While you have the interior out, upgrade the fuel pump..
Does you city use salt for snow removal? Otherwise, I wouldn't add the extra weight. Just keep it clean.
The places around here that soda-blast charge about 100/bag. If you are gonna keep the same color, just have it scuffed up and shoot it with a good epoxy primer (after you get the suspension the way you like)
Do you have emissions testing that won't let you 'clean up' you intake tract?
Pull off ALL THAT MUFFLER SYSTEM FOR THE AIR CLEANER! It's about 4-5lbs of crap. SEE that 'tube' over your radiator? People lean on it and if it's a plastic tank, they crack it ruining the radiator!
I wanted to make a ram-air setup with a small scoop in the hood that feeds directly to the T/B (taking off the lid of the air chamber that is.) But I'm going to an engine swap later. I took everything off up to the air chamber at the T/B.
On mine, I used a whole rear suspension (with cables) from a 90 teg 4dr and it basically bolted in. But I had to use the civ's LCA's.
I also have a cluster with tach if needed for sale.
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