racebum

your location alone says yes. make sure you check ebay to see their current pricing before you go in. then you can negotiate a deal since they don't have to pay shipping. minimum 100-300 off.

vainot4u

Just thought I'd share a recent bad experience I had with JDM Engine Corp in Richardson TX. I bought and paid for a 97 Prelude shifter cable, I told the lady over the phone very clearly when placing the order it was for a 97...My wife was also on the phone at the time because she was paying with the CC, and confirmed I said 97...anyhow I went to install the cable and much to my surprise it was the wrong one...many emails back and forth, I later discovered they had sent a 4th gen (92-96) shifter cable. Well I just wanted the right one, so even though they wanted me to pay return shipping I thought as long as they have the right one I could deal with it...well after a few more emails they didn't have the right part, I then expressed my concern about the entire transaction to the person I was talking to, and they proceeded to blame me! They said it was my fault the cable was a 4th gen and not 5th. They said I never stated it was for a 97, even though as stated above I clearly did. In so many words they called me a liar, and placed the blame directly on me. Instead of eating the potential $20 in shipping charges and saving face as a company, so I could be writing a happy review instead of this...they blame me...it's mentality like this that turn people off, and prevent them from ever doing business with places like this. I don't think I will ever deal with any other place than H-Motors after this experience. I put a little trust in this company with a small purchase and they let greed get the better of them, I can only imagine what a large purchase would be like...no thanks!

dc101

anyone have bad experience with osakajdmmotors?

EHondaJDM

ive orders 6 motors from tigerjapan. i ordered two at a time and they gave me a deal because of it. every motor i got ran good and whatever got broken on the motor (ie: sensors, dist, etc) they had a extra one tucked in. i ordered my friend a jdm gsr and it dropped a valve the next day, we called them and they sent a new one free of charge and let us keep the broken one. i have no quarrels with tigerjapan and i plan on ordering more from them.

dcteg513

i have got 3 b20b's, a h22a swap , b16a ,and a ctr swap from tiger since last october no problems ask for anesha if u call other guys are ******** up there

azspd02

Not to beat a dead horse or bring back to life an old thread but I think this is an important topic and having had some experience with JDM Engine Corp. I can tell you they don't compression test their motors or at least they didn't for the b20 I bought from them last summer. I picked it up locally and the owner almost handed me a b16 but he realized his mistake and went to the only high compression b20 that he had (very shady move as there is a huge difference between a b16 and b20 I mean the valve cover alone was a dead giveaway). Regardless, when I dropped the motor off at the shop my 'teg was at they ran a compression test and it came out horrible on all but 1 cylinder. It was a huge hassle and mess to return the motor as JDM's policy is that you have to have the motor installed and it not run for it to be a valid return but of course why would you want to pay for the labor of having a motor swapped in if you know its bad. So anyways, after great debate I was able to return the motor and the owner kept $140 or 20% of the cost of the motor as a "restocking fee" something which is not listed anywhere on their website or anywhere (or wasn't at the time). Basically, it was a case of the owner being real nice and buddy-buddy when making the sale and as soon as I said 1 thing after having the motor tested he got super defensive and became a different person (his defensiveness being a tell-tale sign that unsatisfied customers are a pretty common thing for his business). Nonetheless, felt like posting some firsthand experience with one of the discussed businesses as buying a motor is obviously a big investment made on a pretty big leap-of-faith and trust. If I had to do it over again, I would definitely be willing to spend whatever extra money on top of $800 to ensure the motor I received was a good one. But you live and you learn.

KLeSe

Anyone ever buy motors from Attarco? They are located in Northern California so shipping within state is less than other places.

chris1c2a3c

I've been to honda motors onlines werehouse in burbank its always a pleasure if you live around them I highly suggest talking to steve.....has anyone done business with flashoptions.com I'm looking at an integra sir front clip and the price seems to good to be true

racebum

if i lived in cali and wasn't buying an ITR engine i'd go to hmo in a minute. he still has the itr stuff overpriced but everything else is fair and he does have kick *** service

ram22da9

jdm depot bottom line

CrowerRex

I would like to also add to the pile of complaints about Tiger Japanese and their "premium quality used engines". I purchased a full obd 1 h22a 5 speed sway and dealt personally with Mike Yunos aka king **** of turd island. I was told that I was getting a perfect motor and yes those were the words used. What did I revieve?? A 91 (92 model) h22a that looked like it had been in about 4-5 cars and had about 300k on it. Better yet when I tore it down for the swap into my car the balance shaft seal had blown out and the motor had been run completley dry of oil. Under the valve cover there was a 1/4" of burnt oil and sludge on everything and the front and rear main seals were shot. When I called and told them that this motor was FUBAR mike responded " do you want me to give you $225 to cover the cost of the seals and gaskets?" I was like WTF this motor is toast?! Long story short I ended up paying to ship that POS back to them and then pay to get another motor as they couldnt figure out how this had happened. I told him that if he ****ed up again that I was going to come to his business personally and "Discuss" our little problem. What did I revieve the second time around? A mint 96 production year jdm h22a, motor was beyond mint and must of been the only one they ever got like that. These guys are the biggest bunch of dishonest ******** in business today! STAY AWAY DO NOT BUY FROM THEM!!! Oh and I hear their jdm cars are even better quality, these guys need to pack up and go back to israel or wherever where they came from.

94EG8

For the most part they're all the same. HMO obviously stands above the rest, and Tiger Japanese is pretty much at the bottom, but for the most part the rest are all about the same, usually you'll get a decent engine. I've personally ordered from Sunrise JDM and got a really good engine, personally seen lots of good engines from JDM Source and I put in an LS swap for someone last year, can't remember where it came from but it looked like new inside and out.

EJ1_CRIS_909

Hmotorsonline.com by far has to be the best. Set up an appointment with steve for a saturday, went wit my truck to pick up a 2000 jdm b20b, and it was like brand new. The inside of the engine looked like it had been driven a couple thousand miles, then parked. So i took it and he gave me the results of the compression, the leakdown test, and told me about their startup warranty. Installed the engine in my car, and that thing runs so strong. I highly vouch for them and i would definatly go back for more parts. It was a little more than other importers, but highly worth it.

Oh ya and there was someone there i seen buying a cluster, and it was from a ef9 front clip. They pulled it off and that thing only had about 14,000km.... And thats from a 89-91!! They get all the best parts.

01tegsr

lots of good info here! thanks to all the people that can afford to buy swaps haha

racebum

i don't think it's always an afford thing. when you blow your car up and look at the expense of a real rebuild a $1500 jdm gsr engine isn't that bad of a buy to get driving again quick

it's hard to say how long the supply will last along with age. sooner or later even the 2001 motors are going to need new seals before they are ran

01tegsr

very true sir.

rhymeshark916

Attarco is a good place to buy jdm engines. You can't beat the price and the quality. I think he bought the B20B for $550 with a 6 month warranty and the B16 for $800. A buddy of mine bought two motors from the shop here in Sacramento. His B20b ran strong with only a Clutch Masters stage 1 clutch and ACT street flywheel and a DC 4-1 header. He didn't even change spark plugs and wires since it was looking new. Ran 15. flat at the 1/4 in his 92 Si hatch. The other engine, B16a second gen long block mated to a GSR tranny ran 14.8 in a 94 hatch with basic bolt ons with spoon vtec controller.

sunsetburntjim

bought an ek w/ a gsr swap, had it for four days and it through a rod through the back of the block, checked h-t for a reputable engine supplier, went w/ jdmenginescorp only to find out the title of the car had issues and needed to cancel the order for a b18c1 w/ jdmenginescorp, they were more than accomidating, they cancelled the order, gave me a full refund! and wished me good luck, definately good customer service! will order again as soon as everything is straightened out.

honda1994accord

so where do i go to get a motor everyone has wat they have to say but wats the best

Tony M.

bluejackets92fs

http://zerolift.com/

gsrauto98

Well Fack!!! I just ordered a GSR longblock the other day from them cause I heard they were a decent place from looking it up on here and HMO was sold out :/ now I'm scared...

racebum

found a place i like more than jdm engines corp.

www.jdmdirectimport.com

they operate similar to HMO. they buy actual cars to part out. have a real warranty and very fair pricing. i just had a 96-97 spec itr engine come in 2 weeks ago with 225-230psi cold on the crate and 255lbs of compression warm on all 4. they will make cold compression videos and send you if requested. very solid outfit. they actually have a youtube channel full of compression tests matched to serial numbers

what turned me off about jdm engines corp and why i won't deal with them anymore is their bullshit warranty that's basically no warranty and not compression testing engines. they literally dump what comes in.

that said i have never had a bad exp with jdm engines corp after 3 engines for myself and a friend. i just can see the possibility of it with their business model.

you guys also have to consider these engines are getting OLD. we're talking 15yr old motors here

HMO is not a be all end all, steve is just good with customer service and has a real warranty. if something slips through he doesn't go ******* on you. i just can't deal with his pricing on ITR stuff. on most others it's quite fair. gsr's are okay, random parts are okay. i've ordered a few things from him before without issue

GearSpeedKelvo

How about for other makes like Toyota, Nissan and others where can you buy?

racebum

you didn't even look at the above link did you....