Hahah +1 for you my friend.

Get some boltons + conservative tune and keep the boost under 25 psi.

Make sure you have some cash laying around just incase you need a rebuild.

 

QFT. I would suggest the same.

 

its NOW! or never
lol, do it!

good luck

 

Like CAD EVO said above, keep the boost under 25psi, and I'd suggest reducing the rev limiter (to maybe 7K), and ask your tuner to keep torque in check (to maybe a max of 350).

Still got a lot of miles left on that motor/car. Treat it right, maintain it well, and it will serve you faithfully.

 

Yes sir, I would do the exact same thing. Send the whole drivetrain off (Jacks, TRE, or Shep), and the suspension would have to up to par as well.

 

not at all, you should start with Pistons, Rings, Rods, Bearings...well I think you get the picture.

 

honestly, at the mileage you have NO reason not to build the motor. In a sense its and investment for the future. Send the block in (while its in tact) as a core, and get yourself an inexpensive build. For instance, jackstransmissions.com has really cheap options for building your motor. If i was in your shoes, that is absolutely the route i would take.

 

Go for it Man
Just make sure all the maintenance is up to date, and then start with the basics.

 

can't imagine how much it will cost to do all that

 

Yeah I mean The tc rebuild alone is about $1500

 

If it was me I would just start building the 2.4L. But I will be doing that will less than 100k amyways

 

i would say to go for it!!

 

Buddy of mine has a 90 front drive dsm with over 100k on the stock engine. Its got some giant *** turbo and dynoed 500 or more. Its all in maint and how you treat the thing.