I'm kind of doing it again with my pug at the moment but this time leaving the engine alone. Standard power is deffo the way to go, no worries about maintenance, things going wrong and it keeps the cost way way down!
This allows me to spend money on the more important things on the car such as brakes and suspension which I didn't really touch on the RST.
Saying that, I am very proud of the overall look I achieved with my RST. Bags of power but nice subtle style changes. And even under the bonnet I think it still looked relatively standard considering it had over 300bhp

which is something I always wanted to keep.... the CVH look lol.
Next project...... finish my kitchen tiles