Got a new motor for our bonnie! Old motor spun a rod bearing and wore down all the copper on the tri-metal bearing! In turn , the piston and rod had enough clearance without the rod bearing in there and broke the top 2 ring lands off smacking the head!

I got a salvage motor from a 99 grand prix with 160,000 on it , runs very strong , no noises , no leaking. I had to change the a/c bracket and the solid metal bracket on the back of the motor that bolts to the trans near the p/* pump , the rear manifold and O2 sensor , knock sensors , and the MAF.

Was my fault though , when I rebuilt it 2 years ago , I got bad torque spec info from the machine shop and the rods were under-torqued.

Thanks to everyone who helped me with my ordeal!!
Heres what it looked like just after pulling the old motor.......

how much did yah get the motor for?

600$ , only one place in town had the vin "K" engine and they had 9 of them from 600$ to 1000$ since I had to borrow the money I got the cheapest one.

its a good thing the S2 N/A is a very popular engine.
They usually go for a fair price, sounds like you did pretty good

Looks like you've done a great deal to your car! have you ever ran it at a dragstrip?

Carefully inspect that upper intake manifold EGR area for deterioration, and consider installing a new one now. In fact, it'* a good idea to do the LIM gaskets now as well.

Yeah , I have the aftermarket upper from the first motor I am going to swap on next week after I get the gasket for it. Very good advice though , as that is what happened to the first motor before I bought the car! (failed upper)

Please don't underestimate the importance of replacing the lower intake gaskets.

At only 77,000 miles, my lower gaskets were SEVERLY deformed. If I were to have a failure, I am 99.9% sure that it would have derived from the lower intake gaskets. I replaced them with a set of aftermarket Felpros.

BTW...went to the dealer Saturday for LIM gaskets on an L36. Was automatically handed the aluminum frame gaskets.