Rb20 front clip ?

[lilskyline240]

im lookin at gettin a rb20 front clip from venus auto...but they quoted me 1500 plus shipping...has anyone that has delt with them know if they will knock their price down?? cuz i was lookin at the thread about where everyone got their motor and they were saying venus auto front clip for like 1200....

does anyone else know of a place i can get a front clip for an rb20 cheap??

[Sil240]

"Hey found out why my cylinder was scoredthe Oil control ring was scraping the walland the ring land wasn't broken but it was kind messed up from the ring

Your gonna like this so they send me another motorand guess what that one's blown tooSo im sending it back getting my money back too andim gonna build a RB22

I started pulling the motor apart and i want to take it to the machine shopASAP but im having trouble getting the timing sproket offand i totally rounded out one of the oil squirtersbut thanks to venus i have another motor that im gonna scavenge some random pieces from

SO F-U-C-K VENUS AUTO except for Vickie cause she was nice and helped me get my money back and go ahead and tell me I told you so"

This is one of my post's from like about last year

I gave you fair warning BEWARE!!!

[lilskyline240]

you got your money back...and you got a spare motor out of it so i dont see that being soo bad...

do you suggest anywhere else to go??

[Sil240]

RB20DETClipVenus- Auto$1200NO I WOULD NEVER BUY FROM THEM EVER AGAIN. Sent me a blown motor, i didnt compression test it when i first got it. That was my BIG mistake. Bolting on turbo and ITM and then figure that I should Leakdown test it.There is no 2nd Cyl, it didn't exist

I call him up Ronald swears up and down that they compression test every motor. But i say ok and im like hook me up with a motor. He sells me a long block. Long block gets here and..... GUESS WHATRonald from VENUS AUTO has sent me yet another CRAP motor. I leak it down all of the air is coming out of the exhaust.

THANK YOU VENUS AUTO FOR SENDING ME NOT 1 BUT 2 CRAP RB20DET'S

Ronald did not want to do anything about it, I got my $ back and now im rebuilding my 1st crap motor they sent me. But all of there motors are compression tested!!!!!!

That was a post previously on here NICO

I got my money back for the Long block that they made me BUY $600 shipped.The whole motor was trash, the turbo, the head, 2nd cyl, there was pieces of crap in the motor, i have pics if your interested.http://photos.yahoo.com/ka24et240

[Bronze MFP]

for $1500 you can get a nice motorset from jhot. you don't need a clip for a rb20 swap and everyone i know who has dealt with jhot has been satisfied, myself included.

[skillzilla]

for $1500 you can get a nice motorset from jhot. you don't need a clip for a rb20 swap and everyone i know who has dealt with jhot has been satisfied, myself included.

Another +1 for J-Hot, I got my motorset for a grand and picked it up, super cheap and definately good condition (been running strong for 2 years)

[blk90s13]

one word : jarco

[skillzilla]

one word : jarco

also, another +1 for Jarco, they are a little less local to me so I go to JHot more (JHot is about 10 minutes away, Jarco about 2 hrs) but Ive nevr had anyhting but great service and excellent parts from them.

[rb240det]

Another +1 for J-Hot, I got my motorset for a grand and picked it up, super cheap and definately good condition (been running strong for 2 years)

Indeed...I got my motorset along with many other parts from JHOT. Very reputable place and very knowledgeable people. Plus being right around the corner is pretty sweet as well.

[lilskyline240]

the only reason i want a clip is cuz i want the stock sidemount and wont i need the front crossmember?? and to make sure i have everything i need

[tecnic1]

my j-hot motorset came with sidemount, fuel pump. relay box, mafs, everything...crossmembers show up on ebay for $100 a lot

[Kansei240sx]

Man, that sucks for all you guys that've had bad feedback from venus..... : /

We get all of our SR's/RB's/Rotary motors from Venus, AND they have YET to send us a bad motor.....

1500 for an entire front clip is cheap is ****, i dont understand how you could ***** about that.

i PAID 2600 for my RB25DET motorset with Motor, transmission, HARNESS / ECU. The only THING they ****ed up on was the MAF, they sent me the wrong one and i got another one sent back for free exchange.

[lilskyline240]

does anyone have a rb20 front crossmember layin around at all?? do the motorsets normally come with the intercooler and all intake piping??

[blues14]

get a front clip, not just a motorset. usually, motorsets are missing maf, an smic parts. plus, you get brakes , gauge cluster, bigger radiator, hoses.....you just get a lot more for a little bit more money. i got my front clip for 1200 bucks from some place in WA. I went and picked it up in my dads chevy (we got lots of stares on the freeway) and saved about 500 bucks on shipping. the place we got it from worried me when i saw it, but the motor is in great shape and besides a bad waterpump, the motor was in near perfect condition. I bought the clip on EBAy, they had good feedback......maybe i got lucky, and it was a couple years ago.

[DrIft Ready]

http://neotechimports.com/top.htmlive bought over 40 motor from them............NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS...every one is hand checked by John in japan...he flys over there ever other month. Great Place!!!!!!!!!!!!! have lost of othere parts too..very friendly1200 for a rb20 and 300-350 for shiping

Highly Recomended!Say that spencer refured u and he will hook u up

[RB20DETodd]

i <3 venus

[lilskyline240]

can he get front clips??

[nizmo zilvia]

I wanted a clip cause it would be "easier" to do the swap, but a motorset is just fine. What I did was buy TopHat motormounts for a nice fit without you banging your firewall back cause of the starter.

http://www.japanmotorimport.com

Excellent service. Got my RB20 with EVERYTHING for $1100 shipped from Canada to Connecticut.

[lilskyline240]

with the tophat motor mounts you dont need to get the front crossmember?? and how did you get the motor for 1100 shipped?? it says 1100 plus shipping....did you lower the price when you called them?

[nizmo zilvia]

with the tophat motor mounts you dont need to get the front crossmember?? and how did you get the motor for 1100 shipped?? it says 1100 plus shipping....did you lower the price when you called them?

No you dont need a crossmember. It takes up too much time but its worth it in the end cause you have $300 extra bucks in your pocket ($100 vs $400 shipped). I just didnt want to take anything apart.

I got mine for $900 plus shipping cause when I called they were recieving a whole new load of RB20s (about 20) so I guess I just lucky. I spend about a week talking to him and finally got the price. If you are interested or want to give it a try, talk to Robert. VERY good guy and will take care of ALL problems you might have like I did during shipping. Took a month!!! but it was during christmas and all the snow storms pushing it back further, gggrrr...

When I first got it:





Now:



RBTally, I want your intake manifold!! It looks so empty without it! Please message me back at [email protected] Thanks!!

[lilskyline240]

so you just used the mounts you were talking about and it bolted onto the stock crossmember?? can you direct me to a site for these mounts??

[nizmo zilvia]

Correct. There are 3 pieces.

Here are what they look like:



You can kinda see it stocking out under the oil dip stick (Black)

And obviously you stick it in here. Fits like a glove.

Basically it just replaces your stock RB mounts with this new s13 RB mount.

[lilskyline240]

what site did you order those from?? and did the stock KA driveshaft work with those mounts??

[nizmo zilvia]

http://www.tophatperformance.com

And you would use your 5spd driveshaft.

[lilskyline240]

alright cool....there is a guy that will do my swap for 1000 bucks but idk if i should pay him to do it...or if i should do it myself....im very compitent when it comes to building motors....i built a 400+hp 84 300zx built from the bottom up...but ive never swapped motors before....is this something that i could do easily if i get the mounts and send my wiring out to have it spliced??

[takaramotors]

We sell the the top hat mounts for 340 shipped email [email protected] tell us your from nico to get the discount

[firstwizardshawn]

i am about to buy mine from venus and they quoted me at 1200 plus shipping. shipping from cal to ky is i guess $544 i think that is stupid but what can i do about it.

[DriftingisLame]

I bought 3 coil packs from venus auto. They turned out to be the wrong ones, I'd imagine they were SR coils or something. I called them the next day and someone with not so good english actually argued with me "i pull those coil packs out of rb20 myself!!" "look dude, do you want me to send you pictures?" Vickie e-mailed me back and sent me the right ones, I agree she's helpful. A week later I got the right ones, put them in... Still no spark. I totally ex'd out coil packs as being my ignition problem because they told me they were run tested. Turns out the new ones were bad so I bought some from the factory.

I've known a couple of guys who've got their motors from venus without problems. I havent had much luck with them though.

[silviasxdrifter06]

i got mine from jhot for $1200shipped and it came with everything i needed for th eswap ie fuel pump, igniter, bov, intercooler & piping, complete uncut harness, maf sensor and intake box with k&n filter, down pipe and the car runs like a dream. jhot.com is who i strongly recomend...the only thing i had to buy to get this car runnning was absolutely nothing!!!

[silviasxdrifter06]

Also food for thought. Never ever concider getting an engine through osakajdmmotors.com ...they are as good a place to buy an engine from as flashoptionsi bought a ca18det from them a couple years back and the problems were countless.....low complression, missing freeze plugs. hacked up harness and the engine was locked the f++K up and through countless emails, calls, and attempted legal action i ended up eating $1200 for a locked up ca!!!!If anyone else got screwed over by osaka then send me an email....can you say class action suit!!!! [email protected]

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