it is better practice and piece of mind to put new ones in still. clevites are cheap and much cheaper insurance. have you heard the engine run before? hone the cylinder walls too.
also if its a jdm engine you might want to trow plastigauge and see if any were out of clearance and possibly knocking. a lot of jdm engines either have rod knock or a bhg.
if your decking the block you might as well just put new bearings in.
those peopel with that amount of miles without a bhg are like .2% of produced mk3s. valve covers wont help detonation and venting a bov only makes you run rich when let off the gas.
for the first year i had this car i could only get 12.5 and thats it from empty. one day i got 15.5 and now all i get is around 13. my old n/a i could get 16 everytime go figure. but i know my needle is off on this car.
i thought our gas tanks were only a 16.5 gal capicity and the mk4s were...
both good motors. you just have to bang the firewall a tad for the rear turbo to fit on a 2jz. 1jz's have smaller turbos so its not a problem. or you go 2jz with a single.
your going down the cheap route which never ends good. save and do it right. a stock hg shouldnt(not that it hasnt been done) be pushed much over 300hp. having a free flowing exhaust is not going to save you from getting a bhg. if you run too much boost and get the motor hot and blow out the...
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