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My 86 is my summer daily, and I hit an autox along with two track days last summer. Hoping to do more this year.
I'd say there's no reason to be afraid of tracking your car, but definitely do your homework going into it. Just know what sort of issues to keep an eye out for and you shouldn't have any bad surprises.
I'm investing in an oil cooler for the coming season because I was consistently running hard enough that I needed to let the car cool down to stay in a temp range I was comfortable with. A lot of people seem to get a fair amount of track driving in before they start pushing the car into those temperatures though, so a lot of your experience will boil down to confidence level I think. I'd definitely recommend having something to monitor your oil temperature more accurately than the stock gauges, I use an OpenFlash Tablet but there should be cheaper options if you aren't planning on going that route for tuning. In addition to watching temperatures, you'll want to change your oil before an event if you haven't done so recently and potentially consider going to a slightly heavier weight. There's a LOT of discussion on that topic to dig into on these forums and elsewhere.
I think that you should definitely try tracking if you're interested in it. Go with a group that has a good reputation and you'll have a blast. You won't be forced to run the car any harder than you're comfortable with, the organizers should do a good job grouping you together with others running at a similar speed so you don't need to worry too much about passing either.
These cars were pretty much designed to be run as trackable dailies, I had a lot of fun at my first autox event but running hard on the track is an absolute joy.
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