Which To Do? Options

[GuYun14]

What’s up fellow 6gc Celica enthusiast,

I just need some advice, tips, opinions, ideas, on what I want to do this next summer before I head out to school. I have a 1998 Celica GT which is unfortunately an auto. I only have next summer to work on my car so here’s what I have in mind at the moment:

•Suspension - since I do want try autocross this summer. I have Eibach springs with KYB struts, TRD front strut brace, OEM rear strut brace right now.
•Cams upgrade - since I do want a little power increase but don’t know how hard the install is.
•Body work - because the car does have a few ding and scratches here and there. And either new paint or plastdip
•Auto to manual swap – because manual.
•Engine swap – more powah! But maybe not in my price range.

Now know that I have no experience with any of these except suspension work. So, in the timeframe I have, what’s the most viable project to get done? Your opinions will very much be appreciated.

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Everything will cost money.

My suspension: spring/struts were $300, coilovers were $900, twosrus endlinks were $80 (rears), rear strut bar was $70. If buying new, prepare to spend for good combo.

Forget cams for the 5sfe, save for a swap along with the manual swap. My swap was $1000 with everything needed to run. Well, I got lucky here.

As for bodywork, my car was from Georgia. ****ty body with dings, dents, and the whole ****z but I'll be working on the suspension for auto-x so I don't care.