So I picked up the car from the mechanic on last week and got the title situation taken care of. It's been 10 years since I've driven a manual and trying to get back in the groove of things.
As I mentioned earlier, I don't take the staged approach. All I know is Stage 0 and faster..lol. My main focus is longevity and going faster staying within those confines, so I'm not focusing on any go fast parts now. I'm looking at getting the kinks out of the car but that gets me stuck at a crossroad. The car has 96190 miles on it, so I don't know if I should rebuild or refresh. I mean, there are some rebuild elements that I want to do, such as replace the crankshaft, bearings, refresh OEM rods, and add either Mahle or Cosworth pistons, while replacing the gaskets, tubing, and the such but the question is do I need to right now.
Something else is the interior was not well maintained. There are tabs and nobs that will need to be replaced, looking into getting the windshield replaced with a Carlex version, remove the crappy tint, and hopefully move to the all black interior (while keeping the brick red in place).
Something else that I'm wanting to do is have my shocks sent back to Bilstein to be refurbished and my springs replaced with GT Pinks.
It's dark out now, so I'm getting up in the morning to take pictures of the mounting work that needs to be done.