big ol' problem Options

[rjbibeau]

allright guys i need your input. just recently i installed a ct-26 turbo on my 5sfe block it was all workin good for about a week now, and just yesterday i was coasting down the exit ramp to go to work and all off a sudden my engine just shuts off my itself i was like wtf so i try starting it it took about 5 turns for it to fire, and once it did it knocked like a sob and i had like no power felt like 2-3 cylinders. so i take it easy and drive it the rest of the way to work which was 2 blocks and i park it and pop the hood to see where the chatter was comming from. it sounds like it's comming from the head. after work i started the car up again and it started up with ease.. lil rough but not as before. so it's all workin and decide to take it for a test drive around the block. it was getting worse and worse. i brought it back and popped the hood it was nothing but screeching and sounded like metal on metal so i'm thinking cams. i turn it off and let it be. it sat overnight.

it seems like it's not getting oil my friend said. i took the oil feed from the stock sender with a T. i'm using a -3 an feed and a -12 an drain. my friend is gonna help me tow it home tonite to see what tge deal is. i'm just gonna take off the valve cover to start out with to see damge. i also have a relocation kit mounted on my driver side fender well. do you think that this is too much travel for the oil pump to pump out??

thanks guys for your input.

[rjbibeau]

my buddy showed me the old screwdricer trick being used as stethiscope. what you do is you put the tip of the screwdriver on each cylinder below the head and you can hear the distortion. so i went to each one and found that the pass side cylinder is the bad one. when i first start the car up it's really rough starting like jerky. and soon as the car warms up and the oil light comes on then the engine starts stuttering like slapping. my buddy said tha i prob blew a rod bearing and there is some gap. he said the same thing happened to his dad's truck he was driving and bam all of a sudden it just went out. so i dunno guys if i should take on the task of doing it or if i should just fork out the extra cash and get a new engine. what year engine can i go up to that it will be compatible with my car. 96 celica gt. i would like to get the newest engine with low miles on it.