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As a little back story, I picked up this 1998 Metro 5 speed 3 cylinder in Superior, Wisconsin, for 300. Put in rear wheel bearings, drums, shoes, hardware, and axle nuts. Changed plugs (NGK G Power Platinum), wires (house brand O'Reilly OMNISpark), cap, rotor. Oil changes to conventional house brand 5W-30 with housebrand filter, to housebrand 10W-30 synthetic (Valvoline blend) with housebrand filter. Changed out manual transmission gear oil conventional 80W-90, air filter, fuel pressure regulator, coolant temperature sensor, and added coolant fan switch (since coolant fan was not working), thermostat, coolant refill and flush (no cleaning though), timing belt and tensioner.

Check front brakes, no huge amount of abnormal wear. Fuel filter cannot be changed as it is integral to the fuel pump/fuel sending unit inside of the tank/not even put on at factory.

Vehicle appears to have been rolled in an accident; doors leak, doors, roof, fenders, hood are severely dented. Trim is missing, passenger mirror is missing.

Control arm mounts are rusted badly, but not badly enough to warrant a new shell. New welding will be done soon. Driver side floor pan has hole. Rear driver wheel well has hole. No rear interior, no carpeting. Speakers, well, suck.

Given that the shell is in, well, complete disrepair, I'll be focusing solely on engine, transmission, weight, exhaust, tuning, and slight modification to outside of the vehicle. It is apparent that the body of the car will not make receive any rewards for "Most Aerodynamic" on the salt flats, but it just might make a good DD upwards of 60 MPG normal driving. But things need to be fixed first.

Engine:
Connecting Rod Bearings: Knocking will be replaced soon.
Burned Exhaust Valve: Cylinder 3. Will be replacing within a year with 3 Tech SS Exhaust Valves which should increase fuel mileage significantly. As a side note, the catalytic may need to get replaced as well given the longevity of running with a burned exhaust valve dumping fuel into the the exhaust system. Cats don't like gas.
Camshaft: Replaced with 3 Tech Camshaft; unbeknownst as to Eco/Perf grind as future plans.
Cylinder Head: 3/5 angle valve job: Larger exhaust ports, smoothed intake ports.
Exhaust: Header, port matched/smoothed downpipe
Transmission: Full Synthetic Gear Oil as recommended
Ignition: Currently using platinum NGK BPR6EGP spark plugs, will be eventually switching to NGK Iridium at a specified spark plug gap that depends on AFR, timing, and heat ranges. Distributor, cap, and rotor will remain relatively the same. Spark plug wires, coil lead wire, will be upgraded to 8/8.8MM MSD/ACCEL wires. Coil will be upgraded as well with aftermarket ACCEL or MSD.
Fuel: Fuel will be adjusted accordingly as per WBO2 sensor, WBO2 gauge, via a piggy back system. 14.7:1 is perfect, 16.:1 is ideal for lean burn.