im waiting on my tii s4 jspec motor and trans from Japan2LA and so far the comunication and transaction with him is awesome.
Im geting all the other stuff he told me i would need, and i just get a rush thinking about the swap i cant wait.
sorry just felt good to say it somwher anyone els wanna say anything on a topic like this?

 

How much is the whole project going to cost you?

 

1785 for motor and shipping, harness boost censor intake auto shaft afm ecu throttle cable fuel pump 335 and extend driveshaft inch 80 sooo 2200?? ya thats rite i think and hard work and time (do it the rite way) and yes i know the rite way whould be with the tii rear end but dont have THAT much doe,,, so ill do it the rite way with what i got... lol wow im amped

 

p.s its a 88 se with the se decal on it and im gunna get a fmic, and try hideing it with a couple layers of screen door screening ( ihope its not restrictive and dark so you cant see it much)

 

Sleeper, thats gonna be funny when u race people with that, i would keep it all stock looking but tint the windows real dark so they cant even see who beat them....hahah

 

fur chur thats what im thinkin hahaha ya it will mbe sweet hahaha thats why im so amped to get this project going
ohh man hahaha, just how much faster is this going to be really iv ben in a turbo ride and worked on them alot but not owned one so now its my turn hahaha

 

put it this way even if it isnt as fast as you hoped it to be from the start your options are now endless in a way.so good luck with the swap and happy boostin

 

thank you unek87, awesome i cant wait! (i know i should search) but how much boost is good? stock or can i turn it up a little bit?(i dont want this forums focus on this one ? i just need one answer) but ya i cant sleep haha (will that screen idea work?)

 

yeah the screen thing should work but as far as looks dont know . you could always just paint it a flat black . shouldnt do any harm, i've had a few friends do it to their cars. you should maybe wait on cranking up the boost for a lil bit just so you can see how the motor runs and go from there.but after that their shouldnt be anything wrong

 

paint the intercooler? hmm i thought of that but i wasent shur if it was advisable....ya i was planing on running it new oil, 100 miles new oil coolent and tranny fluid ( you know like a new motor) becouse i dont know how long its sat and i wanna make shur all the junk is out of it before pushing it hard

 

dude good luck with the swap i live up in Duluth MN...about 2.5 hours from you thats great we should get together some time i'm finishing a ported Jspec swap with Microtech a+ goodies....you should be really happy with the swap but i would really recommend a TII rear end that damn N/A just won't hold much and it's a bitch to change out axles once every other month...

I deploy second week in Sepember so if you wanted to swing up there's some cars we could chew up together up here....

pm me if you wanna get together or something

 

I just want to vouche for Japan2LA's engines. I did alot o' reading before I bought my Jspec from him. He has a bunch of great reviews! His prices are a little higher (I could of got a S5 Jspec and transmission elsewhere, for what I paid for just the Jspec s5 engine alone from him) but overall he had the best reviews of any individual, or business I could find. So, I ordered an engine from him. He shipped it in a timely mannor, and it was in good shape when it got here. It had a couple broken parts on it but they were little, and I had the parts from my old motor... Anyhow, The main thing I was concerned with was the internals. Was it going to run?!?! I put it in, and it fired right up! Had to work out a couple bugs (small boost leak and a coil problem) but now its running very nice. Just gotta fix the O2 sensor and I will have a perfect running TII!

As many threads ive read about people getting junk Jspec engines, I think Brian at Japan2LA is a pretty safe place to spend the money. Its not worth taking a big gamble, and saving a couple hundred buying somewhere else. Good luck with the swap!!!

 

oh and you should try using "furnace filter" it's dark as hell but flows like it isn't there i few of my friends have used it.....i thought about painting mine and was highly advised not to...i have friends that have done that too and no problems but i don't wanna risk it myself

 

88rx7gxl thank you! that is just what i wanted to here!! this is a HUGE buy for me so i was hopeing for a good reveiw... ive seen some of the posts with japan2la and ALL wher good (exempt the huge brawl with that one guy im shur you know).


and cold seven for shur we should (i might even need a extra pair of hand soon in the shop!) if you wanna call me on my cell sometime and we can meet up!

715-225-9300 < cell

 

Yeah, I read the one bad review he had... I think that guy was unpleasable. As far as I see it, majority rules. And the majority (99.9%) were happy with his engines. I think you made a good choice. If he didnt give you the checklist of things to replace, just make sure you replace the...

Oil/filter
coolant
get injectors cleaned
get a new waterpump
get a new thermostat
Be easy on the engine for a while. Let it loosen up as it probably hasnt been run in a while.

I did all of the above except the injectors(what can i say, im poor!!), and im having very good luck with my engine. Make sure you watch the engine like a hawk upon initial startup for any leaking fluids. These engines HATE heat, so 1 overheating could kill it off. Be careful, and good luck!!

 

hmm the waterpump thanks, im poor too will a NA pump work or are they dif(if i rem they are?) but i hope it works out too is ther anything els that i should look for?

 

all S4 water pumps are the same, regardless of motor.

It's the water pump housing that is different

 

ok thanks icemark ( you are real impresive) you know your stuff

 

anyone els have .02

 

ohh if anyone sees this (dont guess if you dont know!) if i need a knock box i searched a lil but i cant find any thing, well i can see people run without them but i cant find a solid yes or no (so i did find soething i guess)

 

You can run without one.

It only works on less than WOT and less than 4000 RPM.

 

just get a wideband, you can get them for like $250 now