Quote Originally Posted by boosted lude
keep the bottom end, its a great platform for a daily driven set up.

send the head off to DONf ent. Mainstream does work though them. get it ported polished, aftermarket valves, springs, retainers, a pretty aggressive cam, header, if you do it right should be around the 200 WHP range.
With the type R head he really doesn't need an expensive port and polish job if he's shooting for the 200whp mark. The type R head has very good flow without it. If he were wanting to go with an all out build then yeah, but for a good street ride without spending a ton of money the head port and polish would be one of the last things I did. With a solid bottom end, good cams, good header, and a good way to tune it shouldn't be too hard to reach 200.