[tonythetarga]

I bought a ‘99 that had an intermix. Ended up replacing the engine and did all the necessary updates before driving, and later selling the car.
A lot of the early liquid cooled cars are susceptible to cracked heads if overheated. If you’re looking for preventative measures, look at the water pump history. If there is no record of it being updated, then I’d replace it. New coolant as well, obviously.
Get a factory water pump only.
The other thing I’d suggest is to remove the front bumper cover and clean between the A/C condenser and the cooling radiators on both sides. You can only do this by removing the bumper cover. You will be amazed at the sand, leaves, cigarette filters and fluff that can get in there and reduce cooling capacity.
If you plan to do any DE’s then while you there, add the center radiator for increased capacity.