Disclaimer: I do not have this car yet, I may not even buy this car, but there's a good chance that I will. Plus I'm bored and building "fantasy" cars is always fun.
Here's the scenario. I've been saving for a while now to get my turbo car when I come off my P's in 12 months. I had originally meant to get an S15 or an R34 GTT for around $20,000. However at the latest DECA I took a good look at a couple of mental 180SXs and was convinced to buy one.
My plans for this car is for it to be my daily driver for a short while, track it occasionally, and goto DECA 4x a year. However once I have a steady income I can easily see myself getting a second practical daily and turning this into a track dedicated car.
So considering I had $20,000 to begin with and I plan on buying a decent 180sx for half that. I still have $10,000 to spend on goodies. Assume the car is stock, what would you do?
Things I definitely want are:
2-way LSD
Coilovers - how much should I spend on these? $1,000 cheapies or go for a nicer set?
Racing seat.
Otherwise what else should I spend the $$ on?
Brake upgrade
Clutch
Half cage (they're street legal, correct?)
ECU, exhaust, intercooler, tune
Swaybars
Tyres
Decent rims
Turbo upgrade
E85?
I dunno, there's so much you can do. I'm just wondering what the wisest choice and order is to go about these things.