Yes, English racing oversized oil pump pully to lower oil pressure at high rpms, i had it from some r&d project at work, i wont be running it right away because it requires adjustable cam gears and its really not needed at this point.
Finally have some time to post an update. Made lots of headway finally, almost ready to put the motor in.
Block bored .040" for NPR 2g pistons
6bolt rods machined for 2g pistons
ARP head studs, main studs and rod studs
Decked
Crankshaft ground
Mains align honed and sized for ACL race bearings
Head resurfaced, new stainless valves, valve guides, BC Springs and retainers
Balanced
Using a felpro headgasket
Machine shop told me they had .0015" on the mains and .001 on the rods. I plastiguaged everything before final assembly and it was dead on those numbers.
Wasn't too happy with the NPR "pre gapped rings" I ended up with all my #1 rings at .015 which i am ok with but the #2 are just a hair larger than i wanted at .024, except cyl 2 which is .027 arggg, and its not the cylinder, its the ring, I wish they would have just been under sized so i could file them! Doubt ill have any issues there.
Browsing craigslist lately for deals and i picked up a good condition 1g head complete with cams for $50 bucks, tore it down and found crower springs and retainers and almost new looking journals/caps/cams, score!
This evening i took a drive for a couple hours and snagged a Spec stage 5 clutch, got the pressure plate, disc and a flywheel for 80 bucks! Disc appears to have about 50-60% life, the pressure plate and flywheel hardly have any glazing, very low miles on this setup. I was told the owner of the TSI it came out of worked at ETS and it held 550awhp. For 80 bucks i cant pass that up, it beats putting the stocker back in, in hopes of saving money.
Next on the list is to press off a couple gears so i can install the new synchros, and assemble the transmission. Hope to have the motor and trans back in the car this weekend. If my oil pressure gauge shows up, ill be able to start it up and do the break in!