Hi guys. I'm new to this forum, so excuse me if this is a old question. I've searched for about a week and have not found a old post that answers my questions. To make a long story short, I've been a dealer technician for 15 years and one of my good customers gave me a 92 SSEi. Perfect shape but it had a lower end noise. I'm going to rebuild it so here is the guestion.

What upgrades or parts ( cam, pistons, ect.) would you guys recommend? Ive never done a stock rebuild, usually the aftermarket comes up with something better than the factory. So any advice would be great.

Thanks again.

Stock rebuild. Nothing else is necessary. We had a car here that rebuilt the whole bottom end with mildly upgraded parts for a total cost of about $10k, but for no apparent benefit that we ever saw (part of that cost was a very shitty mechanic).

I'm running the following on a stock bottom end with 125,000 miles, and I've been beating the tar out of my 93 SSEi for 5 years:

(Not the complete list, but you get the idea)
Custom transmission w/ HD TC, Diff, shift kit, all the goodies and 18000 GVWR cooler adjustable modulator

Magnaflow Hi-flow catalytic converter

Magnaflow 24" resonator

Magnaflow F-body crossflow muffler

INTENSE 3.5" Fenderwell Intake

PulleyBoys 2.5", 2.2", and 2.0" Supercharger pulleys (depending on setup and tuning)

INTENSE 160° drilled thermostat

MSD 8224 ignition coils (custom laser engraving for cylinder numbers)

MSD Superconductor 8.5mm plug wires

Custom ram-air Supercharger and throttle body cooling

Custom Hi/Lo radiator fan override

Custom H2O/Methanol Injection (Aquamist 0.4mm nozzle)

Fuel injectors flowmatched to less than 1% by FIE

Walbro 255l/hr fuel pump

Casper'* adjustable fuel pressure regulator

ZillaMotorsports Gen 3 M62, stage 2 ported Supercharger outlet, polished inlet

ZillaMotorsports (Port-matched plus 18%) Lower Intake Manifold

ZillaMotorsports Ported and polished Gen3 (1995) throttle body and throttle plate shaft

Ported exhaust manifolds (16%), ceramic coated

Exhaust Y-pipe and QTP electronic exhaust cutout with programmable controller

Ported and polished ZillaMotorsports cylinder heads (18% intake, 10% exhaust)

Heavy Duty Cloyes timing gears and chain

Yella Terra 1.8 ratio Rocker Arms

Custom Smith Brothers one-piece chromoly pushrods

CompCams valve lifters

CompCams 105# GN valvesprings

Mickey Thompson drag slicks

Jet Stage 2 PCM

Custom Fan override, E-stat and 'happy timing ****' hardwired to the PCM



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In other words, replace what needs to be replaced with quality (OEM) parts. Nothing more.

As you can see above..it'* not necessarily the internals that make the power. It'* the prep work. Like doing the heads, intake and changing up pulley sizes.

And the bottom end is capable of holding WAY more than stock power. In fact, it'* pretty much only coolant in the oil that can take out our bottom ends.

I think what took the bottom end out on my car was a failed TP sensor. Anyway its good to know that the bottom end is that strong. Thanks for the info guys.