WORST JDM EXPERIENCE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ballzout420]

my experience with jdm engine depot out of kearny, nj i bought a rb25det swap for 1900 not a bad deal motor looked good little rough but no big deal a month later when I get time to take her apart to see how she looks i run iinto my first problem there was no rear turbine wheel jdm would NOT help me again no big deal today i get my intake mani for a rb25det when i realize my bolt pattern is way different long story short my rb25det came with a rb20 head thus far jdm has been terrible i was told to call back on monday to talk to the owner about this problem will keep everyone updated to let you know how they treated me but for know BEWARE

[b00stinbmx]

i went to them to get my rb20 and they gave me the wrong ecu, they corrected it no problem though. i feel really bad for you but i think the only way you will get a decent experience with them is if you REALLY inspect everything and know your s*** when you go there. to me they seem like way more of honda guys and when i was talkin to them about nissan stuff they didn;t seem very educated. hopefully it all works out for you man. bring it back and just demand another engine cause i don;t even think a rb20 head would fit on the 25. what does the stamp on the block say? did you get a rb25 transmission from them?

[krayton]

more pics of this rb25 with rb20 head

lol

[Kalypso]

pics

im dumbfounded that they didnt check the turbos.

and rb20 head... WTF!?

i don;t even think a rb20 head would fit on the 25.

for real... op maybe you're mistaken.

[StricNyne]

hmm my friend got a motorset form them and they f***ed it up when they picked it up with forklift it broke waterneck on his sr20 lol, i am from NJ where you live at man ? i was having RB meets at my place on the regular basis, look under regional

[Ballzout420]

yo stric, this is grady man, im doing this rb swap for my friend.you still in perth amboy man? when is your next meet?

[dtowngoalie]

I got my rb20 from them, the first one they sent me looked mint. Started it up and it had bad rings + a blown head gasket. Sent me another one, and this one still runs, it's alright though. They said it had 150 psi across the board... 135-140 is more like it. The ecu they sent was f***ed, said it wasn't covered in the warrenty even though the motor wouldn't start without it... what a joke. As everyone says, just fork out the extra few hundred and get a good one.

[StricNyne]

sup grady, i am in iraq now, i got a s14 zenki and i got a kouki also now did u go thru the pics from the meet ? u shoud see some familar faces

[Kalypso]

pics

of said motor

[placham]

Wait a minute I though that Rb20 and 25 head was not interchangeable. Cause RB25 has bigger combustion chamber.

But rb20 head on rb25 block. Wouldn't that raise the compression ratio? something you dont want on forced feed motor

[Carryl]

isnt the neo motor .. top fed injectors... and the intake manifold ports different ?

[Kalypso]

Damnit I want some...

pics

Modified by Kalypso at 7:39 AM 9/5/2009

[PorkChopExpress]

i think you have a rb20. its stamped on the block. check the driverside of the block next to the transmission. there is a little machined area with the stamp.

[Ballzout420]

i will post up pics as soon as i get a chance im just as confused as you since my block is stamped rb25 and the intake ports are completly different and the bolt pattern is off so i dont kno wtf is goin on the only thing ive thought of is the glued the Nissan 2500 twin cam plaque onto the valve cover and sold me an rb20 for $2000 and told me it was a 25 if thats the case jdm is gunna have some fun dealing with me

[StricNyne]

is it a 25de ? and they bolted up a exh manifold to it ? i think the de uses rb20 trans as well, and the 25de has smaller ports as well

[Ballzout420]

i kicked that around to but couldnt find much info on the 25de the wierd thing is the intake gasket that was on there looks to be a rb20 atleast from wat i can tell in pictures and the timing cover looks top be of a 20 u will see when i post pics tom i got work tonite and grady is doing s*** so we will find out

[StricNyne]

skylinesaustralia.com might have info for u it really sounds like a de block, or look on meggala.com

[maryjane]

i just picked up a b20b honda motor from them, runs good, then again its just a honda motor, every rb motor/motorset i buy seems to have problems

[Ballzout420]

yah man im f- cking pissed im gunna get these scumbags my lawyer is actually gunna give them a phone call on tuesday because these mother f***ers straight up beat me since i was being ignorant at the time and they took advantage of it thinking i would of never knew the difference

[StricNyne]

so was it a rb20 or a 25de, did u buy a motorset, or a long block ?

[krayton]

sounds like a rb20

but all you have to do is go out there and look at the stamp on the block. no beating around the block to find out what it is, just look

[Ballzout420]

i bought the rb25det motor swap transmission ecu harness and motor

[Kalypso]

:pics

[Kansei240sx]

This is why you don't wait more than 1 day to tear into a motor to see what kind of health it is in. Its your own fault for not taking initiative to see what kind of compression, leak down test and the state of the coolant and oil paths.

We just ordered a VG30DETT from them with "low miles" and it had great compression, but the motor had stop leak ran through the cooling system and it was super nasty. We talked to them, sent them some pictures and dealt with everything civil. Now we've got the motor sent back and another on the way.

Waiting is the WORST thing you can do when you get a new motor in. If you don't have time to tear into it, don't buy it until you do.

[Ballzout420]

first off screw you smart a** if you were at the warehouse when i purchASED my motor setyou would understand the guy i dealt with was madd shady he even glued the valve cover on in front of me and convinced me it had "fallen off" which i should of never bought but i figured a MUTLI MILLION DOLLAR COMPANY WOULD NOT SCREW ME LIKE THAT and i am completly convinced the knew the condition of my motor prior to me buying it so unless you dealt with them like i did you wouldnt understand those scumbags cond me into to buying that motor, they figuring i would of never knew

[krayton]

still curious if you thought u bought a rb25 and got a rb20

[bspeed_il]

damn bro. hope everything gets straightened out...

I was just talking about situations like this over the weekend. People selling swaps just to make money and TRYING to rip people off, if they can get away with it.

I was going to buy my rb from those guys too a few weeks back, ended up changing my mind.

[USMCgetsome]

ballzout post up some friggin pics! we want to help!

[Ballzout420]

i want to post pics but at the moment the garage im using to do the swap is locked up for a bit will get them up as soon as i can

[Ballzout420]

found out the harness is from a r32 rb25de though although after research a few of my friends are convinced it a rb20 head