I think you may be fighting for this as a platform a bit too much. The CF is a great touring car, and like all small cars, it can be made to go very fast in a straight line. However, it is not balanced out like a Miata, Corvette or Viper. It has a chassis made for form over function, and therefore does not carry a lot of the geometries for excellent and repeatable handling. As much as I like these cars, the CF would not be anywhere near the top of my list for building a road race car. Steering is vague, and the suspension does not give great feel for how much loading is actually on it. This tends to combine to make a car that feels great all the way up until things are not great - usually meaning you are in a spin. The threshold on that is ill defined, and difficult to assess. For drag racing, the only advantages it has are relatively light weight while being able to accept larger engines. However, stick a large engine in, and it becomes unbalanced, and the car's first reaction, again is to rotate. It is a touring car, plain and simple. A really good one, mind you, but it is good at that, and not a whole lot else. That is not to diminish the car in any way, but it is helpful to know what the car is and isn't. For this reason, my CF will likely rarely see a drag strip, possibly see one or two autox events, and probably never see a closed circuit, ever. Our 33-year old Fox body Mustang has more potential for all of those than the CF.