lovely little car that mate. i have one which is basiclly an rs turbo under a base model shell. still has the std bumpers, no bodykit and is fun when some likely lad in a noisy corsa/saxo gets anihalated off the mark. when your premiums come down, id definitly go with either zetec on bike carbs or turbo it. in the meantime get the handling/brakes ect improved. 150hp in one of these is plenty tbh. rst rep is just that, not the real thing like you said. a sleeper is about as cool a thing you can do.