a custom sump for there donor build. Also you wouldn't want to fit 17" wheels to one of these cars, fitting smaller wheels would mess up the speedo and the gearing I guess.