Originally Posted by Kingtal0n

it looks like every sr i ever took apart. main thing is roundness with hardware installed after any machine work.

on that note, i dont know of any machine shop thats ever given me back an sr20 i would assemble. I finally gave up after 10 years or so and just stick to stock longblocks, i put a cap on rwhp output around 350-380 and get 8~ years out of a stock longblock $1200.00 at that power level. If you want over 380 to the wheel use a 2jz or lsx, same deal, stock longblocks for 500-600rwhp are fine, the lsx being the cheapest option ($800 truck engine 5.3L from 04-06 is ideal).