Freeze plug pushed out

Yeah I agree. I wanted to put in a 5.0 swap. Even tried to talk him into a coyote engine. But he was set on keeping the original engine in the car. Lol, It's been totaled out 4 times, literally. 3 times by another motorist plowing into twice when my sister drove it, once when my younger son was driving it and the last time a deer jumped out in front of it when my son who drives it now was coming back from skiing. It's got a whole new front clip on it, he just put new tires on it before the engine went out. I can't bust on him too much, as my 73 duster was a basket case and I put way too much money into it. Of course, it has a clean title, and is probably worth what I'm in it and will keep going up in value over time. I think he's seriously wondering what to do next. Drive it for a couple hundred miles and see if it clears up, swapping the other 3.8 over with any parts we can reuse, swap it to a 5.0 or park it next to the other projects and walk away. I know he probably won't just walk away from it, he will have to know what went wrong. I feel bad for him as he put alot of effort into it, but it's part of the whole building engines and fixing up cars. Some you win, some you lose.