I know I've probably asked some of these questions on chat, but I'd rather have every answer to my question in one place when it comes to this.

As some of you know, I'll be replacing my engine soon (when I get the money). I am about half way there right now and I should have about another $1000 (hopefully) coming in. I am not sure how much I'll have exactly, but I'll have enough to swap the engine itself.

I definitely want to change out the LIM gaskets and the coolant elbows and replace the coolant with that universal stuff. That's pretty easy, but what else I should do, that's kinda confusing.

Should I replace vaccum lines?

I want to do something else to the engine since it's out, but I don't want to do the tuning quite yet. Partially because I probably won't be afford it if I do any mods, and because I don't know who around me tunes or how much they charge.

So is there anything I can do in terms of mods without having to tune? And if I tune, do I have to keep constantly scanning for knock? I'd rather not...