I recently blew a rod in my 98 civic ex. Is it better to swap it out, or rebuild? If I swap it, what will fit in its' place? can I only use a d16y8, or something else? I'm obviously confused........ Any help is appritiated!

 

You can usually get d16y8 shortblocks pretty cheap. I would just swap it out

 

If you snapped a rod in your motor more than likely the block is toast and at the very least the cylinder is messed up completly.. I would look for a new short block..

 

i did that on my 99 ex i blew my motor i swapped it out

 

Can I only swap with d16y8, or will another engine fit?

 

Y7 will fit, so will Y5 (same obd generation as the y8)

You could swap in a z6 or damn near any other D16 block too, but there will be slight issues with sensors on the older blocks

 

I would look for a y8, y7, z6 in that order..

 

Havin' trouble findn' a y8 at the local junkyards. Anywhere better to look?

 

Here on HT or on ebay..

 

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