So, I'm thinking in the next 10000-15000 miles, I might just have to rebuild my engine. Its starting to give me some alarming problems, and is approaching the 150k mark. Going to rip it completly apart, replace anything that needs to go, and try to get stuff running right.

My question is, does anyone that has dealt with ripping the 3.4L shitbucket V6 engines apart have any advice? Anything that would be a good idea to buy aftermarket rather than OEM? Anything I should/shouldn't replace, or a certian method to the madness of ripping shit apart and replacing it? As far as performance goes, if theres an aftermarket part that costs about the same as OEM, and is about the same reliability wise, then I'm all for it, otherwise i'm mainly concerned about making the car more dependable; but by all means, if you've got a good tip for the 'project', then share it.

And yes, I'm aware this probably isn't cost effective, but this'll be the first fuel injected engine I've rebuilt, and I want to learn.