hmmm..... well let me ask you this....
would you rather have a car you can enjoy driving everywhere and not be the fastest in a class or spec it out to be fast in a certain class, but lose some of the fun driving on some sunny sunday afternoon??
does that make sense?
Makes sense, but in my case sticking to a competitive SCCA class would have better driveability, LOL (bridgeport vs streetport). Here's my current logic:
If I keep my current plan (bridgeport 4-port motor, ITB's, Haltech ECU, etc.) I'd end up in SM. It'd still be fun, but I fear after not being competitive for I while I'd get bored, but I suppose there's always NASA HPDE events ($$$)...
If I keep the current engine (6-port) and scale down to a streetport (I don't know if this is allowed) I might be able to fit into CSP with everything else I want to do (trans, ECU, etc.). I'd be more competitive at autox (still get beat readily) but the setup isn't as "fun" or "original".
Lastly I can skip the porting and all the transmission work, add a bolt-on exhaust, intake, etc. and stick with STR (for however long that class lasts). I could probably get pretty competitive, but that's very mildly modified all things considered. There's still HPDA events ($$$)
I'm just getting antsy with only doing suspension/brake work. My next step is transmission, but as I wrote above, that could determine which class I end up in.