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Just remember, to race you have to be able and prepared to total the car. If you can't afford that then don't start. Also, depending on what sort of racing you have up there you might consider these newer TimeAttack type events. There are very highly prepared cars running incredible times and you do share the track with other cars. You can pass or be passed, but it's not true door to door racing in the purest form. The chance of bashing or crashing (and getting injured) is a LOT less yet you are still driving flat out and in a competitive competition. We recently had a big event down here in Sydney, Australia and the winning cars were faster on R spec rubber than the fastest Carrera Cup cars on slicks!!

My current car (modified 944 turbo) is still a street legal car and is as fast as the quickest GT3s and EVOs in our local Porsche Club on similar tyres. The 'problem' with turbo cars is a duel edged sword. They are incredibly addictive and there is always another mod that means you can increase power...but along with that ability comes heat, cost, reliability etc. So if you use the 944 or S2 as your base car you will never be able to go crazy with the power mods as there really isn't a whole lot you can do, so you will have to concentrate on suspension and driving to make you faster. Plus they are more reliable than the turbo cars in general. As far as working on them vs a 911, in many cases they are in fact much easier than a rear engined Porsche. My mechanic can do a headgasket in 2-3 hours by himself for example. Try that on a 911!!