i recently aquired a 01 protege with a 1.6 lter 4 cylinder, it already has 18' rims low pro. tires and it has been lowered to reduce the wheel gap, along with black carbon tail lights and full body kit. definately and all show no go vehicle. now im lookin to add engine mods among other things, ive been told to look for the 2.0 liter engine and swap the engines out, should i look at doing that first or just start putting mods on the 1.6 liter? and if i should just start with the mods where do i start?

thanks for your help
chaos