On a personal note, I'm from a country where a straight 1/4 mile strip is only used for overseas airplanes (a level one, at least) and slinging the car around is a must to survive. Like in autocross. Except we call it public roads
I think the body roll is already a nuisance (hopefully new bushings eventually will help on that) and while there's a lot of grip to go on, SVX is not exactly a surgical instrument in the bends. The lower COG, the better in this part of the world. So I guess I will consider any transmission swap VERY carefully with this in mind.
The idea of boosting hp without FI is growing on me... did anyone around here do it and come up with something reliable?