Bought My First E30! Any Advice? Upgrades?

[Farintosh]

Progress!
Finally managed to get into the engine and change some parts.
Replaced timing belt, alternator (rebuilt and new belt), power steering belt, water pump, thermostat, distributor cap and rotor, spark plugs, camshaft seals, wheels and some other small things.
Waiting on a few more "while your in there" parts before I start putting everything back together.

The coolant plug on the engine is pretty much in the worst spot possible...


Trying to stay organized...


Current state. Tempted to take out the A/C while I wait as it no longer works.


Radiator... should I take it in to get fixed or buy a new one? If so where (right-side overflow, automatic)


Have to say everything went a lot smoother than I had envisioned. This is my first time ever working on a car really, loving it and learning a lot!

Anything else I should worry about while I'm at it?

[Farintosh]

Thanks for the advice! took you up on it and bought a new rad.
Also got the alternator rebuilt as it was on it's last legs. Sand blasted some other parts as well.
Decided to adjust the valve's and change the gasket and rocker shaft plugs before I put everything back together as well.
Got the some new performance tires to throw on my spare rims, no pictures but I can't wait to ditch the bottle caps for these tsw basket weaves (pictures soon).
School tomorrow (grade 12 :() but I'll try my best to get some time in; can't wait any longer!
and yes... I often wish I had a manual, one day, one day.

Amazing what some sandblasting will do.

New Rad!

Adjustments all done.

My work space.


More to come!

[Farintosh]

Everything's almost back together again now.

Tomorrow just filling up coolant and ATF, changing wheels, putting in new spark plugs and taking off the hardtop :

[Farintosh]

She's alive!

Can't believe the difference; idles smoother and revs higher. Lots more umph in general.
Really like how the rims look too.
Just have to deal with this rattling now, haven't found any clear indicators on the cause yet.
After that I'm not sure what I'll occupy myself with, especially with school winding down.

[Farintosh]

Finally got the top down! Feels awesome. After an utterly necessary wash I'll fix up the few little things the have been frustrating me and start looking at the muffler and brakes.