MWC, the problem with wanting a road car that is also a race car is that you are going to be limited on either or both ends. A purely street car won't be acceptable to many race sanctioning bodies because it will lack many of the safety requirements (i.e.-sufficient safety cage, arm restraints, steel bellhousing, SFI rated dampener, flywheel, dated harnesses,among others). It probably also won't have an acceptable race type suspension set up- making it uncompetitive at best.
A pure track car won't have the required street adornments or DOT rated safety equipment. Also, will probably not have very good street manners.
I guess it all depends on how competitive you want to be on the track. Depending on what class or type of racing you plan on doing it can be done, but to be competitive at racing means you'll need to make some compromises on your street set up. IMHO, the FFR Spec racer meets this demand as well as any car I've seen. They can also be upgraded in HP to compete in the higher production classes. Then you can drive it home from the track and use it for a daily driver if you wish.
No, I don't own an FFR Spec Racer, but wish I could fit it into my budget. Have to finish my Cobra first (not FFR) and see where it goes from there.
Or course, the solution is to own 2 cars- one for track and one for the daily cruiser. Can I borrow one while you're driving the other one?
- Bob