This guy locally is selling a d16y8 swap with axles,tranny,shift linkage, and longblock all together still. Says it has 80k miles on it and everything was great.... EXCEPT the block has a hole in it from where a rod was thrown thru it. So what do you think??

 

negative. you'll have to buy a whole new block... and why did it throw a rod if it only had 80k miles... ?

think about it.

 

I considered the possibilty that he was driving it hard for a rod to be thrown thru the block. But I figured the axles and tranny and head are worth the 300 bucks.

 

buy my 100k miles D16Z6 complete swap for 450. I'll throw in an AEM SRI and DC 4-2-1 headers. It drives beautifully and the tranny is mint!

 

It probably either spun a rod bearing (incredibly common on Y8s) or it hydrolocked and broke a rod. Head may not be any good either btw, sometimes when the rod breaks the piston will come back up and drive itself into the head.

 

check the head.. make sure its still good.. as for the bottom block your going to have to replace it.. you can get a d16y7 bottom block for cheap

 

I know I could go get a bottom end for around $100 give or take 50. So thats not a problem, just the Y8 I've got now is a complete mess(How I got it) and need a new one before something major goes wrong. I asked the guy to send me some more pics of the damage since in the first batch he didnt.

 

leave it. $400 buys a running motor. nothing in the bottom ( most times top) is salvageable.