Hey, My name is Tony D. and i'm from Tennessee. Im an ASE certified auto tech and Im new to the import scene and dont really know much about them. I recently purchased a 97 civic del sol with a D16y8 engine and auto transmission with a bad clunk in the engine for a good price and have set out to rebuild it.

After removing the engine and transmission from the car and disassembling the engine, The clunk turned out to be a broken crankshaft. Clean cracked and split across the counterbalance after #4 rod journal. I have a crankshaft out of a d16z6 and i am pretty surer that it will work with the d16y8 block and internals i have.

This is a learning experience for me and i want to do other work to the car after i rebuild the engine. I definitely want to do a 5-speed swap into it and maybe boost it later on. but for now i just want to get it back on the road.

I am looking forward to getting to know these cars and the people that drive them. as well as learning some new things along the way. I will post pictures of it after i take some and will post progress pics and updates as they go.