I bought a used 2011 GT with the 5.0 Coyote motor from Thornhill in January and parked it up. I recently drove it back to NYC and after 2000km I started hearing a knocking from the driver side engine bay. I will admit I revved it up good a few times prior just to hear the motor, and the knock started after this. I drove the car about 30km after the noise started and then suddenly it got a lot worse. Oil pressure stayed constant until I could limp it home.

It turns out that rod bearing failure is common on the early coyote's.

Any idea on what a bottom end rebuild would cost me? Or is it better to swap the motor? Or take the loss and sell the car with a pooched motor as-is?

This is the first time I have owned a car and had such a catastrophic failure? I know if I was still in Toronto I would probably hit up ZR and have him do the work (not sure if he still does mechanic work).