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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Makoto" data-source="post: 1497399" data-attributes="member: 21863">okay man, time for some hard talk. you need a beater. something to drive while the cobra is down.get a plan together, count the cost, and if the cost is within your means then execute it.your best bet is to reuse the engine you have and a good machine shop will be able to tell you if it needs to be bored or just honed.a shitty one will tell you "lets bore it to be safe". nah bro, you're supposed to KNOW not GUESS.this build will cost you 4K minimum if you do it right. find an old guy who doesn't drive or want to sell his car and offer him a grand for it. that's the best way to get a beater and stay the hell away from the  "why nots" if you want to just get your car back on the road.I put flat top pistons in my 99 rebuild and other than that its basically stock. sucker is fast as hell with power everywhere and i do not want to go boosted ever. those slugs were cheap from modmax racing. if you don't want to boost it ever then go with hypereutectic ones like I did. they're quieter and lighter but if a blower is in your future then obviously go that road while you're in there.the point is you need to know what you want  and have a plan before your car goes down or you'll never finish it.BTW the power level my car is at is absolutely perfect for the street and its essentially just a bolt on 99 build mechanically. i know you may think you want 600hp but you said budget and those things are not compatible. serious question: how many cars have you built and what is the highest hp sports car you've ever driven?</blockquote>