hey wassup guyz. do any of u guyz know if i can find out if a motor is legit or not? can i get the serial number and go somewhere to check the numbers out. to see if its legit or not? cuz i bought a ls motor and gonna go take it to a referree to register my eg with ls motor. let me know thanks

 

All I know is I'm pretty sure if it isn't legit they'll take that **** away and bye bye engine!

 

run the vin#

 

more than that in nj. heavy fines and repo of vehicle and if a shop did ur swap a possible closing down of the shop. there is some big **** that goes on about that ****. if u do have a hot motor good luck keeping it from being found out because there's prolly a snitch in ur town that narcs everyone out.

 

 

Not to hijack your thread, but my question comes alongt he same lines as yours. Do you need/get any kind of documentation when you buy a swap?

I forget why I thought you may need documentation, but maybe the answer will revive my original though.

 

yes you do.

they want all of the paper work of every little thing

 

Then what kind of documentation? Just a receipt?

 

In a Swap like a C5 swap...u get papers stating that the motor is legit and it was not stolen...bla bla bla

dont even risk buying a stolen motor...especially an LS...hope u gettin it for a couple hundred if its stolen...

EDIT>>>> u know how u get a title for your car....same thing for a motor


[Modified by NeVeR bLoWn, 10:54 AM 3/15/2003]

 

That's what I was thinking. You'd get a title type thing for it, but then I figured if I got a title with an engine, what would the car have? I'm a newb at engine swap legalities lol. Thanks for the clarification.

 

no problemo

 

how do you run a block number?

 

yep how do u run the numbers??

 

That was his one and only question for this thread.


[Modified by volk ce28n, 11:37 PM 3/15/2003]

 

the pigs read it off ur block and will run it through thier computers the motors vin code is tied in with the vin number on the orig car it came out of. if that car was stolen or so on they can find out impound ur car ect ect not worth having a stolen motor unless u live in the boonies where a cop doesnt even kno what vtec motor is.hoepfully they'll get more strict with it so no one will have their cars jacked anymore. i have had 3 freinds with integs get their cars stolen and stripped. latest my fren's clubmember with a gsr 4 door turbo was stolen outside his job at ups...watch for turboparts for sale on urban. **** like that has gotten way out of hand.....

 

He is exactly right...pray to god u dont get caught with a stolen motor...my boy told me his co-worker got arrested for having a stolen motor and he's looking at possible jail time even though he has a prior clean record...stolen crap isnt worth it if it can be traced back to someplace of its origin...


[Modified by NeVeR bLoWn, 1:08 AM 3/16/2003]

 

well can i call chp and ask them to run the block #?

 

if you do not have receipts for the motor. you think the shop that installed the motor still has receipts on the swap?

 

i bought the motor from private seller. all i got was a bill of sale. with his phone number and addy. with our signatures. and witness.

 

i think that would be good enough to clear you, if the names are correct that is.

when most people buy there motors from HMO i always hear people bitching about not reciving a receipt? how would you verify that you purchsed the motor from them?

 

just gotta make sure u get some paper so if u eva get stopped by the cops ur not assed out...mayb even the reciept that u spent over 5 grand could save ur ***....

 

Is there any way that we can run the block #'s, or only the cops can do it??


[Modified by All Motor Rex, 3:07 PM 3/17/2003]


[Modified by All Motor Rex, 3:08 PM 3/17/2003]

 

what if I buy a motor(legit) from someone that took it out of there car and then there car gets stolen after they sold me the motor. so does that motor i bought turns into a stolen motor???

 

Just because the car was stolen doesnt mean the motor is stolen.

For example, I have a 98 Integra Type R, I get a sweet *** deal on a built GSR motor. I sell the ITR swap and put in the built GSR swap(while making a couple hundred profit). And then im driving along the road cruising. I go to park at the mall, and when i come out of the mall my car is gone. They report it as stolen and so on. Will the owner of my ITR swap be in trouble just because my car was stolen, even if it didnt have the ITR motor?

edit: im dumb and read every post besides JDMClVlC's haha and his is basically the same thing as mine


[Modified by yut loc baat, 10:33 PM 3/17/2003]

 

u can go to ur local po po staion and ask them to run the number i did this twice...but i do kno the guy so im not suire if it was a favor or what but im pretty sure they can help if u ask...just say there is a guy selling a motor on the east coast and u wanted top know iof it was stolen... if he says no then hey u tried if he says yes and its stolen then **** good luck explaining it to the cop lol..just dont in there demanding stuff...just ask nicely and if they start squealing just leave...