I ordered a b16a2 from osaka 2 days ago without doing much research on them, i was so excited about ordering a new swap and just took my friends word for it that it was the place to order a swap, but yesterday i searched for peoples experience with osaka on here and all i found were horror stories, and something about a manager thats now fired and how that shouldve fixed the problems they were having with their company or whatever. I guess im tryin to say that im very excited because i have a b16 on the way, but im scared that somethin is gonna be terribly wrong, can anyone give me any reassurance, or some kind of rundown as to whats goin on with osaka? thanks in advance

 

sorry I cant help you because I have not ordered from them, but I cant wait to see how your motor is when it comes....

 

yea im really excited about the motor, ill post pics as soon as everything is complete, im just praying i dont have any problems with internals or anything

 

when are you supposed to get it. let me know how it goes. i am thinking about ordering a motor from them.

 

My buddy was about to order a swap from them yesterday and they were askintg for his social # is this normal?

 

If I ever buy a motor from them, I will go pick it up there myself, it's like at 45 minutes from my place heh

 

Keep us posted on your engine. I think many people on here are wondering about Osaka, as there reputation is still up in the air so to speak. Maybe you should get compression tested, etc. before you pop it in the car as well.

I expect an update from you in a week or less mister!

 

i will definitely keep everyone posted, i will check compression, thanks for advice. they shipped it either yesterday or the day before and said it should take 3-7 days. they asked for my s.s. number too, i wasnt sure if it was normal and again i guess i was just soo excited about the motor i just gave it to them

 

Hey my friend just recieved his jdm b18c5 from them with no problems at all. They had a probalem for a while with people claiming to be "osaka" and taking orders and recieveing payment but not sending motors, check their website for details. Make sure you called the same number that is on the site.

Quote: "Fraud Warning
We have received many phone calls regarding people who ordered an engine from "Osaka". It has come to our attention that an individual is demanding for money by acting like an Osaka employee. If you have any information, or believe to be one of the victims, please contact us immediately with any information you have regarding this scam artist. He has requested the transactions to be made through a bank wire.

If you are looking to purchase an engine with us, please make sure to be ordering from a phone number that is listed on the site."

http://www.osakajdmmotors.com/

 

wtf? don't give them the ss#, why the hell do you need to give your ss# to buy a motor. i think it's all bullshit.

 

It always seems that the Type R swaps run smooth but everything else is sketchy. I was so set on ordering from them, but now am going to save up some money and just make me a B20/Vtec. I hope yours comes out well man.

Scott

 

i called the number that was on the site, but he gave me a fax number that i didnt notice on the site, anyone know anything about that, and does anyone know anything about the social security # cause now im starin to freak out about that

 

I just talked to my friend chap carpenter who will be the one showing me my first swap, you might know him on here he had a white hatch that was stoeln from philly and now hes built it like no other, anyway he said they may have asked social number because im having it shipped to his house which is obviously a different address than my credit card, hopefully hes right

 

Why the hell would they want an SSN! Strange!?

Either way, they are more then happy to help any problems, they let one person go who caused a lot of problems. They have a new, more educated person to pick out j-spec motors... You should be fine, they give warrenty and all. Maybe the SSN is for that warrenty, hmm. Keep us posted!!!

 

that could be right(about it beign shipped to someone elses address than what is on the CC.but i dunno