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And you're pretty close to Tracy, where Alfa Parts Exchange is located now, so you _could_ consider buying an S engine from them and installing it. You might complete the engine swap for under $2k through transport and installation bits and pieces (engine purchase, travel to/from, miscellaneous bits and hoses, oil and coolant, etc), with another few days of labor. Rent or borrow a hoist, etc. Time consuming. My son and I have been refitting his S engine into another S (purchased with a seized engine), but that process has been stalled because he's started a new job and it's been taking pretty much all of his energy to come up to speed working long summer hours.
Sean is already close to you with recent engine rebuilding experience. My son had a black '92S like yours, and I'd bought another '92S (red) for my wife. I thought they'd have sister cars, but before I got the red one's engine re-done my son's car ended up in a ditch totalled (lost while dodging road debris on a frozen winter night). His replacement car is a red '91S, so he and the wife will have more-matching colors. "Arrest Me Red" isn't quite what I'd have picked in a sane moment, but that's what they will both have. Maybe it will help them both keep their pedal feet off the floorboard, though.
Michael
Sean is already close to you with recent engine rebuilding experience. My son had a black '92S like yours, and I'd bought another '92S (red) for my wife. I thought they'd have sister cars, but before I got the red one's engine re-done my son's car ended up in a ditch totalled (lost while dodging road debris on a frozen winter night). His replacement car is a red '91S, so he and the wife will have more-matching colors. "Arrest Me Red" isn't quite what I'd have picked in a sane moment, but that's what they will both have. Maybe it will help them both keep their pedal feet off the floorboard, though.
Michael