I gave up my first Silvia for one of these. Not trying to put down your new purchase, but I had quite a few problems with it, and it wasnt all that fast. To be honest, I would say it would be beaten hands down by a Silvia with a few basic mods.
Some honest advice though,
Do not EVER remove the top water pipe on the rad (the small one on the right that goes to the turbo.) Seriously, take it off at the other end or something, as the bit it connects to is plastic and snaps (hand on heart, I went through 6 radiators in my time of ownership, as they all have the same problem.)
Dont wind the boost up, they really dont like it, especially the later ones (with 'Injection' written on the inlet manifold, instead of 'Turbo'.)
Dont try too many hard launches, the gearboxes are made of cheese.
And watch out for brake fade.
Other than that, they are a fairly cool sleeper car.
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