What Would You Do?, With a dead fourth gen. Celica GT-S? Options

[Coomer]

What would you guys do with a dead fourth gen. Celica GT-S? Mine has a rod knock, but other than that(and a starter issue), it's a good car. It's a five-speed, loaded with every option, the body is in great shape, no rust or accidents from what I can tell, good brakes and suspension, etc.

The only real problem is the dead 3S-GE engine.

My options are:

1. Sell the car as-is for $4-500. Lose $1,500 or so on the whole deal overall, and not have a beater anymore. (So I'd have to buy one before the next winter rolls around, since my bro will be driving the other fourth gen.)

2. Buy a JDM 3S-GE, and pay someone to put in a new clutch and swap it in for me. I'd replace the timing belt while I'm at it. I'm probably looking at $1,000 minimum, but I'd have a nice beater that would be reliable.

What do you guys think? There's no way I could possibly do the swap myself. I'd get very angry very quickly and probably kill something.

[Digndoug]

Id sat get the 1st gen an swap for an easy install. Thats whats in my moms 4th gen auto, and its pretty quick. nice strong engine.