well, i havent taken it apart yet, but it started clattering and is leaking oil BAD out the front side of the engine and running on 5 cylinders. so im ASSUMING it threw a rod out the side of block, but i havent found a hole yet. also, it has metal shavings in the oil when i pulled the dipstick. im assuming its going to need a rebuild, and assuming the block is bad as well. thats why i was thinking of doing the swap to na, or swapping at least to an na block, and re using my heads, sc, et... since a na block is much easier to find and much cheaper.
however, after posting the ad, i have found a reman s/c long block for 995 which i think is a very good deal, so if its available i might just buy that.
i plan on starting to tear it apart today sometime, so will keep posted on what i find.