[lt1aggie]

I've got a '97 z28 with about 95,000 miles. The car is 100% stock. While too poor right now to get serious, I would eventually like to get in to the road racing/autocross lifestyle. The problem is, I don't know if it's worth the effort to start modding my car or just wait until I can get another one. The car has been great mechanically so far, but I'm afraid it's performance will be severly limited for potential racing with 2.73 gears and an automatic (in addition to the face that it's speed limited). (I know, I know, but I had to take what i could get.) Swaps can certainly change that, but it's just one more thing I'd have to do. The other thing I was wondering is if it would be better to start out with an ls1 car. Brakes are another problem. I know about Bob's brackets, but if I had an ls1 car, the swap seems so much easier. There seems to be a lot of people with lt1's on this board, but I've read that the ls1 is also better in the upper rpm's. I know racing is a huge money pit to begin with, but it seems like it might be easier to just start with something else. I want my car to handle much better for general driving, but I know the more I do, the more I'll want to spend on it. Plus, if I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it right and that usually means spending more money out of the box. Should I just wait it out a couple more years until I finish school to get something else or just start the madness now? Any insight would be great. Thanks.

[nape]

Also, I have thought about buying a car that's already built, but it seems as though those are somewhat hard to come by these days.  Maybe I'm wrong?

Definitely not!

I wish I hadn't started building my car when I saw all the ASedan cars come up on ebay this fall.

I watched a sorted, National event winning 3rd gen TA with an A-Sedan motor and a stock TPI motor have no bids @ $6000. That was the cheapest, but I saw 4 for under $10k with spares, etc.

I've got that into my car now, and I'm starting over again since this car is too rusty to be safe even with a cage. Unless you want to have one hell of a learning experience/sweat/blood/tears equity (which I thoroughly enjoy (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ) and spend at least twice what you could buy one for, buy one used.

This post has been edited by nape: Nov 29 2005, 05:59 PM