So as I said in a previous thread of mine, I got angry at the noise from the engine that I couldnt find so i just yanked the motor and tore it completely down. The plan is to freshen it up, it did after all have 185k miles on it, but while its down are there any improvements I can make to gain some power and torque. It already has the complete PI swap. It is a stock bottom end from a 96 GT. Thanks for the advice. Btw I have a budget of around 2000, where about 1100 is taken up by the rebuild kit and the machine work, so that doesnt leave that much more to mess around with, but just trying to get some ideas.