Banger rod knock

[Rokkern]

First drive with new clutch innstalled, ran great ! So great it threw a rod bearing. I was doing about 50mph which should'nt be a problem right?
Wondering about either
1. Opening the oil pan, remove some shims and doing an easy fix
2. Pulling the engine and rebuild, while innstalling an unknown condition banger to get me thru the summer.

An "easyfix" sounds pretty old school and cool to me.