[Wayne 962]

Hmm, sorry - been away for a couple of days.

Your stock 3-series is such a well-balanced car, you want to make sure you get good bang for your buck. The SC will give you power, but don't expect the engine to last to 300K with that thing bolted on there. You're basically trading engine life for power...

If you're not slipping the clutch right now, then you're going to waste more $$$ on the HP clutch kit. Plus, some of those kits will rattle your teeth loose, so make sure you can live with it.

Most people I know with lightened flywheels don't like them (after installing them). They tolerate them because they don't want to take them out, and they also don't want to admit they wasted their $$$. It changes the car completely, and makes driving in traffic very difficult. Think carefully about this one, or drive someone else's car with one in it. It also won't buy you too much performance increase (lightened flywheels do not inc HP).

Big sway bars and a PSS9 kit would be a fun addition, but unless you are planning on racing the thing, then I would simply go with Bilsteins at all four corners. Bump the springs up to Eibach (a bit stiffer), and you'll probably feel a good improvement. Stiffer bars will help stiffen out the car too...

Chip is good, intake and exhaust will give you tiny gains for signifiant investment. Doesn't your car already have vented rotors in the front?

My thoughts? Go with the suspension, and toss in a '95 3.0 M3 motor in there...

-Wayne