Okay here's what's going on. My boyfriend is in the military, just left and won't be home for about six months. Well he has a civic that he worked on and has raced and won car shows with. Well while he was home this past month he wrecked it....pretty bad. So what I was going to do is try and fix up this old car of mine for him for when he gets home. however i have absolutely no clue what I'm doing. I have a 98 Mercury Tracer LS. It's a standard and nothing has ever been done to it. That's all I know about it. So my question is if I was going to do this for my boyfriend where would i start? My brother is a mechanic so he can put in/on anything i want but aside from that he can't tell me what I need to do for it to be race worthy i guess. So I would really appreciate any help you guys could give me. THANKS!!!