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Anyone got the skinny on what to expect when purchasing a JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) engine? There seems to be distributors all over the US selling these engines. __________________________________ NRA Benefactor I lost all my weapons in a boating, umm, accident. http://www.aufamily.com/forums/ | ||
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Is the motor you looking for JDM with no USAD equivalent ??? If JDM you may have a hard time sourcing parts for it here in the USA. God Bless  "Always legally conceal carry. At the right place and time, one person can make a positive difference." | |||
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Make sure the ecu & wiring harnesses are compatible. Usually you can make it work but with wiring looms it can get frustrating fast. For the most part it’s plug and play and just tedious but some more specialized & unique JDM engines can be a bit more complicated. My brother is in the process of sourcing a JDM engine for his manual transmission Mitsubishi 3000GT SL. Japan’s take on the Corvette.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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| Unflappable Enginerd |
It's a Honda engine with a Japan and international model number, J35Z4-VCM... It fits a ton of Honda V6 models from 08-14. __________________________________ NRA Benefactor I lost all my weapons in a boating, umm, accident. http://www.aufamily.com/forums/ | |||
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Any reason to get the JDM engine over the USDM model? According to Wiki, the J35Z4-VCM is found in the 09-15 Honda Pilot, with 250hp/253tq IF looking for an upgrade, it looks like the J35Z2-VCM & J35Z3 are a bump in power at 268hp/254tq & the RDX model of the Z2 having 278/251. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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I've bought an engine from jdm for a Honda. No issues, I did replace the timing belt before the install, but it wasn't needed the engine was very low mileage. I wouldn't hesitate to buy again. | |||
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The main advantage with JDM seems to be the ability to get low mile OEM replacement engines/trannys. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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| Unflappable Enginerd |
__________________________________ NRA Benefactor I lost all my weapons in a boating, umm, accident. http://www.aufamily.com/forums/ | |||
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I think we need more info. What is this going in, direct replacement for something that already has a J35 in it? Given that you specified J35Z4-VCM, makes me think you have a Pilot needing an engine? The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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I thought that the slightly higher HP rating for the JDM engines was because of their higher octane ratings than what we have here in the USA allowing better timing, tuning, etc. God Bless "Always legally conceal carry. At the right place and time, one person can make a positive difference." | |||
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| Unflappable Enginerd |
Answered above, yes, 2010 Pilot. __________________________________ NRA Benefactor I lost all my weapons in a boating, umm, accident. http://www.aufamily.com/forums/ | |||
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All I can tell you the one around here is shady as hell. In 2 cases the engines were worse than the ones pulled out. If they want a core... run. Because they are selling those cores for good JDM engines. | |||
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Sorry, missed that in-quote response. You could try something like LKQ, but I'd think a J35Z4 is a J35Z4, just not sure how many JDM models used it. Not sure if a ECU for your truck would work with something like a Z2 or Z3 & be plug & play. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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I've looked at LKQ, but everything they list is over 125k miles, the JDMs claim to be ~60K miles, but of course there is no way of verifying that claim... __________________________________ NRA Benefactor I lost all my weapons in a boating, umm, accident. http://www.aufamily.com/forums/ | |||
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You know what? This will decimate all, after, you put about fifteen grand in it or more. If we have to, overnight parts from Japan.  We looked at JDM engines for the 99 RX300 when it took a dive, found the same as you, high miles, high price, and the low miles units go fast, and it's still a crap shoot with all the work you do to put them in, the juice wasn't worth the squeeze for that SUV. | |||
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I bought one and had my brother go pick it up for me. It came with a sheet that showed it had just under 60,000 miles on it. I did have to swap intake manifolds and swap the flex plate for my flywheel. Been a GREAT replacement in the CR-V.  He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. | |||
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I put a few in, but in the 80s and 90s. They were not direct bolt-ins. They had to be stripped down to the long block, because none of the induction or exhaust systems or wiring harnesses (if they weren't cut) that came on them worked. One even had dual carburetors where the car was originally equipped with fuel injection. However, that frequently happens with most any salvage engine. The advantage of these (if they aren't being falsely advertised) is the generally lower mileage. However, any used engine is a crapshoot. Generally, when a car is scrapped, it didn't drive in running, so there is really no way of knowing if the engine is good or not. | |||
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My understanding of the JDM advantage is that they're low miles on the engine due to Japan's regressive taxation on vehicles (higher taxes on older cars means older cars quickly lose value to the point of scraping them with low mileage). I wouldn't be scared of JDM. I would strongly suggest doing your homework first to see just how much of the JDM transfers over to your Pilot. I put a used motor in my 2003 Odyssey from a local wrecker, also in the J35 family of V6. The trick was it from an 04 Pilot. My mechanic had to swap air intakes for some reason, other than that it was a direct fit. It ran for another 50K miles until the car was totaled by insurance for minor body damage. Either JDM or a quality local donor (LQK) would be my choice. P229 | |||
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