Need adivce on what to get

[Evan3493]

so the t-belt broke cauging bent vavlus.. YAY and 1 piston murdered so atm i

have the engine pulled sitting in my garage. Now what are good aftermarget

pistons, valves, internals etc to buy that arent to costly but till see a perfermace

differnce when redone. My pockets arent deep nore are they light. it isent my

daily driver so i can take all the time in the world to just buy part by part if i

have to. thanks for any1s help.

 

[Clinical]

Without knowing where your car stands at the moment, I'll just assume it isn't far from stock.

Just find a 6bolt, rebuild it with stock internals (2g rods[the rods are the good things out of the 7bolt, right?]) Swap it, spend money on DSMLink, a good turbo, other supporting mods, a good tune.
As for head, find a new one or redo your current one. Crower springs/retainers will do you well.. I'd go with Kelford 272 cams.. Have the head machined/milled/surfaced. MLS Headgasket & ARP Hardware.

A stock 6bolt with ARP's in good condition will hold up to 400-450hp.
Don't really need beefy internals unless you're really shooting big.

If so I'd say one of my favorite combos is wiesco pistons / eagle rods.

 

[brandon1239]

no, find a 6 bolt motor, take the rods, use 2g pistons, and then new everything else. 6 bolt rods are the good ones. If you want a tough motor then get some JE pistons, ceramic coat the tops, put on teflon skirts, and some Eagle rods with a new crank. then do the valves 1mm over with some kelford 272 cams, new springs and retainers and whatever else you want to do.

 

[Evan3493]

im only shooting for 350 and the 6 bolt can i drop that right in or is there any little tweaks i will need to do because i normly had a 7bolt? my car is a 98 GST

 

[brandon1239]

Im not sure about everything you need for the full six bolt swap. but I know you can just use the 7 bolt motor you have, swap out the rods for the 6 bolt ones, and I think you need to machine them to fit the 2g pistons, but im not sure so i'd double check with someone else. a motor with the six bolt rods will put up with 500 hp so 350 will be no problem. I'm around there right now on a stock 6 bolt and i have no problems.