Thats a good point. I tend to take these things for granted I guess. You always want to remove Bshafts if the motor is out of the car. Its a reliabilty concern. Get the good kit (mirage stubby shaft) and/or read the vfaq on it. Also all new timingbelt parts (~200), water pump, and oil pump cover and gears goes without saying. Also, if you have the 91-99 style "oil cooler" (aka "oil mixer") pick up the 90 style filter housing to run an external cooler, or the NT version to eliminate the cooler. Another reliabilty upgrade, even though that sounds backwards
Many many motors have been lost to that POS cooler, inlduing one of mine. Installing the 90 thermostat housing/water neck and front water pipe eliminates the need to plug those coolant lines making it even more reliable. ARP head studs on reassembly with stock gasket is also the best choice for your goals. When you are ready to assemble, remind me to post my shpeel on how to properly use head studs. Could save some headaches. Be sure to get the head trued as well, and new valve seals come with the upper engine gasket kit, so you might as well rebuild the damn thing.
I'm not sure you were specifically asking for all this, but these things will all make the motor much more reliable. Especially for high rpm/high boost use.