Pete, I was recently in the same situation. Dead cylinder, metal debris and a dead engine. Took the car to Chapman Autowerks in Sterling. It took a while, but he did a great job. They replaced the engine with a rebuilt one, replaced the clutch, and did a bunch of other things. My car now runs great, and I'm not scared of it imploding on me again. The engine has a 2 year 24k and warranty and 1 year on all the work they did on the car. I was and still am very pleased. However, it's not at all cost effective. It cost me more then I paid for the car. The only reason I did it was because I finaced it and still owed in it. Either have bad credit and let it go, or fix it and keep the car a long time. I chose the latter.
Here's my car being finalized
And here's the dead engine
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