D at the most recent Porsche CLub track day I instructed at I ended up driving a late model 911. I joked with the owner (who races a 944) that the car was too nice and too composed.
He said he preferred running the 944 as a track car because it was so analog.
While my formula car is really cool to drive the Datsun is just so much fun because it is so raw.
I bought the Arai helmet when I started driving a single seat car again. The gear knob is indeed the stock one, there are no floor matts in the car (that's probably foam pad for Rally passenger's feet).
The motor is only pulling just shy of 7000rpm in 4th. I'm pulling 8000 RPM in 3rd between turns 1 and 2.
The windshield clips are required per the rulebook (if you go backwards at highspeed it keeps the windshield in the car).
As for the gearshift.............it really flopped around before I replaced the bushings.