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RevKid · 08-11-2007, 09:27 PM

lookin for an sr..this place legit??
http://osakajdmmotors.com/

thanks
revkid

SexPanda · 08-11-2007, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RevKid

lookin for an sr..this place legit??
http://osakajdmmotors.com/

thanks
revkid

SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH! there is a topic covering this exact thing. And Osaka motors sucks from what ive read... on the topic... i found while searching.

boogerlovers · 08-11-2007, 09:37 PM

hey man i got my sr swapped by marco vargas at sr20 store. he has a website you should look into it. www.sr20store.com

Flybert · 08-11-2007, 09:42 PM

Buying from Osaka is just as bad as buying from RNDfactory. Just don't do it.

Like boogerlovers said, look into getting your motor from Marco at SR20store. He's a real standup guy and backs up his product 100%. G-Dimension is good in my book as well.

GSXRJJordan · 08-11-2007, 10:19 PM

^^^ Damn Fly you're gonna bash R&D like that? Even though Jack's not there any more, Ed still hooks it up and the mechanics aren't bad. I'd get a swap done at R&D if I needed to.

G Dimensions/Marco/Garage Boso are all good shops too ~

RevKid · 08-11-2007, 10:39 PM

ive seen alot of websites but dont kno if they are legit..i just wanna kno the legit places..

Flybert · 08-11-2007, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GSXRJJordan

^^^ Damn Fly you're gonna bash R&D like that? Even though Jack's not there any more, Ed still hooks it up and the mechanics aren't bad. I'd get a swap done at R&D if I needed to.

G Dimensions/Marco/Garage Boso are all good shops too ~

Ed from RNDFactory "hooked it up" with a motor that looked like this on the inside. It came with a bad ECU, hacked up wiring harness, the cam timing was off, the motor had rod knock, and the sludge killed the turbo on start up. We did 4 oil changes on the motor and it was still sludged up to all hell. All he wanted to "hook us up" with is some new bearings to help with the rebuild.

New bearing don't give us the turbo back.
New bearings don't replace the grinded up crank that needs to be replaced. New bearings don't replace the rocker arms and cams that were grinded up. New bearings don't pay for the machine shop to rebuild the head and block. New bearings don't give me my weekends back troubleshooting the stupid "motorset" all to find out it has rod knock and he won't replace it.
New bearings don't do shit and Ed is kidding himself if he thinks that makes up for the way he treated us.

Ed blamed it on us for taking 4 months to get the car up and running. When you have that many things wrong with a motor and can only work on it on the weekends, how do you expect to get it running right in a months time when you have to troubleshoot every single thing that came with the motor.

He knew there was sludge in the motor at the very beginning after I had Jack talk to ed about it to find out what we should do. He knew it had a bad ECU because he replaced it. He denies the fact that the mechanical timing was off and said we installed the CAS wrong. He made it out like I was lying to him that I had to fix the mechanical timing. I know how to stab a CAS and I know how to time a motor. I had to fix the mechanical timing to get it running right because the stupid chain was off. He then said, sometimes we have to set the timing to 30 degrees to get them to run right like as if he knows all these special tricks of the trade. I feel bad for all the cars they set up to 30 degrees at their shop. Say good bye to your pistons and piston rings. I prefer OEM 15 degrees all day long, all day strong, especially with cali piss gas.

I am not knocking anyone that works at RND. My only beef is with Ed since he's the one in charge and he's the one that made the decision not to replace the block.

lazierhobo · 08-11-2007, 11:20 PM

osaka is trash man, avoid them. buddy ordered an sr20 there came with a blow turbo. another guy got a 13Bturbo, had blown seals all over the place, needed a full rebuild and new rotors. not a good place to buy from.

boogerlovers · 08-12-2007, 12:04 AM

your askin for legit places and we are tellin you which ones are kool and which ones to avoid, G dimensions and SR20 Store are great places to get your swap...

GSXRJJordan · 08-12-2007, 12:13 AM

Damn Flybert that's a horror story for sure. I've always seen Ed make things right, but I guess I stand corrected for now :/

To the OP, you got your legit spots. Call em up, set up a time, and swipe that CC.

StaticX27 · 08-12-2007, 01:10 AM

I totally recommend Garage Boso for buying the motor and getting the swap.

slidingsky · 08-12-2007, 01:24 AM

JHOT Imports FTW

nissantfsx · 08-12-2007, 01:45 AM

AcuTech from San Francisco

A Spec Products · 08-12-2007, 01:48 AM

If I owned a SR importer shop

I'd just rebuild all motors regardless and sell like that

OEM rebuild, nothing fancy, just back to OEM spec

You could charge more as a business, and as a customer you'd be 100% on the motor rather than guessing what's gonna happen

Not very cost effective and you won't sell the most motors, but I think less headache in the long run

And you could stand behind your product, rather than selling truly USED goods

Kinda like used wheels shops polishing all their wheels before putting for sale

And the majority of shops that people will list in this thread are gonna just be resellers, not the actual importers of the motors

mayco_86 · 08-12-2007, 08:39 PM

I have never heard of Garage Boso. Were is this place located.

burnsauto · 08-12-2007, 08:48 PM

+ for sr20store...had a friend get an engine there, pretty clean.

got mine from HT awhile back. SUPER clean. jeff is usually pretty good if a part is missing/blown/broken

WIKID S4TEEN · 08-12-2007, 08:51 PM

Plus 1

for Marco @ www.sr20store.com

Dousan_PG · 08-13-2007, 02:50 AM

marco or gdimension
thats it
.

*wangan_cruiser* · 08-13-2007, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by nissantfsx

AcuTech from San Francisco

where is this located at? got a #?

s13gold · 08-17-2007, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by mayco_86

I have never heard of Garage Boso. Were is this place located.

Gardena CA. its on main and gardena blvd. same plaza spot as dori2garage and srmotorcars.

yaba94070 · 08-17-2007, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flybert

Ed from RNDFactory "hooked it up" with a motor that looked like this on the inside. It came with a bad ECU, hacked up wiring harness, the cam timing was off, the motor had rod knock, and the sludge killed the turbo on start up. We did 4 oil changes on the motor and it was still sludged up to all hell. All he wanted to "hook us up" with is some new bearings to help with the rebuild.

New bearing don't give us the turbo back.
New bearings don't replace the grinded up crank that needs to be replaced. New bearings don't replace the rocker arms and cams that were grinded up. New bearings don't pay for the machine shop to rebuild the head and block. New bearings don't give me my weekends back troubleshooting the stupid "motorset" all to find out it has rod knock and he won't replace it.
New bearings don't do shit and Ed is kidding himself if he thinks that makes up for the way he treated us.

Ed blamed it on us for taking 4 months to get the car up and running. When you have that many things wrong with a motor and can only work on it on the weekends, how do you expect to get it running right in a months time when you have to troubleshoot every single thing that came with the motor.

He knew there was sludge in the motor after I had talked to Jack about it to find out what we should do. He knew it had a bad ECU because he replaced it. He denies the fact that the mechanical timing was off and said we installed the CAS wrong. He made it out like I was lying to him that I had to fix the mechanical timing. I know how to stab a CAS and I know how to time a motor. I had to fix the mechanical timing to get it running right because the stupid chain was off. He then said, sometimes we have to set the timing to 30 degrees to get them to run right like as if he knows all these special tricks of the trade. I feel bad for all the cars they set up to 30 degrees at their shop. Say good bye to your pistons and piston rings. I prefer OEM 15 degrees all day long, all day strong, especially with cali piss gas.

I am not knocking anyone that works at RND. My only beef is with Ed since he's the one in charge and he's the one that made the decision not to replace the block.

If they would of given me something like that i would of droped that shit back off and said F u guys and got my money back... weather i would of had a motor or not lol
i haven;t herd to bany good things from there to... have 2 blocks from venious but i dno anyhting about them....

yaba94070 · 08-17-2007, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by boogerlovers

hey man i got my sr swapped by marco vargas at sr20 store. he has a website you should look into it. www.sr20store.com

wish i would of know about them from the start

FinalDrive · 08-17-2007, 07:40 AM

www.jhotimports.com
as i say in every "where to buy an SR thread"...
they own the salvage yard in japan, they own the shipping company, they own the stateside retail operation as well
i can vouch for the two SR motor sets that i bought from them, plus a few dozen that i've seen locally from them

Unholy S14 · 08-17-2007, 08:42 AM

jhot or jarco for me

vvtisupra · 08-17-2007, 10:05 AM

I got my engine from Dori 2 Garage. Decent price and offers a 30 day start up warantee and my s13 blacktop was clean as a whistle.

uhtjoogoorih · 08-19-2007, 01:42 AM

i had marco do my swap beginning of the year and i'd definitely recommend him. he may charge a little bit more than others, but he will give you the state of mind with brand new belts, refreshed engine and everything you need to make sure the car is reliable. if you can, go check out his shop and talk to him. and if he has extra parts lying around, he'll hook it up. he threw in a nismo racing clutch, and a 3" greddy downpipe he had lying around with the install. another thing i liked about marco was that he only works on 1 car at a time to make sure everything's perfect. so no need to worry about a shady job from him.

before going to marco, i almost had it done at R&D, but i went to their shop to talk with one of the guys, since they were pretty cheap. but the first thing the guy said to me was "we can do the swap for you, but we don't guarantee our work." after hearing that, i just walked out and called up marco to set an appointment. you should definitely stop by his shop, on Gardena Blvd and Western Ave and check it out for yourself. but make sure you give him a call as he's not in the shop at times.

Diabolical · 08-19-2007, 10:01 AM

Osaka sucks ass they send engines that knock

StaticX27 · 08-19-2007, 10:10 AM

Also, if you wanted to pay a little bit more, check out Ernie Fixmer's place. If you buy the motor, he'll install it for around $3000. Now, before you gawk at the price, understand that Ernie basically does a half rebuild on the block for that price. I don't remember the entire list, but I know things like greddy head gasket were on the list of things you get for that price. His mentality is like what A spec said, sell an engine that isn't a "used" part, so that way he can stand by his work and never see a motor ever come back. I know he does sell engines as well, I'm just not remembering the price.

His shop is located in L.A., and I'm sorry for the half coherent post, my brain is still hurting

08-11-2007, 09:27 PM	#1
RevKid Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 805->702 Posts: 57 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	where to buy an sr..but is this place legit?? lookin for an sr..this place legit?? http://osakajdmmotors.com/ thanks revkid

08-11-2007, 09:37 PM	#3
boogerlovers Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Palmdale Age: 37 Posts: 1,082 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	hey man i got my sr swapped by marco vargas at sr20 store. he has a website you should look into it. www.sr20store.com __________________

08-11-2007, 10:19 PM	#5
GSXRJJordan Post Whore! Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 9,135 Trader Rating: (19) Rides Gallery: GSXRJJordan Feedback Score: 19 reviews	^^^ Damn Fly you're gonna bash R&D like that? Even though Jack's not there any more, Ed still hooks it up and the mechanics aren't bad. I'd get a swap done at R&D if I needed to. G Dimensions/Marco/Garage Boso are all good shops too ~ __________________ Jordan Innovations has a new web site! www.JordanInnovations.com -- All your favorite FD Pro Drifters love it, trust me -- www.JordanInnovations.com

08-12-2007, 12:04 AM	#9
boogerlovers Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Palmdale Age: 37 Posts: 1,082 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	your askin for legit places and we are tellin you which ones are kool and which ones to avoid, G dimensions and SR20 Store are great places to get your swap... __________________

08-12-2007, 12:13 AM	#10
GSXRJJordan Post Whore! Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 9,135 Trader Rating: (19) Rides Gallery: GSXRJJordan Feedback Score: 19 reviews	Damn Flybert that's a horror story for sure. I've always seen Ed make things right, but I guess I stand corrected for now :/ To the OP, you got your legit spots. Call em up, set up a time, and swipe that CC. __________________ Jordan Innovations has a new web site! www.JordanInnovations.com -- All your favorite FD Pro Drifters love it, trust me -- www.JordanInnovations.com

08-11-2007, 09:42 PM	#4
Flybert Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: none Posts: 3,862 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Buying from Osaka is just as bad as buying from RNDfactory. Just don't do it. Like boogerlovers said, look into getting your motor from Marco at SR20store. He's a real standup guy and backs up his product 100%. G-Dimension is good in my book as well.

08-11-2007, 10:39 PM	#6
RevKid Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 805->702 Posts: 57 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ive seen alot of websites but dont kno if they are legit..i just wanna kno the legit places..

08-11-2007, 11:20 PM	#8
lazierhobo Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: upstate NY Posts: 228 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	osaka is trash man, avoid them. buddy ordered an sr20 there came with a blow turbo. another guy got a 13Bturbo, had blown seals all over the place, needed a full rebuild and new rotors. not a good place to buy from.

08-12-2007, 01:10 AM	#11
StaticX27 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2005 Location: Rowland heights, CA Age: 41 Posts: 550 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I totally recommend Garage Boso for buying the motor and getting the swap.

08-12-2007, 01:24 AM	#12
slidingsky Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 409 Trader Rating: (3) Rides Gallery: slidingsky Feedback Score: 3 reviews	JHOT Imports FTW

08-12-2007, 01:45 AM	#13
nissantfsx Leaky Injector Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Castro Valley/Oakland/Davis Age: 40 Posts: 111 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	AcuTech from San Francisco

08-12-2007, 01:48 AM	#14
A Spec Products Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Socal! Off 60/605 Posts: 7,256 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	If I owned a SR importer shop I'd just rebuild all motors regardless and sell like that OEM rebuild, nothing fancy, just back to OEM spec You could charge more as a business, and as a customer you'd be 100% on the motor rather than guessing what's gonna happen Not very cost effective and you won't sell the most motors, but I think less headache in the long run And you could stand behind your product, rather than selling truly USED goods Kinda like used wheels shops polishing all their wheels before putting for sale And the majority of shops that people will list in this thread are gonna just be resellers, not the actual importers of the motors __________________ A SPEC PRODUCTS CORP AME Wheels, Advan, ARC, Gram Lights, Nardi, Personal, Recaro, Works Bell, Work Wheels, Volk Racing, 5Zigen, & more! 626.618.1100 x 103 / aim: aspectuan Advertiser's Specials! Read / Give Feedback! Please Rate Us!

08-12-2007, 08:39 PM	#15
mayco_86 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cali Posts: 988 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	I have never heard of Garage Boso. Were is this place located.

08-12-2007, 08:48 PM	#16
burnsauto Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 717, PA Age: 39 Posts: 3,324 Trader Rating: (6) Rides Gallery: burnsauto Feedback Score: 6 reviews	+ for sr20store...had a friend get an engine there, pretty clean. got mine from HT awhile back. SUPER clean. jeff is usually pretty good if a part is missing/blown/broken __________________

08-12-2007, 08:51 PM	#17
WIKID S4TEEN Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SoCal 661 Posts: 887 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Plus 1 for Marco @ www.sr20store.com __________________ Rock wha U jock and don't talk if U ain't got!!

08-13-2007, 02:50 AM	#18
Dousan_PG Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orange County, California Age: 46 Posts: 16,640 Trader Rating: (23) Rides Gallery: Dousan_PG Feedback Score: 23 reviews	marco or gdimension thats it . __________________ Aaron Pink GodziRa www.geocities.com/pink_godzira

08-17-2007, 07:40 AM	#23
FinalDrive Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: GA Posts: 494 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	www.jhotimports.com as i say in every "where to buy an SR thread"... they own the salvage yard in japan, they own the shipping company, they own the stateside retail operation as well i can vouch for the two SR motor sets that i bought from them, plus a few dozen that i've seen locally from them

08-17-2007, 08:42 AM	#24
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08-17-2007, 10:05 AM	#25
vvtisupra Nissanaholic! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: SB and OC Posts: 2,118 Trader Rating: (16) Feedback Score: 16 reviews	I got my engine from Dori 2 Garage. Decent price and offers a 30 day start up warantee and my s13 blacktop was clean as a whistle. __________________ http://www.fuckdrama.com/

08-19-2007, 01:42 AM	#26
uhtjoogoorih Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SoCal Age: 39 Posts: 57 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	i had marco do my swap beginning of the year and i'd definitely recommend him. he may charge a little bit more than others, but he will give you the state of mind with brand new belts, refreshed engine and everything you need to make sure the car is reliable. if you can, go check out his shop and talk to him. and if he has extra parts lying around, he'll hook it up. he threw in a nismo racing clutch, and a 3" greddy downpipe he had lying around with the install. another thing i liked about marco was that he only works on 1 car at a time to make sure everything's perfect. so no need to worry about a shady job from him. before going to marco, i almost had it done at R&D, but i went to their shop to talk with one of the guys, since they were pretty cheap. but the first thing the guy said to me was "we can do the swap for you, but we don't guarantee our work." after hearing that, i just walked out and called up marco to set an appointment. you should definitely stop by his shop, on Gardena Blvd and Western Ave and check it out for yourself. but make sure you give him a call as he's not in the shop at times.

08-19-2007, 10:01 AM	#27
Diabolical BANNED Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 97 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Osaka sucks ass they send engines that knock

08-19-2007, 10:10 AM	#28
StaticX27 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2005 Location: Rowland heights, CA Age: 41 Posts: 550 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Also, if you wanted to pay a little bit more, check out Ernie Fixmer's place. If you buy the motor, he'll install it for around $3000. Now, before you gawk at the price, understand that Ernie basically does a half rebuild on the block for that price. I don't remember the entire list, but I know things like greddy head gasket were on the list of things you get for that price. His mentality is like what A spec said, sell an engine that isn't a "used" part, so that way he can stand by his work and never see a motor ever come back. I know he does sell engines as well, I'm just not remembering the price. His shop is located in L.A., and I'm sorry for the half coherent post, my brain is still hurting