its not that this was a bad motor..at all by any means.ran perfect since ive had it since october 03 to well saturday.i take the fault for not checking the engine when i heard unusall noises, i had the timing guide rattle before>so i took off the guide but it was already broken,well since then i still had a rattle and i ignored it >could have been a piece of the timing guide fallinginto the motor, i dunno.something big happened "big" at once because there were absolutely no signs of any trouble> went thru gears with ease and never really missed a beat. well now on to SR20DET..as jonas said yea ive been wanting one since i saw his and bretts.not that i wasnt going to do it> it was time> now im forced to do it now because its my daily driver. sorry for the wining and bitching

jason