renato

From the following websites do you guys know which are the ones to have good reputation in the items they sale, such as engines, front clips, oem parts and the best price of course?

1.- flashoptions.com
2.- jdmhookup.com
3.- jsamotors.com
4.- japandomesticmotor.com
5.- jdmenginedepot.com
6.- jrautoparts.com
7.- carv2.com
8.- enginelandinc.com
9.- torontojdm.com
10.- jdmadvancemotors.com
11.- japangeneralmotor.com


thanks

Biggamehit

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wish I could help you... i never looked into an SR RB swap when I was state side.

NiSmO Knight

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I would highly recommend dealing with a local vendor for motors. I've seen way too many issues with people who bought from someone outside of their state, and then when they get the motor, they find out its a POS and nothing can be done. If you have someone you can deal with face-to-face, you can at least have them do a compression test on the spot and if anything happens, you can take it back... within reasonable time of course. But then again, there really is no "warranty" but if you can see the person face to face, youre able to negotiate something if in case the motor is bad right off the bat.

silviaks2nr

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I second the call to buy from a local vendor. If there is any problem you can sort it out face to face.

renato

dang it that is not what i wanted to hear, i'm going to keep looking for the best deal and warranty but thank you anyways...

NiSmO Knight

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We're being brutally honest, very few, and I mean like maybe one or two online shops (that are now gone due to economy) have been good to their word. If you get the motor, and you have rod knock, they will say "it didnt happen when it was here..." and tell you, youre stuck with it. Seeing the shop in person and seeing/talking to the people will be way better. We've been in this game for about a decade now, and have seen many shops take advantage of buyers who are looking for a deal. Plus you have to look at the cost of shipping to you as well, minimum $500 if its in the same state, and that was a price I was given years ago. Gas no doubt will have inflated shipping prices significantly.

jramosthe1st!

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go with the advice that has been given. it's a lot easier to get around an sort of warranty than people think, so you'd be better off trying to resolve any potential issues in person if needed.

Jaescrub

I got my motor from jgy and was very very happy 1st gen redtop and it was in super clean inside and out but i have got a hand full of things from jdmhookup and have been happy there to if you order from jgy or jdmhu let em know who sent ya ;-)

renato

well i called JSAmotors and they dont have any in stock this sucks, im just waiting for some websites to answer the quote request i sent them...

i going to buy over the phone and have it shipped to Mexico where i currently live

Jaescrub

Jdmhookup has full front clips and sr motors in stock right now

renato

i got a quote from JGYcustoms.com and they are asking for a redtop $2,700

what do you guys think? too much? or is it a fair price?

shaban

WAY to much.
If that's just the engine, you can get it WAY cheaper than that. You can get a full sr20det red top front clip for $2,100.

Hell, for my blacktop S14(!) I paid $2,400 for it.

http://jdmengineimport.com/engineInfo.php?link=57
for that much, might as well get an RB25
http://www.japaneseengineimport.com/...issan_rb25det/

NiSmO Knight

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That is too much.

I could sell you my red top SR for less than that LOL and I have an ORC drift clutch and flywheel with it too!

But then again, Im a private party person, and once I sell, I am not responsible for anything with that stuff once it is sold.

Jaescrub

I got mine from jgy and was very happy but if you wanting to spend less jdmhookup everything you need 2k let em know Jason from tulsa ok sent ya.

renato

i just got off the phone with the people from jdmhookup (by the way thank you jason) they are asking $2,400 for a front clip the only thing is that they don't have international shipping so i sent them my adress to get a quote including the shipment but... i ran into an article from superstreetonline and they did a swap with a front clip from venus auto parts...
has anyone heard from this guys they are asking $2,000 for the black top front clip and they do have international shipping that is $450 more.....