I recently bought a 1990 acura Integra, its body is in perfect condition (2 owners and garage kept) and the engines clean enough to eat off. Interior is also in near perfect condition.. I want to make the car really nice but I have no clue where to start..

The guy I bought it off had a turbo engine that he pulled prior to selling, he stuck a b18b1 engine in it. Also it has a short shifter, 3" magnaflow exhaust from the headers back, aftermarket fuel rail, cold air intake, power steering and a/c removed, also he said it has a bigger fuel pump. He also said the new engine has around 6k miles on it, the car has total 148k.

 

is there a question in there somewhere?

 

Hah yea... Where should I start to make it better? New to working on cars so I am not quite sure where to begin..

 

Kind of depends on what you mean by "better", better how?

What are you going to use the car for?
What kind of buget?

Is there anything the car needs now, tire, brakes or any other maintenance items?

A few pics would also help. 94

 

Ill get some pics soon, the car will have all new rotors, breaks, struts, oil change, and other small items this weekend. Winters coming and its usually shitty here so I am waiting until Feb to put on new tires and rims... Budgets not really restricting, I have a decent income.

By better I mean I want to all around improve the car.. I live in a college town where a lot of kids buy WRX's and leave them stock and drive like douchebags.. I want something that will at least beat that but I wanna build it not buy it.