What to do.......

[plymouthPSi]

Alright, I need all your help on deciding what I should do with my car. This winter I decided to do a full build on my 1992 plymouth laser Rs AWD, right away I was not sure what to do and wanted to rush into things and get it done fast and cheap, well after talks with a few people in the game and some of you on here I decided to take my time and do things right. Saved up some money and took everything slow, made sure every part was checked and ended up with a built six bolt. eagle rods, wiseco .020 over pistons, king bearings, balance shaft elim kit from qpr. the works. The initial plan was to get it done before graduation which is tomorrow (friday) well we accomlished that, but with some difficulties and serious problems. Well we spent the whole weekend assembling the block and got it into the car and everything seemed to be alright, had some little problems along the way, nothing some good friends couldnt help with. Well we get the car running, timed it, all fluids full, some minor water leaks nothing major. Time for the test drive around the block, drives fine but has some misfires. I get it about halfway around the block and then a loud noise and some rattling thereafter, killed it immediatly. Pop the hood and dont see anything wrong, then I notice that the ps pump was not bolted up, and though that it rattled it self loose, my friend Nathan grabs it and I go to start it up, still the same noise.....he thinks right away that it is coming from under the valve cover, like a cap came lose or something. I distinctly hear somthing coming from under the car so I take a peek and see a chunk of my block sitting on the ground....oh crap I thought (censored) look around to see where it was from and find on the back of the block the balace shaft that I had purchaced from qpr had somhow gone through the block. how could this happen, I dont know, torqued everything to specs. We think that it somehow came off the sprocket and hit the crank and went through the block. Well here is the delema now, should I keep the car, find a block, hope to god the rotating assembly is intact, and build it again or sell it to a good home and be done with it. Thing is I am leaving to Universal technical institure in august and dont know if I want to deal with it before I leave. I would like to hear everyones opinion on what I should do and if anyone has any clue what could have caused that, but im sure we could find out when we rip it appart. Also if anyone has a 6bolt block lying around who would let go for some cash let me know. Well thanks for reading about my great week and hopefully I can get some good feedback that can help my decision.

Alex

ps I will through up some pictures after work tonight.

[AJ]

Ouch, that's about all I can say. As for to keep or sell I think you just need to decide if you want the car in it's finished form more than you want to be done with the issues that comes up.

[JET]

I have the 6 bolt block sitting in the garage. It just has bad pistons in it, the rest is good. You are going to lose your ass if you sell it, but that is the easier way out. Personally I would put a different block in and get it going again.

[niterydr]

I'd fix it, you will lose alot of money if you sell it as is.
If thats the case, what is the asking price as is?

[Raptor]

I called them today to find out what went wrong and help determine what to do with it. His mom answered since he wasn't home. Sounds like he will be getting it fixed, there is a mechanic at her work that is going to be looking at it. I will talk to Alex when he gets off work and see what may have gone wrong.

[plymouthPSi]

Mike, im home from work now, but we are celebrating my 18th birthday tonight so I am busy right now, if you would call me tomorrow in the afternoon that would be great. 651-271-5098 cell

thanks guys for your opinions

Alex

[Raptor]

I will do that Alex. Happy Birthday BTW ;)

[plymouthPSi]

here are the pics

[plymouthPSi]

Thanks!

[santa]

I'd say fix it, once a DSMer Always! I can help you out in a few weeks when I graduate. It looks like the rotating assembly is fine from what you can see in the picture. The only place that the crank could have hit looks to be clean on the balance shaft.

Kevin