Aeroquip socketless hose failed on my oil cooler, dumped all my oil onto the track. Engine seized. What do I do now?

I have a 2004 AP2. Entirely stock drivetrain minus the oil cooler which ironically ****ed me over.

Shop says head looks fine but bottom end won't hand crank at all. It's seized.

What are my options? The shop basically said these are my best choices, in order from cheapest to expensivest:

Swap in whole longblock F22C
Swap in short block F22C (could be cheaper but if anything is wrong, it'll cost more easily. more labour to swap head over, more labour to get a shop to inspect the bottom end before swapping in)
Swap in an F22C with upgraded parts
Rebuild current Engine
Swap engine to a different one (ie, K swap) which inevitable requires fab kits despite swap kits claiming they work easily.

I track this car in California, so something that's N/A and reliable is preferred. More power would be nice, but preferably not at significantly more expense.

 

Is this the second aftermarket oil cooler failure this week? Wish I had a glib solution.

-- Chuck

 

Its a lesson in using the right fittings when making an oil cooler.

 

There is another member on here who had a recent failure that was traced back to the oil cooler as well, something with too much of a pressure drop using both the factory oil cooler and that particular aftermarket. This is from the builder, I haven't talked with the owner to confirm.

 

Get a low miles running long Block from a crashed S.

 

If half way mechanically inclined and up to the task do it yourself. The engine swap is easy but costly in labor. Its quite time consuming so if you have spare time and will power I say tackle it yourself. swapping in a low mile F22C would be best bet IMO. TAE Used auto parts in Florida have lots of S2000 parts. I have swapped in a couple S2000 engines from them and no customer issues. I also have an engine replacement tomorrow.

I went J32a2 in my S2000 when the F20 was tired of running. As a track junkie my self It was not the cheapest route short term. If you don't have tools and want to do it yourself. Go buy some tools. It will save you money long term. then the only person that can half ass your car is you.

 

Get a new/used motor. U can find some steals.

 

Ya in my area (Sac, Ca) we almost always have S2k engines on CL. I purchased an 04 f22c with 56k and had it swapped in my ap1.

 

I would do this, but my garage isn't large enough to fit my S2K plus a hoist with an engine on it. Also, all my buddies live far from me, so it won't be an easy job, unfortunately. I would imagine a straight swap wouldn't be immensely difficult but without plenty of space, it's just too much to try to do.

A local guy is offering a 69k mile F22C motor for 3280 shipped which seems like the only good deal I have at the moment. I think I'll have to bite.