I picked up a bone stock '93 S13 vert on Christmas Eve of 2008. Here she is, the day I pulled her into the garage.
The engine was leaking and burning oil to the tune of having to put in a quart every week, plus I got a nastygram from DMV saying that my car was smoking. Something had to be done. Took the engine and transmission out the car to clean and rebuild them...
The head was shipped off to Jack's Machine Shop; here are the results...
Before
After
Valve cover powdercoated by Snail Motorsports
The engine was a mess visually, but the internals and everything turned out to be in really good shape, especially for having 200k miles. There was oil and sludge all over the front and bottom of the block.
The whole thing was taken apart and cleaned
and the block was then painted
I don't have them pictured, but the pistons have been cleaned up and have new rings also. As soon as the paint dries and cures, I'll be starting on the reassembly!