I was thinking:

port the head and intake mani
all top end gaskets
plugs and wires

Not sure about:

should I do my timing belt even though I had it done about 15k miles ago
water pump

Anything else you guys can tell me to do.

underdrive pulley, ported and polished head, port matched intake manny, rebuild the head with better parts etc..the list goes on and on.

If I had the money to do all the big things I would do it all, but I am just trying to get the essentials out of the way first. But thanks

any other suggestions

i'm bringing this back from the dead.... how much are typical head porting jobs?

anything?... i'm having my head decked on thursday and wanted to know what an average head porting costs. anything would be appreciated. thanks:thumbsup

you could call them like i said:thumbsup ..... i dont think it will be too overwhelming

I was quoted 300 at a local shop. But it depends on how wild you want to get as well.

in phx we got quoted 250 for a basic valve job, cleaning, flow test and resurfacing. any good?

awesome, well thanks that's what i was looking for, anyone else have any price quotes? thanks for those of you who enlightened me.:thumbsup

if you have a lotta miles I suggest having the head rebuilt and getting a valve job and replacing the valve stem seals. I learned the hard way.

do you consider 80k alot of miles?

heh, i have 164k miles, 8x,xxx isn't bad at all in my opinion, i have about double as you!!!

how much do you think i'd be looking at for redoing my head? i'm thinking new SS valves (1mm over if not too expensive) springs, retainers, seals.... anything else other than having it decked?