Car just threw a rod
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Sorry this happened, but sounds like you are at least gonna have to replace the short block, possible long block depending on any damage to the head and or oil starvation to the upper end…
Typically an engine “throws” a rod due to lack of oil to it, once the rod bearing is no longer lubricated properly while running, the rod bearing will spin in the big end of the rod and the bearing “welds” itself to the crank and stops the rod from rotating on the crank journal, at that point it breaks and most of the time goes through the side of the block area, that is called catastrophic damage and non repairable (at a reasonable price)…
Now if the engine was starved for oil for whatever reason then damage to the cam bearings and cam and whatnots will be damaged also…
Basically you need either a used engine, a new (if even available) engine, or a rebuilt/reman engine from like Jasper engines as well as others…
Usually a broken rod is from a piston seizing from lack of oil. But it could also be a defect or the effect of extreme racing.