Japanese Import Engines Rock !

This is the truth. Japanese import engines are the best solution to buy a working engine for your vehicle. Low mileage + fully tested + 6 months warranty....how safe can it get !! It is very difficult to accomplish this task because finding the right quantity to supply the whole US market is very difficult. There are many unfavorable factors, for example US dollar Exchange rate to Japanese Yen has drastically fluctuating. Yen is becoming stronger by the day, making these Japanese Import motors more expensive. Our culture in the U.S and busy lifestyle, long commutes, rash driving etc increases the wear and tear on the motor.

Therefore guys, grab the engine that you find if it is JDM....so what if it is a bit $100-200 expensive because most of the models are hard to come by. You should just check how long the vendor has been in business. 99% people are not direct importers, they are just franchises. Some test and some don't. Once you have this squared away then you can decide whom to go with. Ships from Japan go directly to Houston & Miami so importers in places apart from these places will have higher prices or quite likely will have junk yard engines only. JDM quality speaks for itself. If you are a shop, it will take just one purchase for you to find out how good the vendor is.

Japanese Engines have the lowest falure rate so if they give good value for money price should not be the issue because Japanese import engines just...rock !!

Availability of Used Japanese Engines

We all know that engines imported from Japan for ACURA, HONDA, TOYOTA, NISSAN, MAZDA, MITSUBISHI, LEXUS, SUBARU, SUZUKI & SCION are better in quality & have lowest mileage but the biggest problem is they are very difficult to come by. There are only one or two importers in this country, rest all are small franchises. There are many disnonest junk yards who misrepresent their junk yard quality to motors as JDM engines, so what should the consumer do ?

In order to help the consumer we recommend taking following steps to ensure they are actually buying Used Japanese engines :

1. Search on Bing for Japanese engines or Used Japanese Engines and you will get a list of importers. The reason why we did not mention Google because a genuine importer's website may not be on top on Google because it is hard to rank on Google organic rankings. Sponsored listings on the side are paid listings which are very expensive.

2. Ask the vendor to prove the engine is from Japan. You can ask him to provide US customs documents to prove this. Many will deny to provide this, you know what to do then.

3.Make sure even if the engine is from Japan it is fully tested. Engine World in Houston is the only one who does that. Engine must be Compression, Leak down & oil pressure tested. It is from Japan but doesn't mean that Japan has a magic wand. Check how long the vendor has been in business.

4. Make sure Engine comes with minimum 6 months warranty. 99% of the franchises who are not  importers sell with 30 days or 90 days warranty because they don't test and do not have confidence in their motors. You should buy from a direct importer who gives minimum 6 months warranty. These big importers have customer service department. Most engine businesses & Junk yards don't have any customer service department.

All these measures will help you get better value for money. In the end you get what you pay for ! If you remember and follow above suggestions your engine will last longer and will provide a greater bang for your money spent. Good luck in your search !