Sound depends on how loud you wanna go, personally grab a 2.5 in. Exhaust with a magnaflow hi flow cat and your choice of resonator. CAI pipe is an easy install and shouldn't take more than 30 min.
You can find a used pipe just get a filter. After both of those go for a tune. You can search around but I believe unitronic stage 2 has the bigger boost.
Lightened pulleys, fly wheel and upgraded clutch would be a good start.
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