What would you do??

[Darren93]

if you had $2000 to spend on your motor right now? The reason Im asking, is that I just got some money and I have $2000 of free money to spend on my motor. I want to stay naturally aspirated and still have it reliable and use it as my DD. She has 170k on her already, so I am thinking a rebuild, with higher comp pistons and mild head work? Though that could easily go over the $2000 mark. What would YOU do?

[crashandburn930]

if you had $2000 to spend on your motor right now? The reason Im asking, is that I just got some money and I have $2000 of free money to spend on my motor. I want to stay naturally aspirated and still have it reliable and use it as my DD. She has 170k on her already, so I am thinking a rebuild, with higher comp pistons and mild head work? Though that could easily go over the $2000 mark. What would YOU do?

h22 spray. find a cheap low mileage h22 swap and put some nitrous to it. i have 1100 into my 90 ex 2 dr h22 and my spray setup is almost complete. a couple hundred more and im done.

[wed3k]

deck, 85.5mm 11:1 compression pistons...
new gaskets
rebuilt head
Delta 272
H23 manifold

thats pretty much it, pistons will be your enemy in terms of budget.

[Darren93]

Thats about what I was thinking as well.

Not exactly those exact parts but very similiar.

I have a spare cylinder head, which is a low mileage stock F22a1 head. I'll probably take it into a local shop here, and have them clean it up and replace the valvetrain with OEM parts.

[Darren93]

h22 spray. find a cheap low mileage h22 swap and put some nitrous to it. i have 1100 into my 90 ex 2 dr h22 and my spray setup is almost complete. a couple hundred more and im done.

Thanks for the idea...I have been tossing around the idea of swapping in an H22, but I just really dig the F22. Nitrous won't be used. I have no need for it. The car will be used for weekend autox events as well as daily driving.

[wed3k]

Thats about what I was thinking as well.

Not exactly those exact parts but very similiar.

I have a spare cylinder head, which is a low mileage stock F22a1 head. I'll probably take it into a local shop here, and have them clean it up and replace the valvetrain with OEM parts.

just reuse the old oem stuff, i rebuild them with the oem valves all the time as long as there is enough margain on the valves. ask them how much extra to backcut the valves and run a thinner 45 degree seat. like .040 and .050 wide.

you'll get a lot of high lift flow.

[Darren93]

will do. I found a shop here in town that has good reviews and a few of my old friends have used this place before.

[Joey GT-R]

I would definitely go with the Bisi 12:1 Pistons and Rods combo as well as is Ceramic Coated Stainless Steel Header. That should be right at $2000 Don't worry about labor if you have a decent shop they will let you make payments on the build til it's paid in full. But with those parts right there you got a good 40whp coming your way. Perhaps more.

[visualpoet]

Head work (maybe a cam)
Bisimoto Header
Cat-back.
A6/H23 IM with SRI.

[wed3k]

I would definitely go with the Bisi 12:1 Pistons and Rods combo as well as is Ceramic Coated Stainless Steel Header. That should be right at $2000 Don't worry about labor if you have a decent shop they will let you make payments on the build til it's paid in full. But with those parts right there you got a good 40whp coming your way. Perhaps more.

you're going to add compression and run it with a stock cam?

[blazedealh91]

new head gasket and boost it
run low boost to be safe
i would say do a dsm set up and you should be good
even just do a h23 im they can be found cheap
headers
full cat system