Osaka Motors Warning

[WhiteKoukiS14]

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[PalmerWMD]

Guys why are so many of you buying motors from all these places instead of our spronsors..

enjuku, phase2, 240sxmotoring, truboost, MVP etc all great companies that are KNOWN to ONLY SEND GOOD MOTORS..

Fred..

[Zadok]

What happens when your motor takes a crap and all you need is a replacement motor but not the transmission and all the trimmings?Because, that's what happened to me.I spun a rod bearing and now the motor is toast.I called heavy throttle, but all they have to sell is a full package for $2,500, which I don't need. All I need is the main engine; block, turbo, and accessories. No ECU, or wiring harness, or transmission.So, what do I do?Where do I buy something like that?Plan B sell Osaka motors and has a long block for $1,250 shipped.I really need to buy a motor NOW!I have no car, and need to get my vert back on the road.

[yellow_jacket]

Rebuild it yourself or have someone rebuild it for you. It's better than spending $1500 to have a used motor that may or may not be good shipped to you.

[D1 guy]

I bought mine from Heavy Throttle and Im happy to say that Jeff and Jess are some of the nicest people that Ive ever dealt with. They were nice enough to mail my ecu to enthalpy, my wiring harness to yuri at wiring specialties, and theyre always great about freebie tech support even when theyre busy. I recommend them over all the others.

[IanS]

should this be sticky?

[tubakins]

http://www.nippon-motors.com sells long blocks for $895 + shipping
Modified by tubakins at 1:55 PM 4/25/2005

[ItzGenX]

Rebuild it yourself or have someone rebuild it for you. It's better than spending $1500 to have a used motor that may or may not be good shipped to you.

A spun bearing can destroy whatever it is spinning with. It can ruin the crank journals along with the rod/main it is in. Also, a spun bearing doesn't just happen out of nowhere for no reason at all. It is mainly caused by an oiling problem. If it spins inside of a main cap, most cases will need to be line bored and outfitted with over sized generic bearings. Sometimes getting a replacement long block is cheaper.

Recently I was looking for a vendor to buy a long block from (sponsors only sell complete sets). I would have even settled for a short block since JGY Customs destroyed mine through poor machining. I lucked out and picked up an S14 block from a friend who didn't want his anymore due to a RB swap instead. I picked it up for a great price. I feel for you guys who only need a short or long block though. My old S13 blacktop was in great condition when I bought it, and it only had a broken cas cover. If anyone of you wanted to know, it came from RaceUp. They also sell long blocks sometimes. This was where I was going to get mine if my friend didn't offer me his S14 motor.

[yellow_jacket]

A spun bearing can destroy whatever it is spinning with. It can ruin the crank journals along with the rod/main it is in. Also, a spun bearing doesn't just happen out of nowhere for no reason at all. It is mainly caused by an oiling problem. If it spins inside of a main cap, most cases will need to be line bored and outfitted with over sized generic bearings. Sometimes getting a replacement long block is cheaper.

No Argument there. I think I spent $1600 just in parts and machine work to get my Prelude motor reworked when it had a spun bearing. I had to replace the crank and one of the rods. It will depend a lot on what the person was doing when the bearing spun and how much they ran it afterwards. I have saved quite a few motors. It can be costly, but it sure is nice having a fresh motor that I know exactly what is in it and what shape it is in.

As far as Ricky's auto center(Raceup) I would be carefull. Quite a few people have gotten bad motors from them lately. I would just look around on the site here and check their feedback on Ebay.

[sr_powered]

hey what about jdm source? i bought mine from them, and the engine looks and runs real strong. they send you pics of the engine before it is send out.