I goes without saying that we all obey the speedlimits...but with that in mind, is fun to a seek out a curvy back road and push a car a bit.
Much of the talk in this forum is centered around competition in auto-x and road course driving...but do any of you guys focus on road handling and non-competition driving fun?
I think I've always built my cars up with some midpoint between road and road course in mind, even though I didn't start tracking until I'd had the Mustang for "a while". More capability and better behavior out toward the limit than stock, without having to live with any limitations on use has been the goal.
On the cars that I'm the main driver of, I end up with pretty much the same list of mods that's fine for track days, entirely livable on the street, and pushed way up-class at autocross.
Wider wheels with better tires, "square" for both wheels and tires with the wheels being wider than "measuring width" for the new tires.
A performance alignment
Better shocks and/or struts
Firmer sta-bars or firmer endlinks
Somewhat stiffer springs, typically 50% - 100% stiffer than OE
Better rear axle location, with consideration given to minimizing "bind"
The mod program for my cars as long as they were my wife's DD has typically stopped at tires, shocks/struts, sometimes wheels, and sometimes a mild performance alignment. Basically, stuff that wore out got upgraded and sometimes it was convenient to do other things such as wheels or a slightly more aggressive alignment at the same time. Even though all of our family cars were bought having to meet some general cornering and handling bogeys - they all started out in stock form having to be fun to hustle along a county road or through a highway entrance/exit ramp - there's always been room for improvement.
Norm