I owned one for a couple of years. They had factory 13" alloys in Australia not 14".

The main problems with them are that the ecu is located under the passenger's seat with the plugs facing forward so everytime someone sits in the seat they hit the plugs with their feet and the car runs like crap! I have seen a couple of them where the ecu has been relocated or a metal plate has been fitted in front of the plugs. The other issue is handling related. Basically with the motor so far over the front axle line they corner like a lead tipped arrow. This can be rectified but they will never have that nice chassis balance evident in other cars like 1200's, pugs etc.

On the plus side the motor, while not a great design, is very strong and the same can be said for the gearbox. Air-to-air intercoolers are dirt cheap nowadays too so if you don't mind cutting up the panel between the headlights you could fit a fairly decent sized core for minimal coin.

I fitted a 3" mandrel exhaust with a custom dump pipe, high flowed standard turbo, a T piece running 8 - 10psi from memory and a decent clutch and could keep up with standard WRX's in roll ons.

Mine rusted in the boot floor but overall was a reasonable car. Like any car check it over thoroughly before you sign on the dotted line.

Matty
p.s. Sorry for the essay.