you wouldnt lose reliability, if anything it'll increase reliability since most of the engine will be new again. you'll just have to run premium gas.
if you did most the work yourself it'd about 1k$(you could save about $150 if you bought used pistons) to do, or if you paid someone that'd be an extra 400-500$.
yeah you could do a cheap turbo kit for this, I thought you were saying that you didnt want to run boost, but i guess you meant you couldnt afford it.
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