Does this sound good?

[karter74]

There is a shop in Dallas that carries Japanese engines and trannies that are imported from japan. Originally I called to get a quote on an 85 300zx turbo engine complete and they said $650! Well long story short, I never got the Z so I went no farther on buying the engine. I have decided on buying a 240sx now, don't have one yet but plan on getting a very cheap one, doesn't matter miles or anything because I plan on doing an SR20DET swap into it. I just called them up today and they have the S13 Redtop for $995 with everything I need except ECU. They also had a black top S13 engine/transmission WITH the ECU and everything I would need to do the swap into the 240 for only $1050!!!!! They assured me it had less than 40k miles on it and has been tested and such to be good. Sounds like a great deal to me, what do you think?

[S14 Wannabe]

Whoa... that is a steal man. Really.

[kansas240]

what's the number, i think i'll get two.

[Turb0wned]

tell me the number to thats a great price

[89240sx]

its probably too good to be true

[[Zero-S]]

Yeah...you usually get what you pay for...

[kansas240]

karter, bring acouple s13 blacktops and 3 redtops with you to kc. i'll trade you a bo jackson rookie card, two jose cansecos and a set of used struts.

[AZhitman]

Less than 40K miles? Ask them how they can "assure" you of that.

I'd get a compression and leak-down test performed at the VERY least, then post the #'s in the SR forum for evaluation. If it checks out, there's a good deal.

[karter74]

Ok guys, i can give u the number they claim same day shipping on all their products as well. They are very reputable because when I was going to get a Z I spend a couple of weeks talking to the local guys who have Z's and they said that they get their stuff from them and its good. Of course they probably can't prove that all the engines have less than 40k on them, but more than likely, anything out of japan should have less than 40k (its actually a law there from what i've read where u have to replace your car once you get past 40k miles) Here is the exerpt from their ad i found:All Japanese Engines & Transmissions Low Mileage Solid Warranty Same Day Shipping

[email protected] Request a Quote - Merchant Match 703-365-7590 Toll-free: 800-877-2352 Fax: 703-365-9860

[karter74]

oh, save a black top for me!!!!!

[krazy skwerel]

If this place be true I wonder how much I may pick up ye olden ca for. Perhaps this be a good find. :batman

[SWIFT_DRIFT]

anything out of japan should have less than 40k (its actually a law there from what i've read where u have to replace your car once you get past 40k miles)

That is total myth. I hope I'm not coming off as mean, but what you just said is very false.

[AZhitman]

I'll call 'em tomorrow and give 'em the good old HITMAN shakedown.

Here's hoping I don't have to talk to someone with bad Engrish.

[240marcuSX]

ive heard that same thing, so its false? it worked when convincing my parents of letting me get the sr, back when i was getting one? so why are there so many cheap, low mile srs available??, just curious

[krazy skwerel]

The question is are they really "Low Milage" cars. If it's in a clip then I'd say thats pretty reliable, but just an engine would be damn near impossible to tell the milage. :batman

[AZhitman]

Good point, skwerel.

It'll be interesting to see what they say about compression tests.

[AunVoh]

so, that's the entire front clip IE... IC and piping ECU engine, transmission turbo ect ect????

[MainEvent212]

ahh, it's probably turbo-less, i/c-less...etc

[AunVoh]

ok, i check their website, they don't list any turbo nissan motors other then the VG are you sure they didn't think you were talking about a SR out of a sentra or whatever??? check it out at http://www.noyanusa.com

-Voh

[karter74]

yeah cause they asked if i wanted either a s13 redtop or blacktop, they knew cause they even said s13 or s14. the s14 motor was 3200 so i pretty much decided against that one

[AunVoh]

ok so i just called them heres what i found out, the S13 SR20DET is 995 and comes with Turbo, transmission and piping with IC doesn't come with wires or ECU though, also, they said they don't have records or proof that the motors have less then 45k miles on them they do have a warranty for 30 days, they don't have any CA or RB series though, and the VG30DETT is 1550... interesting =)

[AZhitman]

Not such a great deal after all, is it.

30 day warranty doesn't do you much good if you have to go through the hassle of unwiring and pulling the engine, shipping it back, waiting for a replacement, reinstalling and rewiring...

[AunVoh]

i got a reply to the email i sent it is as follows....

Dear Sir or Madam:

Your requested item(s) are not in stock.

Thank you,

ArashNoyan USA, Inc.http://www.noyanusa.com(800)877-2352

-----Original Message-----From: Function Chaos [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:58 AMTo: [email protected]Subject: nissan motors

hi, i'm wondering if you carry any of these engines? i'm looking for the SR20DET or CA18DET or RB series ie... 20det 25det and rb26dett, let me know if you can get those in or not =) thanks~

[AZhitman]

Just what you guys need: One more "importer" who's full of s***.

[AunVoh]

yeah, it seem's pretty fishy to me, hey AZ, you need to give them a call and get the lowdown =)

[karter74]

well guys i plan on going to dallas soon so i will swing by their shop and check it all out, i'll probably be able to tell if anything is fishy. If i go i'm gonna see if they can run one of the engines jus to prove that it is usable, they have an engine testing section on the web site but its underconstruction. oh, the engine you called that is 995 is the red top, the black top though is 1050 and comes with the ECU