well sorry bout letting you down, if i brought the exact same car recently i definately would of kept the original paint job bu as a first car i was soo eager just to muck around with it and what not.
as for the engine i had been looking for a veeery long time trying to find a 4g37 but they are so rare nowadays and if i brought 1 through dodsons it would of made a massive dent in my bank account where as the 4g32bt popped up for only $100 which was a steal for the condition. Im stripping it down within the next few weeks and gonna be cleaning it up, replacing all the gaskets, seals, cambelt and tensioner and flick a new coat on all the parts. was thinking a black theme with the rocker cover and turbo powder coated in either fluorescent orange or pink.
cheers for the extra info, all is appreciated. was planning on putting either a tc06 or td04 .
thanks