If you want to go all motor, during you rebuild definately put in some high compression pistons. If you are looking for a fun to drive car, go higher compression (maybe 10.5:1...) Put in some cams, get all the bolt ons and go. UDP, header, high flow cat, cat-back, intake, porting and polishing (might as well do a little on the head while the motor is part), a good clutch for it all, and then upgrade your suspension and have fun driving around.

If you are going to go turbo, definately do some research. Read up on how it works and how to tune it.

Either way you go, chances are you will become addicted to power ;) and want more. In which case you will need to know how to tune the car. If you want a fun car you can get the work done by somebody. But if you want a really fast car I suggest doing a lot of the work yourself. Know how the car is put together, and be ready to fix it when something goes wrong.

1997 Eclipse RS (in winter slumber for head gasket repair and other projects)

He who knows men is clever; He who knows himself has insight.
He who conquers men has force; He who conquers himself is truly strong.
-Lao Tzu

Injen CAI, AFX 55mm TB, P&P Intake Manifold, Crower Stage 2 Cams, Hooker Header, GS-T Muffler, AFX UDP, Apexi S-AFC