yeah its definitely not perfect, but its good enough by my standards. the coilovers i have on my car now will be going on the car, cut springs will be in the garbabe, bushings could be fun to install, never done it before but i will take your advice and replace them. i guess polyurethane is the route to go here for bushings? i also have greddy evo2 full catback which will go on the car.

as far as the comp test, i plan on bringing down the gauge when i go to pick it up. i expect really good results, because the engine accelerated really really smoothly especially with its age, and (from what i know) the supercharger installed in there (jackson racing) is supposed to have really low on the engine (in comparison with turbo)

so in sum, lets assume its at least up to spec compression, requires no maintainance, and no cost out of pocket on replacing parts.

thanks for the advice.