[DBMajik]

Originally Posted by xveganxcowboyx

$200 with head, intake mani, TB, Fuel rail and injectors, 90 oil pump housing, etc...


I'd love to go with better rods and pistons, but I'm on a budget here and accepting it will have to be pretty basic. Most gaskets will be replaced with mitsu stuff. I'm planning on TRI-Metal bearings in the bottom end, APR head studs up top, new main studs. Even if I had the $$$ to do the rods and pistons I don't know whether the cylinders were bored. I dunno. This is a lot to tackle without having planned on it and I'm a bit overwhelmed.

This is a spare block right? Just accumulate parts. After all, you don't need it this second. And while you're replacing those bearings, check out the cylinder walls. You just might need to get it bored anyway. I'm not sayin to buy forged pistons or anything, but I'd take mitsu oem over topline any day.