It can be saved but for how much $$$, then you still have an old torker 340, when the new way better torker II's are going for around $120 used. Hope he does right and you get you money back.
I read some surprising dyno comparisons re the old torker running practically identical numbers to a performer rpm on a BB. May be true for the SB? Hope the tig session yields a sweet intake if you go that route.