Well guys, thank you so much for the reply. Umm, yes Chris, I left out the part about the porting and balancing, so that should bring things up a bit.
The JE pistons are the same price for the lower compression pistons as for the regular. I was just wondering at the power situation with the lower comp pistons if I left the thing N/A. So the deal is that the pistons will be 9.6:1 as opposed to the stock 10.2:1 compression ratio, which would mean a loss of power. (Right?) But then the heads will be ported, AND the block will be bored out (the cylinders were galled due to the debris from my spark plug getting in between the pistons and cylinders). Of course the boring ain't that much, and is fairly negligible. (I think it was .025 of a millimeter or something like that).
Anyways, my entire thinking is that if I have to have my engine rebuilt, I want it BETTER than it was before, and it's better to shell out the additional $ for all the 'little things' since the engine is out. But, from my frame of mind, I am now worried that using lower compression pistons would be taking a 'step back' should I not be running F/I in the future. I mean it's like this: regular compression pistons with porting, balancing, and increased bore would mean even more horsepower than the lower comp. pistons. Right?
Even if I go with F/I in the form of nitrous or a turbocharger at a later date, the stock compression ratio should be OK for mild boosting as people seem to be running f/i on stock internals without any problems. And if that is the case, then what is the advantage of going to the lower compression pistons, when I'd be losing n/a power? Any opinions here? Thanks.