Well, she's dead.
I ran compression tests;
cyl 1: 0psi
cyl2: 179
cyl3: 165
cyl4: 179
cyl 3 seems a little low. With the 1342 firing order I guess it's possible there's a bit of damage the valves on 3 as well.
pulled the cam cover off, when cyl2 has valve followers fully in contact with the back if the cam lobe, cyl 1 has the followers only rising about 1/3 of the way.
Guessing the valves are bent after getting headbutted by the piston.
So annoyed this happened under such pedestrian circumstances, reversing out of a driveway. Minutes prior to this I'd wound it out to red line climbing up the hill toward my place and was really enjoying the fact that it pulled so well in second and sounded pretty good too.
Don't know what I'll do.
Almost bought a 242gt on the weekend but the owner had a change of heart and decided not to sell. Thoughts of an vertically mounted b234f +t crossed my mind.
Don't know what RSI rods and turbo pistons are worth. Don't know what valves cost. I could possibly rebuild it over a period of time. I'd need injectors, valve springs, ideally adjustable cam gears, engine management, intake and exhaust manifolds, exhaust, and then there's the gearbox to deal with. Oh, and a turbo, oil return into the block etc etc. It's been done and can be done.
The redbrik has the 1041 diff with 4.10 ratio so, along with the AW72L, is a bit short geared for a turbo motor. But, I suppose, like a crock it'd have a fearsome lunging speed!
A heart transplant is an option too I guess. I've always like the idea of a 1UZ. Same gearbox as the 960 so it'd fit the trans tunnel ok. A Toyota reliable NA 250hp would be plenty to play with. Plus, there's the sound.
And lastly, I guess I could just sell it as is. I've got no idea what it's worth as is.
Has anyone here put a 1UZ in a 940 chassis? I've seen a few on youtube but they're not build vids.
Yeah, yeah, yeah... before the snide jaded types respond with "use the search function", Yes, I'll search but am asking in case anyone can point to links they know off hand.
Thanks again to all that responded and offered ideas.