whole in the front of the block on my y8! help me out!!

either buy a complete shortblock y8 off my friend with 60k for 200$
or-
buy a complete y7 swap, 100k ,trans ,complete engine and whatnot for 200$
or
obd1 d15 complete motor with around 100k and do a mini me swap, 50$

what should i do?

 

find a cheaper block

 

dude are you running turbo? I think God is giving you a chance to build a kickass engine.

 

boost was ran on the stock 1.5 . no more boost. TTT

 

um... fully built d15 mini me

 

your car blew up?? post pix

 

It blew up?! Did parts go everywhere?! J/K I say go with whatever's most reliable.

 

I say go for the y8. Why did it blow?

 

the oil level the day before was on the LOW side but my oil light never went on prior to the motor throwing a rod? it had about 80k on it. just crusing 70mph in 5th gear then rod knock and like1 min later it was all over ,ill get pics tomorw

 

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damn uncle rod..... visited you huh? If you didnt know, it was Uncle Rod Knock...

 

i'd pick up both the y8 short block and complete y7 swap. this way for only $400 you can have another motor to put back together, and having the y7 as a back up.

 

ehh im debating

 

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i like this idea

i just bought a spare obd1 ls motor for real cheap, just so when i inevitably blow up my current one i have a spare block

 

sell the head and buy a d15bvtak portable phone

 

You can find plenty of D16 short blocks for under $100. I sometimes wish I stayed D-series.

 

buy the y8 block & y7 swap... sell the y7 swap..take that money & fix up the y8

 

ouch

 

what was ur setup?

I'd try to find a soultion to what went wrong before building anything else

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I'd go with that too

 

Find a cheap D16Z6/D16Y8 block. If your friend is selling you a D16Y8 block for $200, he isn't your friend. You can find complete D16Z6/D16Y8 engines for that price.

All you need is an engine, no transmission. Don't waste money if you don't have to.

 

living in jersey
i wouldn't do anything to your car
leave it stock and if it gets stolen, walk it off
too many thieves in jersey

 

I would go with a better swap. You can buy LS motors for 800 bucks with only around 30,000 miles. I was thinking of getting my motor from totaljdm.com LS motor = good compressiong = boost boost boost...