Bad night in the 914 garage, time to go into mad mechanic mode... Options

[Dave-O]

Hey all,
After getting my car all mechanically buttoned up to do some serious autocrossing this weekend, upon setting the timing...the motor started singing a sad tune.

My "slight" rod knock suddenly became very not "slight"

I have a bunch of money in the P/C as well as the heads...so I can't afford to just run this motor until it blows up due to the risk of damaging those parts.

The latest plan of action includes picking up a junkyard motor from a club member (supposedly ran 10 years ago...been in storage since..) Throwing it in with my perfectly working injection and ignition. And giving it hell!!! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/burnout.gif)

If the gamble works...hopefully this motor will last for the rest of the season and this winter I will have a chance to dig into my old motor. If not...the car will sit in the garage for the rest of the autocross season and I will be bumming rides off of other people.

If the car doesn’t' get fixed this week...I won't have the time or facilities to fix it until august.

My plan to have a running car by the weekend....

Tonight: cry myself to sleep
Tuesday night: drive 2 hours one-way to pick up some junkyard motors
Wednsday night: clean the mystery motor and install my Injection, transaxle, etc.
Thursday night: Install mystery motor and let 'er rip
Fridaday night-Saturday: planned extra time for things that don't go as planned

Wish me luck...happy wrenching!!! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif)