just picked up s14, seafoam? and other newb questions

[cdog]

Hey everybody. I just picked up an s14 and I am super happy with my decision. It's a manual, and has been babied since birth. It's been garaged, never modified, never drifted, all regular maintenance, and only 107k miles. I have never owned a rwd vehicle! I had a heavily modified evo, and some fast fwd vehicles, that I was quite comfortable with. I thought it was time to experience rwd, so I can drive any vehicle at it's limits.

So if anything is wrong with this car, its about to need new brake pads, and dude said it will need new shocks soon. I'm trying to get it race ready, and sign up for some races. I'm trying to not make this a daily driver at all. I've never actually signed up for a race, I always took my car to its limits on backroads. Now, being on supervised probation, and possibly going to the penitentiary if I get a reckless driving ticket, or fleeing from police charge, I'm trying to do this correctly on a track.

THe problem is, I don't know where to start. I guess I will continue to try to read around without hurting my eyes too bad. People say I should seafoam the motor, but I literally know nothing about cars. I just drive them, and buddies help me work on them. I've heard seafoaming ruins the exhaust, but I could just replace that as planned. Is there anything else it screws up? Is it a good idea? I could probably get my neighbor that knows more about cars to help, or a shop to do it.. I'm thinking about just putting a whole new brake system on it at a shop, and not even screwing with the pads. I want this thing to be a beast, but very reliable at the same time. I know with my evo, you add power, clutch goes out, you add aftermarket clutch, cmc goes out etc. I want to do it all at once, and not have anything go out on this car. I may even have the engine rebuilt and turboed. I noticed otw home, while in fifth on the highway, the stick shakes alot, is this normal?

My last question is, where do I begin to sign up for races, and how can I make sure I don't over modify my car, and get disqualified in all classes? Do they have a practice day or place to practice anywhere near me? edit:knoxville I like to go balls to the wall, but I imagine if I make this thing fast, (never having rwd experience) I may hit some cones or something lol.