Bought this car in 2007...ran great and loved it. october of 2009 a rod started knocking. currently in proccess of swapping out the LD9 for another LD9 with 17k miles. why not get a bigger motor? because it is my first swap and trying to work with exact fitting parts is hard enough...when i get time and experience under my belt then maybe but as for now, i like the LD9 2.4L.