Blair my 2 cents
1. Buy yourself a cheap GC8 locally for track car purposes only. (Reduce the price in half if you can find a mate who wants to do the same project and get a co-driver in the process)
2. Do the mods yourself to save $$ and gain valuable experience and knowledge as many of the more exp members have.
3. Track it then mod more for specific track purposes as $$ allow you.
Thats is all.

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Funny looking German Subaru