In any case, thanks for the feedback you two, it's really helped to put this all in perspective. I've been pushing myself and my car to get more serious, but there's a big gap in front of me between where I'm at now, and where I'd like to be, and I really need to step back from this and cross the gap rationally. I've been trying to find a way to make the care more-race-able without giving it up as a street car for now, but it's just not possible in this direction (4 point).
I'll keep going with the other minor upgrades for now. I've been trying to limit my further upgrades to happening in response to actually feeling out limitations, which is why I held off on coilover upgrades for so long: it wasn't until my most recent event that I actually felt limited by the stock ones (the car was poirposing too much in some short braking zones, probably contributed to ice-mode come to think of it).
I'm at a point now where I feel the need for harnesses on the track, but I think I have to live with that limitation for now, until the car becomes more-dedicated to the purpose at hand (which in turn means I pretty much have to budget out a new DD first, and then get back on the car-building process).
Either that or completely reverse course, undo a bit of the more aggressive Z mods, keep it as a DD, and buy some cheaper caged car for track use (e.g. all the SpecZ thread action going on around here). I'd hate to have to give up my cheater paddle shifters though!
