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Very sound advice croustibat but let me clarify some things..first of all i traded some extra car parts i had for the head gasket job on this sr20 car i had just bought which was a mistake since i could have avoided a lot of trouble by doing it myself..he did a crappy job and didnt torque things right but besides all that he managed to break the rear seal housing and just slapped some rtv on it..the oil was changed but he didnt do the filter..he then drove it up to redline to "test it out" on his way to meet me and spun the bearing..so i already have a brand new oil pump just in case and a rear seal housing on the way and apexi metal head gasket plus the crank-bearing kit and xtra rod and some acl race bearings i bought by mistake and the motor has a rebuilt head with what looks like a tomei head package..im almost there but its frustrating and im not gona just throw all these parts in a box and buy another motor with cash i dont have that may or may not run good or last very long..i gotta learn sometime but i would really like to avoid learning the hard way thats why i bought new parts to eliminate the problems that caused the spun bearing and also why im asking all these questions instead of slapping it together like some people are telling me..i dont want to end up tearing the motor apart any sooner than i have to so im thinking rings and honing for sure to eliminate problems burning oil that could arise but will i need pistons?..the piston for the spun bearing was slapping the head slightly and is a lil shiny on the 2 sides from that but doesnt look worn or hurt just polished..im leaning towards new rods just so everything matches but i think i will remove the pistons and do some measuring and comparing with the new stock rod..o and obviously im going to put new oil in it and oil filter
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