I cant wait either. The cylinder head was stock. Its now getting a lancerman ported head. been massaging it for last two days. Found a really creamy never cut head. Getting super tech undercut intake valves and fresh set of evo 8 exhaust valves. Also gonna install some GSC beehive springs. I suspect valves may have floated at 7500rpm. Plus I may want to try some more aggressive cams once its all dialed in right.

I dont believe money spent on good bearings is really worth it. bearings run on oil film 99% of their life. its that 1% when there is crank contact that a good or bad bearing may make a difference. But from what I have seen, like the dry start problem, there is no better bearing. They will all emerge scored like pics above. so do you want a 20 dollar scored bearing or a 60 dollar scored bearing? Any bearing that has a soft babbit for first coating works for me. its that soft layer that can absorb any small small particles that would other wise score crank with a hard bearing. When money is not an issue I like the ACL race bearings.

car has only been on dyno twice and track I think three times. kinda bashful in those areas. daily driven hard though. fun car..

All drop in pistons are pretty good if block is prepped correctly. Most people make mistake of using too heavy grit hone and then not cleaning bores correctly. you are better off not touching bores and just drop them in literally.