RIP my poor car

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DinosGSR

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Hey all. My Integra called Dr. Kevorkian the other day and decided to kill itself in an intersection. Now I have no car and I need some options. Here's the situation:



[*]Timing was off 180 degrees (timing belt is intact and no missing/chipped teeth, tell me that's not an act of God)

[*]All valves bent

[*]Pistons shot

[*]Head pitted and scratched

[*]Who knows what the bottom end looks like



I have no real cash to spend on this right now. The car is being used as collateral for a consolidation loan. I attend college 3/4 time and I have a full time job, netting around $1600/mo. before expenses. I am by no means well off. I have to consider my options:



Option 1



[*]Repair the car



Pros:

New high compression pistons

New head (B16?)



Cons:

Lots of money

It's just an Integra



Option 2



[*]Sell the shell, keep the engine, build engine later, sell engine



Pros:

Use the money from the shell as a down payment for another car

I get a car quickly



Cons:

Trying to use the money I have to get OUT of debt, not back in it

I'd have to pay labor costs to fix the engine, I have no experience with this



Option 3



[*]Build a time machine and sell/fix the car before this happens



Pros:

No way I can lose



Cons:

Somewhere between the realm of 'impossible' and 'not happening'

















Yeah I kind of need some more options :( Any help?
 
It maybe cheaper to find a used engine and install it. If possible, most places want a core, learn engine rebuilding as a hobby and rebuild the broken engine with "Hot" parts.

Unfortunately, with the mini-car hot-rodding fad, these engines can be hard and expensive to come by.:wall



Surely sorry this happen. :sadwavey:
 
Yeah, though I wonder if repairing the car as-is would be cheaper than paying for a new engine and having it installed professionally?
 
DinosGSR said:
Yeah, though I wonder if repairing the car as-is would be cheaper than paying for a new engine and having it installed professionally?
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This has happen to me twice with modded small engines in the 70's

The VW had the engine rebulid by a mechanic friend and rolled on.

The Madza Rx7 had a new engine installed by the dealer (my expense).
 
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