Thread: Possibility of saving motor

It appears that I have decimated cyl. #1. Found the rod and wrist pin laying in the cyl bore, and the piston at the top of the stroke. After removing said piston it appears that the walls did not get any vertical scars from dragging rings or any debris, but there is a few slight indentations at the top of the cyl. where it appears the wrist pin and rod smacked it. Can it be saved, or is a shortblock/longblock/new motor in my future?

My head says this thing is toast, but figured I'd ask anyway. I really don't want to scrap it, but may not have a choice. Best bet would be to find a low mileage motor and swap it in I guess.... Would a series III motor be of any benifit?

Just kind of getting tired of fixing things on it. Recently dropped a ton of new parts in it and now this. It's really coming down to the wire on whether or not I should even bother. With a wife, house, and 2 year old I don't have as much money as I used to and can't eat another new car payment. Ugh

Jay

A series III motor would bolt right in bottom end wise...not really any performance gains though.

Depends on what the motor comes with for accessories.

But if it comes as a short block with nothing with it other than the rotating assembly in it...then you can transfer everything over...a good thing about the '04+ cars is I think some of them used a better style aluminum oil pan too.

With the mount that bolts to the aluminum pan and that makes changing and oil pan gasket (goop in that year) a piece of cake that'll probably never need to be done twice ....and you can (with a little piece of wood) jack on teh structural pan all day and night.

Yep, I'm one of the cool kids.