Well after an awesome 48degree day Sunday I have a bare block. Hope to get it to the machine shop sometime this week. Found out a lot! 2 of the aluminum cylinders have melted and one has a big hole in the side. That cylinder shot shards into the oil pump which pumped little aluminum pieces into the rod berrings. Must have got the motor hot or something. So that means new pistons!

This is getting expensive! Should I go with replacment cast aluminum ones or forged ones? Summit had the cast ones at $11 and the forged at $50. I'd like to spend more than $11 on pistons if the old ones melted. But, $300 plus the rebuild kit gets expensive. Is there a middle ground? Also, where does the wire from the ESM box go to the distributor? All I see are the power cord and a vacuum module.