it has the 1.8 L SOHC Dual Carb engine
and as far as being competitive well I wanna race and learn.. and learning is not gonna be a problem whether I am in the front or back of the pack..
time for building is plenty for me .. budget is kinda low thats why I am pretty much doing the whole thing top to bottom myself..

as for the car I love the way it handles off the line so I figure with a few susp. changes it will be even better then as you said being that it wont be the fastest car out there I will have to concentrate on learning to drive it to make up for HP..