money's too tight right, what with all thats going on in my life.. i need to hold off for a bit.. shouldn't be more than 2 months before i start back on this. thanks for all the support and advice. i'll be back to continue this thread when i get back.

yea.. apparently there's only ONE machine shop on island.. and this it really all i need done: (copy&pasted from a msg to the shop i sent on facebook)for the block: Hot tanked and inspected, Bored to spec, Torque plate honed, Mating surface decked, Manley platinum series, Eagle forged...

So.. it's been a super long time since I was last active here and I'm back to seek advice. Lots of drama and a super long story short, I wound up entrusting a family friend to rebuild my engine. 7 months later, of all the parts I bought, he "only installed the parts that needed to be...

for now, im just building the motor to be tougher.. tough enough to beat on daily.. until the day i can afford the new turbo and all that fun stuff. after my engine is rebuilt, i plan on starting work on my trans, suspension and elimination all the little rust spots before they get worse.

good point. though my ultimate goal for the car is to build a dd/road racer, my plans have to go on hold. so for the time being, im building the motor to just be tougher and able to handle higher horsepower when time and money permits. i would love to just get rid of this car and buy another...

haha.. im such a noob to dsm. i was unaware that i have a 6bolt.. i thought that since i have a 2gb it was a 7bolt.

you're absolutely right.. and i did think of doing that. its going to cost somewhere around $2,500. im putting all this work into my car due to just needing transportation and through all of this i've grown attached to this car. after rebuilding my engine i have to really focus on the body rust...

so im just going to end up with a really expensive stock rebuild with no gain whatsoever ? what build path would you advise?... worth while mods and in what order?

It's been a while since I've posted here. So here's my update: my car's been giving me a ton of weird issues and as unreliable as it's been, II decided to rebuild the engine. I've never rebuilt an engine before. I'm honestly just rebuilding my engine to make my car reliable and a touch more...

It's been a while since I've posted here. So here's my update: my car's been giving me a ton of weird issues and as unreliable as it's been, iI decided to rebuild the engine. I've never rebuilt an engine before. I'm honestly just rebuilding my engine to make my car reliable and a touch more...

so... i can run this manifold until i save up for evoIII turbo and supporting mods? earlier on in this thread i posted my rebuild parts, are those good parts? and thank you so much for linking me, im sure i'll get this manifold as long as i can run this stock while saving up for the evoIII turbo...

Unsure if a thread revival is good or bad.. at least I used search to find a topic pertaining to my current build? :coy:And about that EvoIII turbo.. by "DSM flanged", you mean that it will fit any stock DSM manifold? Are there any "high performance" DSM manifolds on the market for a...

is that really all you need? all of that is essentially "plug n play"?

Not to thread jack, but, is the evo3 turbo a t3 flange? my engine is being rebuilt.. slowly but surely. when going for that turbo, 560cc injectors, fmic, walbro 255, ECM Link and exhaust/turbo manifold, what brands would you recommend and is that all i need? the other list of parts im installing...