Take my advice from a guy who rushed to meet a deadline on his car...
If it is not a life and death emergency to get it running by a certain date, don't be dsappointed and don't cut corners to get this thing running by time your school starts. Although you want to show it off the first day of school, patience is key. Everyone will be self-obsessing about themselves and how they look or what they have new and will want everyone else to acknowledge that first. If I were you, I'd take my time on your project and that first day of school when you don't have your car, dont' sweat it. Just go up to the first hot girl you see that you know changed her looks over the summer and remark about how you like the new "hair, clothes, piercing, etc" on her and start the year off right, then the next week or two when things die down, blow off everyone's doors when you come into the parking lot with your *insert standout turbo feature here* to get everyone's attention.
That is how a pimp would do it.
