General fresh engine rebuild parts list


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Hello all! First forum post (in general)

Just bought a junkyard motor (apparently only 85k miles but we’ll see) and I want to fully go through it and rebuild it similar to that 2014 article in nasaspeed.
My question for the fine academics here is, what oem+ parts should I consider to increase reliability within spec while trying to get as close to the spec power as possible.

Things like ARP head studs vs OEM
or IE billet rockers
Any input is welcome.