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Originally Posted by camcojb
well, bummer. But you were planning on the turbo side of things anyway, so the timing is good. Let me know if I can help.
Jody
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Can I borrow your engine?
I'm trying to decide now if I want to stick with Gen 1 or go LSX.
As much as I'd like to go LSX I have a bunch of Gen-1 specific parts that I would have to sell and I'd probably lose a lot of money on, including my custom Canton oil pan, custom stealthram/sheetmetal hybrid intake, new in box Vintage Air FrontRunner setup that I just purchased for the turbo setup, the new turbo cam that I just ordered last week, etc. Selling the Cola 4340 crank, rods, ported Dart Pro-1's, and all the "standard" stuff would all be easy but moving the more "custom" stuff such as the oil pan and intake would either take a while or require me to take a big loss.
Going LSX would be nice but not only would I have to take a loss on my Gen-1 stuff I'd have to acquire a lot of new LSX specific stuff besides the engine including a new ECU, new engine wiring harness, A-body oil pan, flywheel, bellhousing, accessory drive, etc.
I'm not going to make any rash decisions until I tear the engine apart and determine the extent of the damage. I'm keeping my fingers crossed the cylinder head is OK, but I expect cylinder #6 will have little bits of ring and piston smashed into the quench pad of the head and probably some dinged up valves and valve seats.
And of course the kicker is I just ordered my Stack ST-700SR tach/multifunction display this morning for my rebuild of the dash... the money I just spent on that plus the add-on harness and sensors would have paid for 2/3 of a Little M.
I may just concede the car will be off the road for a year and work on it little by little. Things are still very slow at work so I'm extremely reluctant to either raid my rainy-day fund or become a credit-card-racer and get things fixed ASAP.