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I hate threads like these, but I feel compelled to ask. The car has a lot left to go as far as parts. It still has stock wheels, tires, brakes, rear axle and front suspension. I'm still in school and have about $3K-$4K to spend on the car per summer after I take care of other expenses.

What it has so far:
Suspension
STB, DSL, Spohn Rod/poly LCA's and PHR (Front/Rear LG swaybars and SFC's sitting in the garage)
Engine
Heads, cam, boltons... will probably bump up to a new cam and bigger injectors, but the motor in general is pretty much done
Drivetrain
T56 swap, Street Twin, stock steel d/s and 4.10's

Here's what I want to do as far as parts. I think I'm going to buy things by the group (e.g. all the suspension stuff, then all the safety stuff, etc. as money becomes available). Groups are listed by priority.


Drivetrain
LS1 Driveshaft

Suspension
Coilovers
Torque Arm
A-arms (depends on what the LG K-member needs)

Chassis
K-member

ZR1 Wheels / Tires
C5 Brakes

Safety
6 or 8 point bar
Recaro Speed / SRD seats
Sabelt or Sparco 6 points

Misc
Canton RR pan (after talking with Jordan Musser and others about this I think I'll take my chances)
VFN bolt-on stock hood (18 lbs)

Any comments?

[LT4Firehawk]

First things first, if you've never open tracked before, then don't do anything to the car. Get some track time with the car first, then post the results. From there, I'm sure we can all help you with how to make the car faster. The thing that is going to make the biggest difference is the driver. After that, shocks, tires and brakes will be the first things to look at. With the list I sorted above, I assumed you planned good shocks with the coilover setup. Before starting a lot of mods though, I'd spend the money on a performance driving school. A good driver with a well setup "stock" f-body will be able to outrun a fully modded car with a poor or inexperienced driver.

Anyway, here's what I'd really recommend for you at this point if you have the money. Koni SA shocks, LS1 or C5 front brakes, ZR1 (17x9.5") wheels with durable race rubber (Nitto 555R IIs would be my choice). Then take the extra money that you would spend on the other mods and go to school. After that, spend all the extra money on as much track time as you can. Then, if you still have money left over, buy a tow vehichle and trailer (because you will eventually break something).