[Clippersfan86]

Originally Posted by sperry

The best tips I can give you:

Don't mod the car. At least not until you've done a bunch of track days with it. "Modding" the driver is cheaper and much more important than anything you can do to the car. Plus, it's a "mod" that will apply to every car you ever own. Get some seat time with an instructor.

And for the love of god, don't drive around like an asshat on the street. Take it to an autocross or track day instead of "fooling around w/ your buddies". Being dead, or in jail, or getting your car impounded, or having insurance so expensive you have to sell the car, etc certainly don't make your car faster or more fun to drive, 'cause you ain't driving it.

Seriously though... going to the race track is expensive... but if you spend money that you would normally be spending on mod on track days... not only will you become a better driver, you'll end up having far more fun than any number of mods on the car would be if you're only driving it on the street.

I've done Autocross with my S2000, it's not really my cup of tea. I prefer drag races (did with my SRT4 all the time) or road courses. I agree though about driving improvements>any mod to the car I can do. I may be underestimating myself as I'm a solid driver, just not pro good or anything. I don't get involved in street races really Scott so that's not what I meant by "fooling around". I meant more like we are cruising together, accelerating hard etc. Or sometimes when I get bored I accelerate like an asshat as you call it, but rarely over the speed limit.