The original trophy cup car was built on a budget around 2005
When you take in to account the safety equipment, fuel cell, harness, plumbed in fire extinguisher, roll cage, wheels, tyres, brake lines, battery, cut off switch, plus labour and the price of the car,
Plus big costs on essentials such as the LSD and comp struts
I doubt the 130 HP version had too much done on the engine and gearbox
The 160 HP Evo was at least 5X the price
It's like 18 years ago and a lot of the data is now being lost
If anyone wants to follow the tried and tested route it might be useful to document as much as possible.
A lot of the expensive Evo is known, one was up for sale with 54 quality photos