What are your goals for the car? This is a lightweight, FWD car. I'm sure there will be no measures taken to reduce wheel hop and torque steer if you try adding more power to it. Objectively, I don't think I could replace a barebones RWD car as ideal to me with a FWD car with even lower displacement and more safety features.
Try it and see what you think! Nobody here can tell you what is best for you unfortunately
