Im assuming that ascetics one is that $40 cheap ebay one I see alot.
I plan on buying one from AMR, they also still sell the rear strut brace and coilovers (for a price)
http://www.amrengineering.com/produc...h-pt.html?ve=2

Im definitely gonna look for one of those sway bars, dont think Ill find it but cant hurt to look.
Oh, new transmission came today, its out of a 2001 SW2 from canada, 60K miles on it oh yeah!

 

Ask on every Saturn forum you go to .... and search down a few more and ask on them. There has to be out there some bloody place.

 

The Pull-A-Part yard in Nashville has at least one of every S series on the lot from 92 to 2001. If any of you know what will interchange, I'll look the next time I go there.

 

Well, I pulled the motor out sunday - pulled the transmission off of it monday. My original suspisions were correct, the diff pin backed out and took a nice 2.5" chunk out of the inner casing. fun!
oh, I picked up a set of sweet *** Homecoming edition gauges for like $70. There gonna look so sexy

 

Since ive been gone for so long, working and such, I decided to give a small update on the car.

The engine has since been torn apart, and will be going to the machine shop next week. I'm gonna bore it .020 over and do cams and valves. I already have the transmission, waiting to order new axles, all new sensors, injectors, and other small parts. Hopefully now that I can get rolling on this since work picked up I hope to have it done within a month (I want it for my birthday lol!)

good thing I decided to rebuild the motor, the whole thing stank of burnt oil and rod clearances were wayyy out of spec. rings were cooked and the head looked like a sludgey hell. Once all of this is done, all im doing is replacing the master cylinder, and i will have a brand new drivetrain basically. so pumped!

 

Thanks for the update, man. At least you're doing it right by taking your time. Just make sure when you reassemble the rods and main bearings that you have an entirely clean work surface and parts. You don't want any dirt on those bearings to score them before you get it broke in good.

 

Damn I like to see others work hard. Keep it up brother.

 

Great job, I get a tremendous amount of satisfaction building a motor. A question, where are you getting the cams and are they a performance cam and a suggestion. When you put the thing back together use a heavier oil than the 5w20 or what ever the light weight stuff is that is factory recommended. Which probably is the singal biggest contributor to the piston ring problems you are seeing.
I bought one from a junk yard to build that was so neglected hot tanking would not clean it up. It had to be baked like an oven cleans itself when used. Good luck!

 

Im getting a performance cam, from SDA most likely. I had already switched over to 10-30 a few months before the blow up, so im most likely gonna stick with that but go synthetic after i break in the motor. And i cant even imagine how big the smile will be on my face when we restart it for the first time - im so happy i finally got to do this - even if im without my car for three months

Yea i know about the bearings, Im having my friend who has done quite a few motors help me so I dont screw anything up. trust me you guys will know first thing when its done, and thanks for all the positive feedback.

 

o.k., I can not find anything about SDA other than they exist and apparently have made more than camshafts. It even sounded like they made cylinder heads at one point in time and have been out of business at least once.
So where is their information on them.
I did see an Add for Andy's something or another that had mystery cams for almost $800.00 which included a $250.00 core charge.
If my paint on my car was not so screwed up I would call Iskenderian to see if they have or could do anything.
They are my cam manufacturer of choice. But until I get the paint and drivers seat straightened out it runs just fine.
So where do I find information on SDA?