RB25 Rebuild Help. Final Stage

[r33GTS-t-200kw]

Hi all

Ok, heres the story. After inspecting my car for an exhaust manifold leak I had been having for the past 3 weeks I got down to the heatshield and found that my manifold was COMPLETELY cracked in half. It went from a 100 dollar job (manifold machined, new gasket and studs) to a full rebuild :flamed:

I have completely stripped the engine and it is now sitting on my stand in the shed. With all the auxilliarys and all that removed it is ready to go to the engine builders, before I take it to the engine builders, what will I need done to the block? I am already getting arias forged pistons 20thou over, Eagle or Crower conrods (eagle are 1499 and crowers are 1999) What are your suggestions for the rods? (I have thought about GTR rods but decided to buy new parts instead of gambling with second handies) I am getting new main and big end bearings, ARP bolt kit, and a complete lower and upper gasket kit. What should I ask them to do to the block besides bore and hone, and a complete balance?

Basically I am going to do a full rebuild because as I stripped it more and more there were more and more oil leaks found. . Looked to me like it was coming from tappet cover gasket, cam seals, and possibly head gasket as it was fairly wet. I will only be getting a low mount stainless manifold, keep the stock turbo for a while and everything else pretty much stock.

With these internals what power would I be looking at reliably?

So, in summary

1) Besides honed, bored and balanced what else is worth while getting done

2) Eagle or crower conrods

3) What power could I run through this engine?

Thanks muchly for your time

[R31Nismoid]

what turbo and what power do you want?

[r33GTS-t-200kw]

I am keeping the standard turbo until I get the funds to go bigger. Im hoping that the engine will be able to cope with around 350rwkw after the rebuild.