How do you tell if what you paid for is in fact a JDM motor? I really dont care i just think the shop i had replace my motor is full of **** . It started about 1.5 months ago , i went to a shop that specializes in japenese engines and trannys , and they said for 1600 they could buy and install a LOW MILE b18 into my car with a one year warranty. Well i got it back then the head gasket failed. they had the head resurfaced and isntalled a new headgasket. Shortly after it started eating oil and smoking extremely bad, then blew up. In the End they rebuilt the whole engine and made it right , and started my 1 year warranty over to the day i got it back. My question is how do you identify if its a JDM motor , because i think at first they just threw in a usdm high mileage pieace of **** into my car and prayed for the best. The car has also almost 2k miles on it now and i couldnt be more satisfied , I just want to know if its a true JDM motor , the code is b18a1

 

It's not a jdm motor... because it has a "1" after the b18a.... If it's jdm, it would simply be "B18A." And that goes for all the JDM honda motors. You just got a usdm 90-93 motor that probably had 865069809865988095 miles on it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PreFerio &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It's not a jdm motor... because it has a "1" after the b18a.... If it's jdm, it would simply be "B18A." And that goes for all the JDM honda motors. You just got a usdm 90-93 motor that probably had 865069809865988095 miles on it.</TD></TR></TABLE>
right on the money with that one. I have the USDM B18A1 motor, if it was truely a JDM motor it would have writen as B18A on the block, I think that the JDM land didnt have a B18A they had a DOHC VTEC B16A motor installed in the DA teg's. correct me if im wrong on that part.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by integrada9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
, I think that the JDM land didnt have a B18A they had a DOHC VTEC B16A motor installed in the DA teg's. correct me if im wrong on that part.</TD></TR></TABLE> That's what I was thinking too, but I wasn't sure, and didn't want to say something, then get my *** ripped by anyone. But now that you've said it, that makes me think that it's right.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PreFerio &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> That's what I was thinking too, but I wasn't sure, and didn't want to say something, then get my *** ripped by anyone. But now that you've said it, that makes me think that it's right.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea thats what I was hearing around, i know that the DA6 honda integra xsi came with a b16a motor im 100% positive about that, im just not certain if they had a b18a or not...

 

thanks for the info. That Does make about the fact it would simply just be b18a if it was a jdm motor. I remember when i had my 92 hatch , with a b16 , it just said b16 , and when i had a h22 swapped into my old 92 lude it just said h22a


Modified by AZ90DATEG at 6:25 PM 2/26/2007

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AZ90DATEG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks for the info</TD></TR></TABLE>

question, if you had so many problems with that company and their motor why not just return the thing and get your money back? and go somewhere else for a better real JDM motor?

 

It was already installed, and it had a warranty. In the end i paid 1600 and ended up getting a new motor with 0 miles. Havent had any proplems since, and the guy felt so bad for all the trouble he is installing a tranny for me for free when i find one. He made it right i was just pissed for a while there.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AZ90DATEG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> It was already installed, and it had a warranty. In the end i paid 1600 and ended up getting a new motor with 0 miles. Havent had any proplems since, and the guy felt so bad for all the trouble he is installing a tranny for me for free when i find one. He made it right i was just pissed for a while there.</TD></TR></TABLE>
ah gotcha that makes sence now, well g/l on ur teg and hopefully things work out for u

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by integrada9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
ah gotcha that makes sence now, well g/l on ur teg and hopefully things work out for u </TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks man , me to , lol .

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by integrada9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
right on the money with that one. I have the USDM B18A1 motor, if it was truely a JDM motor it would have writen as B18A on the block, I think that the JDM land didnt have a B18A they had a DOHC VTEC B16A motor installed in the DA teg's. correct me if im wrong on that part.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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