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Can I put in my five cents worth. Im from South Africa, very close to where the Bacdraft cars are built. I am friends with Tony Martin and John Scott at the factory. My car has often been used by them as a demo car for interested overseas buyers.

My input is, be carefull what you buy. In order for the car to be truly worthy in my opinion it must be manual. I have an LS1 coupled to a Supra gearbox and a BM diff. The car is absolutely stunning to drive and never ever gets old. It has so much grunt that you never can get complacent with it. I have seen cars with more hourse power but the combination I have seems to be the greatest mix. The motor mapping has been tweaked just a bit and it never fails to impress.

I cant say I have pushed the car to its absolute limits but I have done some track time and been well happy with its performance.

So these are the important bits for me.

Fuel Injection would be one. As it just makes it reliable and hassle free. I have other carb fed cars and they always need a tweak.

Manual shift. Make sure the gearbox is strong enough because they can break. Landcruiser or supra gearboxes are great and ratio's are very similar.
If anything. I would have had a ratio with not so long legs as I hardly ever need to use 5th, just not enough road.

Diff: Personally I would prefer limited slip, but that is debatable and depends who's driving.

Do not buy a Jag supensioned car. ( there are many of them for sale over here)That was as good as we had back then but just doesnt cut it today. I have a Jag suspensioned hotrod and there is no comparison.

Backdraft are developing a car with uprated BM suspension which should be even better than whats available now , But I assure you the BM suspension we have now is very good. The car is planted and its only the right foot at the wrong time that gets its crossed up.

As for the laws your side of the world, they are simply nutty. Talk about Killjoy!.