( understand i'm not a pro so correct me if this is contrary or just if you feel like it )

was lined up against a subaru at the lights ( heh this is half a year before my head gasket problems and subsequent power gain. dunno what'd happen these days ) - loaded up the trans and let it go. the subaru kept a little behind me all the way. started catching up at the higher speeds but mine was an auto and i really messed my quasi-manual shifting ( *sigh* ). anyways, my round-about point is that in the takeoff i had the guy. supras arent *too* heavy for this shit, and if you're not depending on the turbo for half of your power ...

Yes, but with a shroud around it.

Hrm...
 

I need to change piston rings on my N/A. I think I will stay N/A. I have invested some money in my car, but all exteriorwise and suspensionwise, and rimswise.. heh. If I'm gonna spend money on an engine, it has to be on ONE engine. So if I spend even the most little amount of money on an engine, I don't want it to be an engine I wont use later. This is my ONLY car, and daily driver.. so I'm not gonna go turbo. Not for now... maybe in a year or more, when I get another car, newer, to drive daily, and this is just for kicking ass on the weekends.

Since I'll have the engine opened up... I was thinking of doing a few mods. First I wanna go manual tranny. I'm already looking for the parts. All my previous cars have been manual, I like manual. plus, I've heard that the 7M-GE manual is smoother than the 7M-GTE, heh, that's actually good! ...

I was thinking of going with those OBX headers that I once saw people discussing on this same forums. That, and an improved aftermarket air filter... should I do the air filter pipe too? Which one is good? Can someone give me a link or something? Remember I'll be N/A.

I already did the 2.5" exhaust, with two resonators and a crappy muffler. I think the downpipe is stock, does this affect in anyway?

Besides the headers I want, and the air filter, the other upgrade I wanna do is the ignition. I've seen sone MSD units, and MSD 8.5mm cables, and Iridium spark plugs, in 935motorsports... they make it sound as if it improves fuel economy, throttle response, and pretty much everything. Is this true? If it is, and if I'm stay N/A, I can afford to do this few little BPU's (less money than getting turbo engine and turbo tranny).

I just want the car to move "nicely", ya know... not incredibly fast or anything, but not as slow as my mom's Daihatsu Terios and it's 1.3 liter engine.

Can someone point me to somewhere where they sell a TOYOTA seals/gaskets kit for the engine rebuild?? (online store!) .. and if someone has a link for any of the other stuff I mentioned that I want, that'd be awesome. Thanks.. :)