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Old 06-21-08, 04:02 AM
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Any time you buy a 13b or bt from some jdm import site, you are throwing the dice. Always buy from someone you know, or somebody reputable.... such as japan2la... he's helped me a couple of times.
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lucky me i was on the verge of buying a motor from tiger for 90 GTUs
Old 06-22-08, 11:10 AM
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has anyone had good experience with a mazdatrix rebuilt motor?
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All I have to say to you people is CALL JARCO. They will go to japan, and cut a running car in half themselves and ship it to you.
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when you put stuff on credit the credit card company is always on your side until proven wrong. So if it blows or if you get shafted all you do is dispute the charge
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I sent the motor back. I spoke to a guy named Mike. he said they'll send me back another one as soon as they get the one i just sent. What do you guys think?
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so say i dispute the charge will i keep the motor or do i have to send it back?
Old 06-24-08, 01:46 PM
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just get your money back
why would you still want to get another engine from them after all these horrid story u got from this forum

i'd get anther engine somewhere else
Old 06-24-08, 01:55 PM
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i found a nice site with our 13b swap for 1050 shipped, but dont know how reputable they are as well... nagasaki motors, it describes as a full swap... but what do they mean by full swap? trans, ecu, long block, etc...
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Originally Posted by fcforlife
this was probably from rx7world.com. there not used motors though they are all rebuilt. he sells them on ebay to get a wider audience. i have one of his motors right now. however i didn't buy through ebay. i found him on ebay and ordered it through his website. were i was able to add different things to the build. made it a little more personal. his name is ernst and he builds one good motor and he has great customer service. answered all my questions while i was installing my engine.
Same here, awesome guy, sat on the phone with me for about an hour helpng adjust stuff when i got my new motor
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Well they're sending me replacements. Lets see how they arrive.
Old 06-27-08, 02:43 PM
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they ******* suck, always screw people over and ove, my buddy ordered and eclipse engine and they sent him a 2jz engine twice lol.. he never got his eclipse engine
Old 06-27-08, 02:54 PM
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Good luck with the next one and for the next customer rebuild the motor. JDM in general is a gamble.

As for Mazdatrix I dunno about their rebuilds but overall they have a good rep.
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I got my JDM S5 tii from them. Started up first try. 90 PSI on both rotors. Just good luck I guess. However my car doesnt want to shift into gear. Dont know if its a bad trans or something else. Good luck though
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Originally Posted by fcdin
I got my JDM S5 tii from them. Started up first try. 90 PSI on both rotors. Just good luck I guess. However my car doesnt want to shift into gear. Dont know if its a bad trans or something else. Good luck though
Thanx dude. I hope i'm one of those lucky guys to get a good motor. I'm actually expecting two rotary engines. an S4 and an S5
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By the way. Did you put the motor in the motor in the car and then take the compression numbers or right when you got it while it was out of the car? Cause I dont think you can get numbers when the engine is out and what not. I tried when I first got mines it said zero too but when I put it in and started it. It gave me numbers.
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Originally Posted by Michigan_1jz
All I have to say to you people is CALL JARCO. They will go to japan, and cut a running car in half themselves and ship it to you.
jarco?????? more info

hey as for mazdatrix great customer service. they rebuild everything in house i beleave. i would give them a try.
Old 06-30-08, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by fcdin
By the way. Did you put the motor in the motor in the car and then take the compression numbers or right when you got it while it was out of the car? Cause I dont think you can get numbers when the engine is out and what not. I tried when I first got mines it said zero too but when I put it in and started it. It gave me numbers.
Yeah man i put the engine in and then tried it. it gave me 0 on both housing. That motor had water in it so as time went by it converted to rust and seized all the seals.
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Ok so they cancelled the order and refunded me the full amount of money. They said all there rotary engines we're bad so DONT BUY FROM JDM TIGER!. now i'm looking for a place to buy my motors....
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Originally Posted by Passion4DRFT
Ok so they cancelled the order and refunded me the full amount of money. They said all there rotary engines we're bad so DONT BUY FROM JDM TIGER!. now i'm looking for a place to buy my motors....
well, at least they finally admitted it. After hearing that I'm really glad I didn't get my motor from there. Haha.
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