studio128
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I've got a 73' e9 coupe that I got back on the road 6-7 yrs ago after watching it sit locally for years. apparently was rebuilt at 120k or so, and probably has 30-40k on it after rebuild. it's always run great, but the other day was driving my 90 yr old mom to the dentist and downshifted to second, slowly, and heard a metallic, sharp exhaust noise from underneath and looked back thinking maybe i ran over something and saw a puff of smoke...never smoked before. it now runs a bit rough cold and smokes on acceleration and downshifts. mechanic thinks maybe it "washed" a cylinder? have webers on it and the linkage on one seems loose. anyway, looking at a major rebuild it it's rings or scored piston...where to go on this? it's a beautiful, unmolested Baikal/black car...very little to no rust (lol) and a keeper for sure. so, 3.5 conversion, rebuild original, costs??? any advice or leads to a used
motor appreciated