5SFE timing belt/WP repalcement and valve adjustment Options

[m2736185]

My 95 GT is about to hit 200k and I thought I would do some preventative maintenance especially since I have no idea if the timing belt has ever been changed. Should I change the headgasket while im in there? I have no idications of there being a bad HG. Im gonna purchase a compression test kit and test the compression while im in there.

I have seen Azian Advanced thread on his replacement. However, I have a question relating to the timing. I have done a timing and head replacement job on a Neon before, but it was SOHC and all the timing marks were where they were suppose to be. I have also attempted to do a headgasket on a Sentra and that went horribly wrong. I had marked the 2 cam sprockets on the Sentra, but the sentra has this variable oil pressure timing sprocket....which turns and that messed up the position of the cams. If anything like that happens...once I get the engine to TDC how do I set the timing for the cams if there are no marks on the sprockets?

Anything else I should get done while im in there?

[m2736185]

Ha, I have seen your 7A rebuild thread and thats insane you got all of that done in 2 days. Its very tempting I have been itching to do a full engine rebuild, but right now I cannot be carless for a month. I think i might be capable of doing it since I learned a huge lesson replacing the head on a sentra...LABEL everything including every single screw.

The only thing I am really uncomfortable with is the timing, but from what I have seen the 5s seems like everything lines up easily. Just incase I do decide to go down that road do you think I would need to get the crank rebalanced or the blocked bored? How bad is the typical wear on a 5s