Ebay is a good place to buy new and used parts from. X2 on tearing the motor apart first to get that all taken care of. Performance wise, an aftermarket pipe, and UNI air filter should waken it up a little bit. If you want to go farther and end up having to replace the piston and rings get a hi compression piston, 10.25 should be good and you wont have to run race gas, however you will have to run premium (91-93 octane), that alone will add a good amount of power if you have an aftermarket air filter and exhaust, if you want to go even farther, you can go to this website http://www.webcamshafts.com/index_bl...le_search.html and get an aftermarket camshaft, and heavy duty valve springs, that will also waken it up substantially. If you want to go even FARTHER then talk to shortline on the forums and he can port your head for you.
Hope this helps.
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