I'd say gears (3.73 or 4.10) and exhaust should be the first mods, along with all the freebies. Then buy an E-Brock RPM intake and give her your performer, or work out some kind of deal where you two split the cost of the new intake.
.
------------------
1989 lx notch
89,000 miles
bolt-ons,stock heads/cam
60'- 2.07, 8.90@78, 13.93@99
[This message has been edited by TJR (edited 09-03-2001).]