def replace all gaskets, hoses etc before you throw motor in. saves you from doing it 2 yrs later like i did this past winter

 

did some work yesterday, unloaded my car with all the parts into my new storage unit... pulled the valve cover to check out the internals some; everything looks brand new pretty much no scarring or anything... there is a little bit of surface rust on the cams near the top you can notice in the last picture, im sure its from sitting for like a year.. anyone know the best way to remove the rust witout compromising the integrity of the camshaft?

also removed the turbo elbow to make room for the new one im putting on and removed the bolts from the intake manifold and exhaust manifold to make rom for the new seals... noticed my driver side motor mount was torn so i took them off as well so i can replace them.

ordering my gaskets and turbo elbow today most likely... and hopefully this guy will pm me back about the arp headstuds. from what ive heard im going to use a stock head gasket and see how that works out, shouldnt be too bad i hope.

 

deff excited about this build, larry im always down to come help!

 

let me know if you want some oem headstuds still in the packaging. i think i may have a cometic head gasket somewhere too.

 

and for the surface rust.. wd40 and emery cloth. wrap the lobe with the cloth then put a shoelace around the cloth. pull back and forth on shoelace and it will go back and forth around the lobe. make sure you go in the rotation of the cam, no circles.

 

ordered all my gaskets and rocker arm stoppers thursday, hopefully they get here soon so i can start this shindig haha.

im debating on just getting new cams as well

 

I wouldn't recommend cams with a stock turbo/intake manifold set up. You'll get a lot more response and midrange if you stick with the stockers. If you end up going with a larger turbo (GT2871/GT30) then you should get some cams for sure.

 

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I am not certain about that. If the RWD sr20det responds anything like the fwd sr20det to BC stage 2 cams (which I am pretty sure they will), you will have power just about everywhere except below 3k.

I can bring up a CAM test shootout if you wanna see dyno numbers.

It seems as far as bang for the buck is concerned, a $2-400 set of BC stage 2 cams can net you upwards of 20-30 hp on a bolt on sr20det, without any changes in anything else (same boost level, no tuning, etc). Just drop right in!!

 

a GTI-R sr20det, has a much better turbo than a stock s13 sr.

 

not really, its a tad larger but its still journal bearing, its better but i wouldn't say much better