Sorry I have been super busy. Just brought the block and the head to get cleaned up to see where we are at. I bought the car with a blown head gasket (original owner sucked). In no way am going to go "cheap" just looking for the best prices. We are most likely going to end up boreing out the old block unless it turns out to be too shot. I was debating a kl swap for a while but the forged route ended up winning me over. Hopefully by the fourth I will have an idea whats going on with the block then I can move forward to internals. Im looking for a reliable 12 L 15 H psi range so this is certainly no cheap project ha. Luckily I have two mp3's now so I'm not destined to be left vehicle-less. Thanks for all the responses.