As title in a nutshell, I have a Veccie C 1.9 CDTi 150. Which is pretty much standard, I have changed wheels and brakes but otheriwse all standard kit.

The veccie is good as it gives good performance and decent MPG, as I travel at least 50 miles a day for my job, but I wanted something with a bit more grunt, so to speak.

I have considered spending 2k on something like an old Mitsubishi 3000, just for some fun weekend driving, but then I couldn't help but think that with the likely associated costs to doing that, more maintenance, tax, insurance etc, it may be better to spend the same money making my Veccie somewhat quicker and more fun to drive. I can stand to lose a bit of MPG out of it, so just wondered what options were and how best to improve performance safely for around 2k? This is purely performance improvements I am looking for in terms of BHP/Torque improvements etc.

Any suggestions from anyone? What would be the best mods and any sort of idea on what I could expect back at the end of it?

Cheers