With my 98 about 300 miles short of 200K I am looking to buy a low milage engine and do a rebuild as well. In my case I have no intentions of going "all out" but I will be doing some affordable upgrades. My question is what is a reasonable route in a mild upgrade? I hope that this is not thread jacking.
My thoughts for improvement rest mainly around upgrades to the head. I want to have it shave to bump up the compression. From the the discussions here before I believe that between .030 and .040 would give me the best results for a daily driver. I will also be having the valves done but I am not quite sure exactly what to have done with them past a normal 3 angle valve job. I will not be doing anything to the cams or cam gears.
As far as the block: I have no idea what I could do in there that would net me affordable gains yet allow for daily driving. When I mean daily driving I mean about 500-600 miles a week. I could of course have everything very well balanced when they are replaced. I am really not sure that a much bigger bore will do a whole lot for me.
So in short I will be doing an upgrade that is intended to provide me with a very efficient engine with a mild bump in power. My car is an ATX so keep that in mind with suggestion. If you guys have so direction please let me know.
