Engine Rebuilding... a couple questions

[Thor06]

Wow, thanks guys. I have searched and read for a long time and didnt even get close to that much useful info, thanks to all contributing members.

I have thought a lot about the tune. I am definately planning on having link and a few guages to keep an eye on shit from the time it first starts up. Think I should just run it on the stock tune from the get go, or is there a baseline tune I should use instead?

Thanks for clearing up the vac pull thing for me. So after the vac pulls do you guys just drive it like normal?

Whew, I am excited for this build. This poor car isnt going to fucking get done until about the summer I get out of school (I am a freshman now) but its going to be a fun road there. As much as I want to do this myself, I am starting to get nervous and if she blows again its either getting parked for a very long time or parted so I may have to just get it professionally done. I still gotta get the bitch out of the donor car though.