amoosenamedhank

The pistons are hypereutectic pistons, the rods are called powder coated rodsand it's a cast crank. The rods will be the first to go. If you have a good tune you should really see a problem with the pistons as long as you dont have any pinging. I don't think the c/r is going to be as high as 10.5:1 but either way if he gets the heads ported it will help. I would also recommend using only 8lbs of boost. I think you will still make some decent power with all your bolt-ons and the cams. I don't think you will be disappointed.

yoteehunter

Stop woa hang on! If he used cometic gaskets that are like .086 thick he will ba back at 9.5-1 compression and best of all the cometics are the next strongest thing to orings so you dont have to worry about blowing them. I think they even have a blowout waranty of some sort. This will help. So go ahead and PI swap just use thicker cometics so you can boost. http://forums.modulardepot.com/showt...threadid=51255

droptoppony

Cometic gaskets are a good option and well made just make sure the installer is good and adjusts the timing correctly.
Another option would be to keep your stock NPI heads and get the Livernois PI Intake swap kit. http://www.livernoismotorsports.com/product.phtml?p=457 This will keep your compression stock and save you a few dollars from doing the full PI swap all at one time. Then get your blower cams and Mongoose kit and get your 350-400hp that you want at a much more engine friendly compression. Later down the road when you have more money saved you can add a forged shortblock and ported PI heads to complete you build.

yoteehunter

I have the livernios PI intake swap kit on my car and you can feel a difference with the swap no BS it is enough to make you notice. I dont regret spending the money.