Rebuild the motor? Or replace?

[maytag]

thanks, everyone, for your responses.

By way or responding to some of the points that have come up n those responses:

1. No way in HELL am I spending $8500 on a motor for a car I spent $7k for, haha. Not happening. if it comes to that, I'll buy another $7k car and drive the wheels off of THAT one TOO! :-)

2. Yeah, I know I'll never get the $$ out of the repairs if I decide to sell it. I'm not terribly concerned about that at this stage, as we're not talking about large sums of money (relatively-speaking).

3. Yes, the car will need to see several track days per year, if it's gonna stay in my stable, but it is primarily a street car.

I think I'm going to do as a couple of you have suggested: stay ontop of the maintenance and drive it! :-)

I've got a 2nd- gear detent on order, and some other goodies. we'll be a little more thorough over the winter.