I'm already planning on a rebuild with forged internals.. It's inevitable! Just more money than I want to fork out in the near future. I figure keep it simple for now.. and go big all at once when the time comes(motor build, manual swap, 18/19T)

I daily the car and I don't beat it hard, that's just not smart considering there's possibility for a catastrophic failure and even more so considering the car already has 171k on it.

Any idea on how much I'd be spending on a build(not including labor)?

 

Thoroughly enjoyed this thread!! Especially post #4!

 

If you're gonna go stupid on the turbo, why not go with a holset? =D that'll do ya!