Bang for your buck in a track car

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Aaron,

My low cost set-up came complete with a need for a trans.   So now I'll be learning how to take swap one of those.   The parts will be far less than a P-car.

Regarding car choice, I thought of many, many cars.    I think that the M Roadster with the 333hp M3 motor would be a hoot but they're hard to find and still cost more that a C5 Z06 in the low $20s.    The M3's are great and mentioned previously.   

Remember the BMW tii hatchback?   They made them with the 2.5 litre good for almost 200 hp in a small car.   They are also from the mid-90s and fully depreciated.   I'm thinking that they must be comparable to a 986 for <half the money.   

I saw this lower powered 318 track car with a cage and Motons which sold for under  $4k. 

 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...MEDWX%3AIT