not sure if this is right forum but is there any way beside going to a police station to find out if a motor is legit. cause i ran into some guy who had an ls for sale really cheap but i wanna make sure its legit first.. all i can get is the numbers off the block . is there any way to find out just from that?

 

call chp and tell them you want to buy this motor and ask them to run the numbers..

-joseph

 

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Who's chp?

 

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CHP = California Highway Patrol

What he means is to call your local police and ask them the process of buying a used motor and how to go about checking if it is legal.

 

id rather not do that ,, isnt there any way to check on like a car fax or somethin

 

Carfax does not state whether a motor is legit or not. I have ran carfax on a friend's car that was stolen 3 years ago and it still doesn't show up on carfax.

Only the police have that info.


If you don't want to burn the seller, then just tell them that you want o run the VIN by the police to see if it's legit. If they don't want to do it, then it's probably stolen anyway.

Another thing is that pre -96 motors don't have VINs, so there is no way to tell if it is stolen.

 

theres no vin.. its from a 91 integra.. only has block number.. i know the cops can look it up and see cause they do it all the time around here but i dont know any too well to just go ask without causing a problem.

 

With no VIN, then that means there is only a serial number. There is no database that shows VINs with engine serial numbers.

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dunno but cops pull kids over all the time around here and run the serial num on block and end up taking half the peoples cars usually

 

Actually, you're wrong, there is an NICB database that has a list of stolen engines, it is listed by engine code and serial number. Contact your local law enforcement office and have them run the engine id

 

I was told by a police sergeant that they would never be able to recover my motor because there was no VIN on it and I didn't write down the serial number from the block for my records.

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