I recently purchased a P2 car- a Toyota WSR. Looking at the numbers, it looks slow for P2 especially in WSR trim.
I am getting my novice permit. I am an engineer with some vehicle design background.
For those that don't know, this is a steel frame car like a SRF3 with a warmed over Toyota 4A-GE with the MR2 trans and some Mr2 running gear. Cheap, not fast.
As an engineer, I am daydreaming of scoring a Toyota Atlantic engine, getting the sequential trans and then having enough grunt to push the aero to "keep up" in P1. Maybe bump the track width, too. I could even run "real" uprights and wheels.
It would still be heavy, but not a SIR restricted engine. Limited to 4 valves and 1615cc and (IIRC) 41.5mm chokes, although that could be ITB diameter(I think) and run EFI, which it already has.
This is pipe dreaming at present, and it seems the biggest thing is undertray design, which could be an issue with a transverse engine.
I am oldish, and would enjoy the engineering journey, I think. Thoughts? I could got the HELOC---> Stohr WF-1 route, but that seems less fun.