anyone here running a japanese turbo motor from a japanese engine importer
 

i am looking to buy one but i want to know if anyone else has had luck with them. thanks

My friend here has a J-spec motor. He didn't have too many problems. I can't remember if it came with a bad sensor on it, or if there was a slight incompatability with something on the motor and something on the car, but he got it straightened out relatively easily. Motor ran great too. I think the problem was something when he swapped the J-spec turbo motor with the stock N/A motor.

There are bad ones and there are good ones. Buy from someone/someplace that will warantee them from not starting.

I bought a Cosmo and had good luck with it. I know of some people that buy them and then they blow or they don't start.

It's like the lottery. Pretty good odds but not 100%.

Mine is fuckin sweet. Its running a 13 sec quarter with basic bolt ons.

fc3s.org is where im going to get mine when i get the money

do you recommend any places in southern california

i got a sweet deal on a jspec engine from SPD Racing in Ramona, CA....they are just finishing up the swap for me and i should be picking up my car tomarrow....automatic turbo II....should be interesting until i can get all the parts needed to swap it to stick

Got my engine from JEL in Stanton, CA. Im not too far from you really so let me know if you're interested and I can help work out an excellent deal for you.

The engine I got was in absolute mint condition with perfect compression and is running 100%. If it were to blow, it would be entirely my fault at this point. To see how its performing, check some of my kills ;)

How much did you pay for it. Would you mine comming with me when i get mine to help me see if its good.

I got mine from nippon motors. It runs great, couldn't have got a better motor. however I know a guy that got a bad one, he returned it, and got one that he could never get to run right, and blew up a year later.

do any of you guys know any good places in DFW area in texas to get jspec motors from. all kinds of jspec, fc and fd jspecs ??

I'll let you know the details in PM. Let me know when you're planning on heading out and I'll help you out.

BTW- You guys should run a jspec search, I think I had facts on about 8+ different importers on my post when I was looking for a new motor. Might prove helpful for some.