Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Oh. If you're looking for only loving support and gentle handjobs no matter how dumb the plan, go to facebook. No idea is too dumb for them. Here we dispense good advice and tough love.

The honest to God truth is that you're going to be over your head by step one of your list. You need to come up the learning curve BEFORE you open your wallet. What you SHOULD do is go autoX the car for a year until you know WHY you're swapping out parts. It's a lot cheaper than open track days, its easier on consumables and you're a lot less likely to wad the car up.

Look - this is your first car and you're an inexperienced driver. You need miles driven, not horsepower.