Originally Posted by Nightshade
Pick up a Datsun 510 or something similiar in rwd and start slow.
Theres a lot of modification that has to be done to even qualify at an amateur or exhibition level so starting with something relatively cheap will hurt a lot less in the end and you will learn a lot in the process and competing and seeing others setups and what they are driving.
Walk before you run
I agree with you on starting slow, hell I was thinking of going all out with my new truck and possibly doing baja with it, but there is no way in hell am I going to do that. I know that thing wouldn't see the light of day after I got through with it. Datsun 510's are pretty cool but they're really expensive around here way too overpriced. I was really looking into the dsm's. there cheap and there's a ton of mods to be done to them.