thizzen4

ecu was burnt up/half the harness pluggs where broke
bent throttle body
bent wastegate
water in 3 of the holes / sparkpluggs
coil pack was badd
tranny mounts where bad
and oil pan was all dented up

but in long run engine runs greatt , after ALOTT of extra MONEYY

Pinggg

There is a review section for something like this.

delado

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Dolph_KYAS13

I've known 5 people who have bought cars from there and 4 people who have bought front clips from there. Aslong as you do your homework and check everything out there shouldnt be an issue.

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Corbic

People are still buying Garbage from Japan?

towlie

It doesnt matter where you buy your motor, they will all need work/parts. Oil pans are always dented, missing/broken small parts, etc. your shipping a 20yo motor halfway around the world for shits sake.

S14Serge

As stated above there will always be a need to change/swap parts from an old motor such the sr20det, but on the other hand did they offer to exchange any of the parts from that motor you purchased?? Glad to hear it's running good though...

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Matej

Then it should be advertised as such.

doitsidewayz

I had my swap from them. All missing was ignitor chip. Other than that it was a healthy as motor..

FU12

THIS ^^^^^ http://zilvia.net/f/businesses/

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Corbic

The problem with Canada is shipping is hella-expensive, Credit Card charges backs are umpossiball and back in they day there was a million fly-by-night engine sellers coming out of there.

Just buy the damn thing local. Between the Forms and Craigslists these motors are everywhere, I'd rather spend $60 in gas driving to get one in person then $400 in shipping to have a POS.

The warranties these guys offer aslo crap. How often do you have it in and running 30 days from sale? Are you going to spend $400 to ship it back?

fliprayzin240sx

You think a shop that imports a couple containers full of engines, clips, and other miscellaneous parts have time to type up about every single part they have? With some of these places, just be happy they gave you a compression check.

Personally, thats the reason I would only get engines from places i can drive to. If shits fucked up, I can always drive back to swap it or get a part replaced. I've dealt with only Venus Auto in Sacramento for this reason. Alot of folks hated them but I've never had an issue with them.

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speedgod^s13

For a lot of us, driving to a shop isn't an option. I'd be pissed too, if I bought a motor, and that many things were wrong with it. If you are in the engine selling business, you need to MAKE time, to properly describe the items you are selling. There's no excuse for bad business practices.

towlie

Replacing a few minor parts isn't a big deal to me.. My sr from zerolift was missing a few key things and they replaced and shipped for free. (failed to replace a chipped ecu that would not start the motor tho)

It would be nice to see the motor in person and handpick it out, I just didn't have that kind of spare time when I was ready to purchase it

I don't think any of this would warrant a freak out however, it still runs.. Good compression, tranny shifts good, no holes in the block your good...

M11's

buy local, craigslist, buddies of buddies, way easier and more reliable and cheaper. thats way i took

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Corbic

How was any of his problems " bad buiness practices".

IT IS A USED FUCKING ENGINE.

It was in a Car in Japan. That car was scrapped - because you know, it was wrecked, or maybe even the motor went bad.

Someone in Japan then hacked it out the quickest way possible, and crammed it into a container.

It then was shipped across the ocean, unloaded and transported a dozen times.






OMFG Shit gets banged up and wet!

towlie

That's why valve covers arrive scratched and oil pans dented. Stacked on top of each other

fliprayzin240sx

HAHA...dont forge the fact that most engines coming in now are engines that the drifters in Japan didnt want. The same guys who would continue to beat on an SR with 3 cylinders because #3 cylinder is blown and almost got no compression (I swear I've never done this myself).

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kalypso123

Too motherphuckin funny HAHA

what motors are those in the third pic

Walperstyle

(KA-T owners quietly laugh)

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LockOn!

Just buy from people on eBay. I've always had the best luck there because you can check their feedback. I'd never buy from anyone with less then a 99% feedback score.

People will go way out of their way to keep those high scores because that's what attracts buyers. Especially big ticket stuff like engines.

I've bought 1 1jz, 1 SR, and a used motor for my old accord from random ebay vendors. Never had a bad experience yet.

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bkt808

bought my rb25 from zerolift, clean motor, harness uncut, plugs all intact, only problems was tranny neutral switch and reverse sensors wires were broke off but nothing a lil solder wont fix, also sent me a wrong ecu and no maf but thats in the mail right now.

Matej

No, but they should have a disclaimer stating something along the lines of; "May or may not come with a bunch of broken and missing parts. May or may not run. May or may not blow up two weeks after install. Whatever, buy at own risk."

I am purchasing a motor this week.

420sx

people still buy JDM motors? you are in America so act like it. Put an American motor in your car.

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iamthewinner

With that logic, why drive an import?
Go drive rustang or vettes.

zneubauer

exactly, thats like them saying "oh, our station gets a million calls a day, we don't have time to treat every AMI/diabetic/etc properly" its called standard of practice and some people blow dick at having one.

Corbic

240sx Owners are to poor.

blusx

Imho when buying a used motor from japan you should save up more to refresh or rebuilt the motor before install that here is the only guarantee of a healthy running engine. iv e been screwed before belive me (3 bad motors from osaka rod knock ,no compression) now ive rebuilt 2 and sold parts off 1 to finance both builds

chris_240sx

Agreed.

When I bought my SR all I did was put some belts on it and put it in the car. The oil pan, valve cover, etc was all fine/undented. Ran great for about 2 months and then it needed a water pump which I replaced and it's still running great a year later.

I think it depends more on who you buy from. I got mine from JDMHookup in STL and have nothing but good things to say.

I don't know if you already have something lined out Matej, but I would definitely recommend them since you're somewhat close.

juan3023

how much does a container usually goes for does any one on here have any idea ?