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From what I know about my car and motor, it was purpose built to autoX and I'm guessing that the motor was a cheater. The T cam was kept to make it appear as a T, yet it had as much power as the Es (that I believe were in a higher autoX class). The compression bump would be tough for anyone to figure out.

Intended use should be the driving force behind your mods. As you said, Ps and Cs are getting expensive and if you're talking about cams, MFI changes, etc...you might consider building up a 2.7RS spec. I'm going a step further than that and planning on a 2.8L (need to stay within race classes). For less than the cost of any of the rebuilds, you could buy a nice 3.0 or 3.2 that someone is ditching for a 3.6. And of course, there's always the 3.6 conversion.