I got my fuel pump rewire kit installed yesterday and finished assembling my short block. Now I just need to get a long block gasket kit, oil pump/front case, headstuds, headgasket, and all new t-belt components and that should take care of my long block. Then I will still have things to get like the turbo, exhaust, clutch, etc. Although I think I may just put a lot of the old stock parts back on...

I finally got the rusty ass strut towers all patched up. Now all I need to do is grind down the weld spatter, and paint it. I also got the new oem piston rings put on my pistons. Anyone know where the gap is supposed to go for each ring? And can anyone confirm that the cut part of the second ring faces up? That's how I understood it to work, so that's how I put them on. Just waiting on the king bearings...

Well my stock rebuild on a budget has turned into a money pit. I was expecting to spend maybe 1400 and have it done by the end of august. Wow was I wrong. So far I have put about 800 into machine work (see this thread), and about 350 in a few parts. I have the piston rings (how do I install these if they're oem? Just get a ring expander and pop them on or what?), and the oil jets (those just punch...

Well we got the motor out of the car, the transmission unbolted, and started dis assembly of the motor. Right now I'm trying to make up a parts list with a budget of $1500, which is turning out to be quite difficult. Heres some pics

I've saved my self a little money this summer for my motor rebuild that I have been planning on doing for a long time. My car currently has 148k miles on it, pretty rusty struts, and just a whole lot of things that need to be freshened up. This isn't going to be one of those all out engine builds, but rather a fresh start.... a clean, fresh start. I'm planning on doing a stock rebuild with arp studs...