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Old 01-27-2015, 09:22 PM
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I believe forum member Wren is also somewhere in GA and might know how to help you get hands on tools, parts, maybe even a D24T engine if you decide that's the direction you want to go. You should be able to find his posts here.

Otherwise, if it didn't get cooked too badly, putting a headgasket and possibly studs like folks said might be your easiest/cheapest route to getting it back on the road. Putting in a turbo motor instead would certainly wake the car up quite a bit though, and if your current motor got hot enough to bend the head, cook rings, etc, then starting over with a different motor might look like a more straightforward option.

How hot did it get, and what were the circumstances, i.e. how soon did you catch it? Did it blow a hose and lose all the water, or did it get hot with coolant still in it climbing a hill?
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