91 Honda Accord LX, 215k mi, 16 valve 4 ci.

The motor was making a terrible rod knocking sound for a while. It just started out of the blue one day. It seriously sounded like a diesel. Then it died on me. Engine would turn over, but no spark.

I got a SES light and the code came up ignition related, and these cars are known to have crappy distributers, so i checked into that first. I found i was getting no spark. After i checked every fuse and whatnot twice, i thought about it a little longer and decided to check if the distributer was even turning, well it wasn't. So i pulled the valve cover and noticed that the Cam Gear had snapped off the cam. It was actually the cam itselfe that snapped off where the bolt for the gear goes thru.

I'm guessing this was from a valve/piston collision and i prolly need a new motor. Should i pull the head to inspect things, or just pull the whole motor assuming it's prolly trashed?