Well, with $2,500 your not going to make realible power on any car you choose, so you might as well keep it stock and leave it alone.
When ever you start modding ANY car you have to learn a few things... You have to pay to play and cheap, fast, realible... you can only pic two.
If you gonna do any GOOD mods on these cars (heads/cam or a turbo) you better have a tranny in the budget otherwise don't mess with something you ain't going to mod right. I don't mean to be an ass but i'm giving you the facts straight on the table. Take it or leave it.
I vote, leave it alone. Because I don't want to hear you whine when your tranny blows up, or you tune the car wrong and the motor blows up.
