[eklips3]

your not alone with rebuilding RB20's my friend !

parts are a little bit of a bitch to obtain but its nothing too bad if you know how to google.

for a radiator i bought a Mishimoto radiator, best bang for buck.
My input for a head gasket is tomei. dont cheap otu by buying a cometic ... i've heard too many horror stories. so yeah your going to spend a few extra bucks for a tomei head gasket but rest assured you'll blow somthing else before the head gasket.

if you want to make this motor able to take a hell of a beating, replace your head studs , main studs and most importantly the connecting rod bolts with ARP hardware.

replacing the bearings isint a bad idea as well. ACL bearings are the best you can buy.

im gonna say this right now as well , if you are going to get your head re-surfaced and your going to strip the motor down to a bare block.. might as well re-surface the block so you have 2 perfectly flat surfaces to insure absolutley no leaks.

but in the end you have to be prepared to spend a good chunk of change on this .. you dont really want to cheap out or else you'll regret that you did.