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Old May 8, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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You think you got engines?

Some spam can even raise an eyebrow...
I got this email recently supposedly from some guy in Malaysia who is a J-spec engine importer.
Notice, these are all 13B engines and transmissions!


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Old May 8, 2008 | 09:13 PM
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Tell him to send me one.I'll test it and see if it is any good!
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Old May 8, 2008 | 09:17 PM
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Holy damn!! I'll take 2 or 3 mmm....I can see a couple 13B-REs in there, and at least one REW. Someone needs to find out where this is!!
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Old May 8, 2008 | 10:59 PM
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holy 13b's me likey
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Old May 8, 2008 | 11:05 PM
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Old May 8, 2008 | 11:20 PM
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Dang!!
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Old May 8, 2008 | 11:30 PM
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Spare parts and more!! I feel like going on a treasure hunt now. Who knows what kinds of goodies those motors might have?
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Old May 8, 2008 | 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by MaczPayne
Who knows what kinds of goodies those motors might have?
Yeah, good point.
I can see aftermarket BOV's and downpipes.
Never bothered to stare at the turbos...
I think I see bits and pieces of expensive clutches too - i.e. HKS, OS Giken, Ogura.

Too bad I don't got the ***** to send several thousand dollars to Malaysia and take a chance!



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Old May 8, 2008 | 11:46 PM
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I spy with my eye, 3 rotor?? (or my eye is really bad)
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Old May 9, 2008 | 12:15 AM
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Wow, where do all these motors come from?...ahhhh Japan.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 12:32 AM
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So many FC's scrapped lol.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 12:54 AM
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i see no 20b. i see a 13-bre. in fact, i see a few

peace
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Old May 9, 2008 | 01:37 AM
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Ted...who is this individual?

I'm considering an investment...
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Old May 9, 2008 | 03:29 AM
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Old May 9, 2008 | 03:51 AM
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Old May 9, 2008 | 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Funkspectrum
Ted...who is this individual?

I'm considering an investment...
It's some random email sent to me through my website.
They are from Malaysia.
Do you really want to risk your money?
If so, I can give you a copy of the email...
I really smell a scam here.
He claims the company is based in Malaysia, but they have wrecking yards in Japan?
Sounds fishy to me...
I really don't want to be responsible for you losing your money.


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Old May 9, 2008 | 06:02 AM
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whoa!
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Old May 9, 2008 | 08:15 AM
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Pic’s are watermarked http://www.munleeauto.com/

I may be a bit too trusting but they look legit
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Old May 9, 2008 | 09:40 AM
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holy ****.

ive always wanted to see what japan2la is holding, probably nothing like this though.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 10:30 AM
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damn if that was only my garage....intrested if someone will step up to the plate and report back
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Old May 9, 2008 | 10:43 AM
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Most likely legit..
Those guys in Malaysia buy up alot of inventory in Japan and then ship it to Malaysia. They unload it there and then re-pack full 20 and 40 foot container full of one particular motor type.

You can buy a full container of Type R honda motors, SR20DET, EJ20..etc etc etc.. whatever you want... of course they mark the price up quite a bit.....but they are providing a service... Only bad thing about buying rotary is the faliure rate. For every 10 motors I get, 6 are usually blown... This is why almost every large importer has abandoned importing rotary engines.. A 20ft container would net you about 40 engines and a 40ft would hold about 80 to 100 motors.. Considering the failure rate of 60% or more you will probally take a serious loss if 60% or more turn out to be no good... Huge risk.. or you could get lucky...

Now if you could buy a container of 99 spec and newer FD swaps from them then it would be a different story...

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Old May 9, 2008 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by 87 t-66
holy ****.

ive always wanted to see what japan2la is holding, probably nothing like this though.
Not even close... I would never stock that many at once... Its hard enough to move 5 units per month.. and imagine the amount of space needed to store all those swaps... The warehouse lease alone would be over 10K a month in my area.. maybe more..

and that is more than a one man band could handle...
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Old May 9, 2008 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by RETed
It's some random email sent to me through my website.
They are from Malaysia.
Do you really want to risk your money?
If so, I can give you a copy of the email...
I really smell a scam here.
He claims the company is based in Malaysia, but they have wrecking yards in Japan?
Sounds fishy to me...
I really don't want to be responsible for you losing your money.


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Yeah, losing out wouldn't be good...

Shoot me a copy of the email and i'll see about using some of my sources to check into these guys. see if they're actually legit or not. Then I'll let you all know for sure...
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Old May 9, 2008 | 05:08 PM
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Isn't there a guy on here who's from Malaysia? Maybe we can get him to check it out.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 07:43 PM
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Damn- I'll need to check this place out next time I'm back in Southeast Asia...
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