catastrophic failure

[csu15919]

my worst fear has finally arrived. after my issues in my previous post, i went ahead and replaced my exhaust with the fabspeed setup. after spending the better part of the day trying to get the stupid thing installed (it came with NO BOLTS and NO INSTRUCTIONS), my car was finally ready to fire up. i cleaned the maf (it was throwing codes), turned the key, and the car started but will some sputtering involved. i shut her down, tried to figure out what was still going on and still kept pulling air/fuel metering codes. at that point, i figured i'd just order a new maf and 4 o2 sensors and try to solve the problem. in the meantime, i could hear an exhaust leak, and needed the car to idle so that i could find the leak, and atleast have that part all situated. well now, the car didn't want to hold idle...well, at that point i was highly frustrated and should've just not messed with it until i got my new sensors, but i was determined to atleast get it to idle. after roughly 3-4 times of getting it to start up and die, the car finally decided it wasn't going to take it. i turned the key again...then i hear "CLICK" and no motor spin....OH BOY! i pull the starter off, it spins freely. i pull the plugs out figuring maybe i was starting to flood the cylinders and got a little hydra-lock, and to my surprise...one plug was severely crushed on the end, further aknowledging my suspicions of hydra-lock. so, now with the plugs pulled, i try to atleast turn the motor again, and i still only get a loud "CLICK."

at this point, i remove the access panel behind the seats, and attempt to rotate the crank by hand...well, the crank wouldn't move in the clockwise position...so i try to rotate it couterclockwise, and it moved freely, then gets to a point where it gets stuck....i go back clockwise, it moves but finally hangs up again. long story short, there's something definitely wrong inside of my motor. i'm thinking that i squashed a piston, and it's binding when it gets to TDC, or maybe broke a ring or the lip of the piston, and it starts to bind against the cyylinder wall, or lastly...i jumped timing during my repeated start cycles and i have a valve hitting the top of a piston. either way it goes, i'll be removing the motor and having a peak inside. what an expensive lesson learned...