[Thor06]

Not sure on how much power I will be aiming for so I figured I would go big so I wont have to replace them later. I'm kinda between a rock and a hard place right now, I have the head off and going to the machine shop tomorrow and its oh so easy to just pull and rebuild the bottom end now. Steve said compression was 150+ before the headgasket went so I was just going to plane the head and put it back. Well, I figured I'd do a vavle job since its out and the machining stuff is starting to rack up. On the stock bottom end I was shooting for at very least 350, probably closer to 375-400+ but I wouldnt shoot for much more than that. If I were to go through the trouble of rebuilding the bottom end I would either go 1g rods/2g pistons or 2.3 stroker. In the case of the 2.0 1g rods and 2g pistons, I'd probably be shooting for more like 450 tops and if I were to go stroker, I'd probably shoot for 500-550 (and a bit better than a 11.5 sec 1/4). Right now, I think I am going to get the head rebuild and put the bitch back on the car without hooking up as much as possible, check the compression, and decide from there.