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Postby Vince Kay » Thu Jun 17, 2004 9:32 am

JDM engines from http://www.japanesecarspares.com

My friend Dave has just picked up a FULL Mazda 323 engine with head and intake MF for £300... It's done 30k miles.

Apparently the stringent environmental law in Japan is that after so many miles or years the engine has to be stripped or replaced.

Can somebody correct me on this?

Otherwise, that would explain why they have loads of Jap engines for silly money.
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Postby Graffiki » Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:00 pm

In and around that sort of idea Vince....

The Japenese sysytem of MOT means that after certain amount of miles the car has to move up to a more stringent form of MOT. This is why they export loads of cars, in and around 40'000 kms. The work is finacially unjustifiable and the car is worth more to an import company than another Japanese user.

This is basically what you said......but you wanted it confirmed.
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Postby Aaran » Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:06 pm

you deffinalty wont get an s2k engine in, its a rwd chassis so wont fit a fwd car ;)

and before anyone mentions the top fuel delsol thats rear mounted.....


a ctr k20 series will fit mind you.

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Postby Vince Kay » Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:52 pm

Is that easy fit or lots of messin about fit?
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Postby Nick » Thu Jun 17, 2004 7:04 pm

Buy me one while your there...
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Postby pablo296 » Thu Jun 17, 2004 7:17 pm

what preformance increase would you get sticking in a b18 lump? Is that the one in the civic or interga. :?:
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Postby Nick » Thu Jun 17, 2004 7:25 pm

Im not exactly sure but they run at 190bhp, but have alot more torque as they are a 1.8... Dunno how much but probably like 135lb where as the sol as about 110lb...
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Postby SlimJim » Thu Jun 17, 2004 7:35 pm

SlimJim wrote:What about (please excuse me for this) a 400 odd note wet kit?

Would that help? Or would it be STOOOOPID to bolt something like a 40-50 shot onto a stock D15?


I will ask the god.... Aaron?

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Postby pablo296 » Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:07 pm

is that the 1.8 vti lump out of the civic or is it the interga lump?
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Postby Nick » Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:07 pm

Yes is the Teg type r, b18c5...

The 1.8vti has 170bhp... Dont know the name of the engine though
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Postby Curtis » Fri Jun 18, 2004 2:52 pm

So are you sayin that you could take a lump from a civic type R and get it to fit in a sol?

That sounds interesting.

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Postby Aaran » Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:47 pm

Rudecrx wrote:Yes is the Teg type r, b18c5...

The 1.8vti has 170bhp... Dont know the name of the engine though


160 if memory seeves me correct ;) , just more tourque than the b16

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Postby delcol » Fri Jun 18, 2004 5:26 pm

aaran i was only joking with slim about the s2k engine...


curtis the ek9 type civ would fit straight into the sol.... not sure about the k sereis one...
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Postby Nick » Sat Jun 19, 2004 6:13 pm

Aaran, or any really, what is the 1.8vti engine called...??

Coz it cant be b18 can it...??
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