When buying a SR or RB to swap into your car, what should you do to see if all parts are good?

Like someone posted about the turbo gasket needed to be replaced a few times. Could you replace all gaskets and make sure everything is flush and lined up so none of this happens after the swap?

What are some of the parts that would be good to replace? Gaskets, thermostat, spark plugs,...?

 

basically u need to give the motor a tune up while its still out of the car.

The more $ you have the more parts you can change.

 

So like all the gaskets, belts, fluids (obviously because there shouldn't be any in the engine).

Anything else worth trying to replace.

 

if you have the $ get a Metal head gasket and change the downpipe, oil lines, etc.

You dont have to change some of the parts but new parts are always good to have.

 

Well I figure if I am going to have the engine out and make this my project car I might as well make some of the older parts new so it works and lasts longer.

 

Then replace everything that is a wear a tear item.

If you plan on boosting high, maybe forged rods and pistons, and stronger head studs. Reinforce the block (sleeves), maybe change your valve springs to titanium...

Mmmm.

This is probably what I'm going to do, but considering all that work, I'm going KA-T.

 

Right now I am going to keep it to 300 HP so I am going to hold off on the internals. When I get more HP I will get all those goodies.

How about things like water pump and all the different tubes?

 

Well depending on how much you're boosting to get 300hp, you might be pushing it some.

It's a good idea to have things that tend to go bad after X amount of miles changed, like the Timing Chain or Water Pump, but if it's still good, or it isn't anywhere near 90k or so, then you don't have to change it.