Full race is nice and all, but unless you have deep pockets and alot of free time its hard to keep up on all the events/races and compete at all of them, and If you do go Full drag, that would be the point right, gotta grab those sponsers up, but I myself am still in the street car era. theres just something about a 9sec street car that makes me wanna hump my own leg I would choose between the 35R and the GT40R, the 35 would be a NICE setup and get you in the 9's no prob, with the GT40R you may have some issues with spool-up(not saying you cant) but all in all I would like to see you get the GT35R/40R, it also wieghts 5lbs less than the GT40R too, shit the GT40R is heavier than the GT42R,

My final thoughts, I would go with a GT35R/40R get a nice .82 or even the 1.06 A/R Turbine and get a killer V-Band Turbine housing(YUMMY ) supports 600+WHP all day long enough to run 9's..