I agree with Cudaman on this one. This car is rough, but not much rougher than mine was 11 years ago. I was racing a bunch of tracks down south and while my car was more like an 11 second car, the only things I see I had on this one were a fuel cell and a 6 pt roll cage. My harness was never in date, my fuel lines were all rubber, my firewall looked like swiss cheese and my roll bar padding was the pool noodle stuff they still sell today! I did have a battery cutoff and water overflow.

Getting it back out this year I have had to do a lot of upgrades, new fuel line, new padding, close all the holes in the fire wall, locking transmission dipstick, engine diaper, new harness, new helmet, new front brakes. The car is safer now for sure, but certainly none of this made it go faster.