I posted in the general forums a couple of days before you did, basically the same exact question.
My post. And I got basically the same exact answers, except for the suggestion of doing basic bolt on style mods to gain a few HP out of it. That looks liket he route I'll be going, along with a few upgrades of parts that need to be replaced anyhow to make it seem newer and more comfortable. It's still a good car with only 56k on it right now. So I'll be keeping it till it completely dies.