I'm about to buy a b18b motor to swap into my 92 eg hb. I found a motor a guy is trying to sell for $1000 for the complete swap. So far that's the lowest I've seen, and he's going to write up a bill of sale if I buy it.

My question is that is there a way to run the serial number of the motor to make sure its good? Or do I just ask for his VIN and check? Also, where would I go to find out if the motor is not stolen? Do I use Carfax, or something else?

Sorry for all the questions, I've never bought a motor from another person before. I've always had shops do my swaps, but I think it's time for me to learn myself.

Thanks in advance.

Minh

oh yeah here's the link....

http://portland.craigslist.org/pts/107595659.html

 

If you carfax the VIN number you will know the status on the title of the car. In my case the car I bought the motor from was a salvaged title due to an accident. Hope this helps.

 

So I should at least Carfax if to see if there was any previous damage, just in case there was damage to the front end...makes sense.

 

honestly i wouldn't worry too much about the vin...if you don't go racing around all the time, and if you don't have a bad record, no one's gonna check the vin on your motor.

 

plus you will never know if that engien came out of his car since it wont have a vin plate on it.

the carfax culd only be tied to teh chassis of his car.