Y2KS4

I'm taking the engine out to replace head gaskets. A few other things I was planning on doing include:

valve cover gaskets
power steering hoses (it's been leaking)
upgrade clutch
machine heads 40-60 thousandths
belts?

Is there anything else that I ought to do while it's out?
Thanks.

donromani

Well, yeah. Everything. How much money do you have to spend?

bingS4

Stronger rods. As long as everything is apart, put in stronger rods and that'll allow you to add really big powa later on.

S4incter

This all depends on your miles... but,

Motor mounts
Turbos
Snub mount
Timing service kit
Starters are a PITA, i'm doing a new one with my engine pull
Engine "O" ring kit

MikekiM@PureMS

Yikes, if you're going to go through that much work there'a a long list of stuff that should be changed..

Head gasket
Head bolts
Valve cover gasket
Cam tensioner seals
Cam seals
Cam plugs
Exhaust Manifold gasket
intake manifold gasket
valve stem seals
downpipe gaskets
valley gasket
secondary water pump hoses
coolant pipe o-rings
spark plugs
timing belt
water pump
thermostat
serpentine belt
motor mounts
snub mount
coolant
oil

donromani

Like I said, everything. Haha.

Y2KS4

Thanks for the responses. I was just thinking of things that can't be done with the engine in such as clutch, head work, etc. I've only got 50K on the car so some of the other front-end stuff can wait for now.

Speaking of heads, does anyone make a good head stud set for the 2.7? ARP doesn't seem to make any.

S4incter

The head stud kits are really expensive, i would use the non stretch head bolts from eurospec. This is what i used in my rs6 build along with the main stud kit. Really is the best bang for your buck

S4incter

Here is the link incase you are interested:
http://www.eurospecsport.com/product...e-updated.html

slappy_dunbar

Are you looking for maintenance pointers or suggestions for upgrades? Are you even chipped now?