Hello y'all new to the forum. So the other day while on a trip heard some noises from my Cruze, before I could got home felt like the timing belt snapped and it died. Checked it out and turns out I spun a bearing...block is pretty much done (or at least significant amount of $ and machine work) honestly in my experience when this goes eventually everything else will start going to, the car had already overheated a few times before because fan & thermostat issues but that was resolved.
Most had been saying that it's not worth it and should just get another car but I still owe about $7k on my loan. Note to mention in the condition it's not worth much and the car died out of the US while on a trip, so towing it across the border would be another money pit and hassle. I found a place where I can keep it and work on it for $20 a month and it's fenced.
Is it a better option to look for a 1.8 block and use my old components? is there any other blocks a bit more affordable that may work with my old components? or Engine swap to something else? but I had been reading that would require reprogramming ECU. Burn it?
Last part was a joke but as you can see don't know what to do, so any recommendations would be appreciated. This was supposed to be my daily driver and I didn't want to do anything major to it but now I might be stuck with it. It would be awesome to get more power but realistically I wouldn't mind if I lost power seeing as id be able to use it again.
Most had been saying that it's not worth it and should just get another car but I still owe about $7k on my loan. Note to mention in the condition it's not worth much and the car died out of the US while on a trip, so towing it across the border would be another money pit and hassle. I found a place where I can keep it and work on it for $20 a month and it's fenced.
Is it a better option to look for a 1.8 block and use my old components? is there any other blocks a bit more affordable that may work with my old components? or Engine swap to something else? but I had been reading that would require reprogramming ECU. Burn it?
Last part was a joke but as you can see don't know what to do, so any recommendations would be appreciated. This was supposed to be my daily driver and I didn't want to do anything major to it but now I might be stuck with it. It would be awesome to get more power but realistically I wouldn't mind if I lost power seeing as id be able to use it again.