Ok so I ordered a motor for a friend from a shop i care not to de-face yet.

So the motor shows up...we had ordered a h23a1 dohc vtec

We received a F2*B with the number mostly ground off...

here's a pc of the engine off their website...we will follow up with pics of our engine momentarily.

M

 

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here's a pc of the engine off their website...we will follow up with pics of our engine momentarily.

M

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looks to me like the f20b

 

f20b

 

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Looks like it...

 

Hmm....interesting, cause this is how it is listed.
(you kinda gave away the site with the pic)

 

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thats osaka for ya

 

damn and it says this on their site: A 35% restocking fee plus all shipping charges will be billed on any returned items...

i guess that's even if it's their fault-- that's gay

 

thats why http://www.hmotorsonline.com is the choice of most.

 

...great now i've got a motor i don't want that won't fit in the 'lude anyway...plus if it did there's no torque anyway

M






hey atleast we paid by credit card...

 

there's alot of bad stories about osaka motors.

i think some ppl had some good but way more bad. and the one of the good experiences was when the dude actually went there to grab his motor

 

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i think some ppl had some good but way more bad. and the one of the good experiences was when the dude actually went there to grab his motor</TD></TR></TABLE>

I wanna hear that good story.

Contact them and get them to take it back and give you the motor you ordered. If not make friends with a lawyer and have them see a lawsuit in their future.

 

it will fit in just like any other h22.

its essentially a destroked h22.

 

the f20b motor will fit.....just deal with it i guess since theres a fee for sending it back, its a perdy good motor my friend has one in his 5th gen.

 

Basically decide what you'd rather have, the H23A torquey but less rev happy engine or the F20b less torque but free-revving iron sleeved block (the LSD tranny isn't bad).

If you want the H23A contact Osaka & tell them it was their mistake & they are responsible to replace it with an H23A or to refund you the value of an H23A block. If they won't work with you report them to the BBB. If you live close enough take them to small claims. Otherwise, I would love to see a lawsuit put together for all the people ripped off by Osaka. It might finally put them out of business, there are unfortunately a few other importers of similar reputation that are making $ stealing from people & getting away with it.

Edit:
Since I can't make out anything on the engine stamp from the pic, one way to tell it's an H23A or F20b (besides pulling the head & measuring the cylinder bores, H23A is 87mm, F20b is 85mm) is the stamp on the back of the head. My H23A head came with just your standard P13 head, I'm not sure about the F20b but I imagine it comes with something a little fancier like a P5P head.

 

well, if you dont feel like throwing it away, I guess Ill get rid of it for you

 

dosent the f20b cost more then the h23?
sell that **** on ebay yo!

 

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sell that **** on ebay yo!</TD></TR></TABLE>

My thoughts exactly...

 

From the pic you can't tell but you can see most of the f part of the 2 and most of the b
M

The deal is we had ordered a dohc v-tec h23...as im sure you are all aware the 'lude isn't a light weight...we wanted a torquey engine to bolt a turbo onto...

anyone know where we can get said engine?




Modified by 240sxdriver at 2:04 PM 7/25/2006

 

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M

The deal is we had ordered a dohc v-tec h23...as im sure you are all aware the 'lude isn't a light weight...we wanted a torquey engine to bolt a turbo onto...

anyone know where we can get said engine?

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cant wont last very long if you just slap a turbo onto a stock h23 vtec...
the ringlandings will bust

 

I thought that the h23 didn't come in vtec, just the h22 ?

 

the h23vtec only came with an auto tranny out of the accord sir wagon i believe.

seems pretty shady to me that they are trying to pass the f20b off as an h23a.

 

special motor
rare but awesome
came in the 01 accord euro-r wagon
it's obd II

 

call them, if they want to charge your anything, put in a dispute to the credit card. very simple.

 

We made it very clear to Sam the "manager" that we would not accept this motor as a h23a1 and that we would dispute the charge with the credit card company if they refused to co-operate...he hung up on us...several times