[Shotimes] Car won't start after dying

[bjshov8]

> Although it's *possible* you may need some major work, there have been
cases where SHOwners have been lucky and only needed to replace the bearings
in situations similar to yours.
>
> I've personally seen crank journals on an engine with a spun bearing and
the journals came out unscathed.

You run a risk of damaging the connecting rod as well- the spinning bearing
wears the outside of the crank journal AND the inside of the rod.  First you
need to look at the surface of the crank journal and the inside surface of
the rod.  If they don't look too "gouged" then you might be OK.  You can get
some strips of emery cloth and wrap around the crank journal and pull them
back and forth (like you would polish a shoe with a long cloth) to smooth
the surface.  If you get the journal smooth then you need to use some
plastigage (or a micrometer on the journal itself) to determine if the
clearances are in spec. or not.