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Old 05-12-08, 11:11 AM
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Buying an engine....

i have a 87 Rx-7 GXL Shell and looking to drop a 13b single turbo motor into it

at first i was looking at tiger japanese, and i'm not hearing a lot of good things about them, where else could i find a complete swap including tranny for my shell?

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i've been searching around already on here and else where, thats how i know about tiger Japanese not being very good, before joining the site i was gonna buy from them
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http://www.jspecautosports.com/catal...spx?prod_id=75

thats where I got mine from
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I bought mine from tiger and it arrived in fine condition. I have no complaints. We'll see how the engine holds up though.
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here is a thread I started back in...... a few months ago https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/jdm-engine-725723/

I ended up buying from Japan2LA forum member, i am yet to receive it because I bought it just last week.
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Originally Posted by Rush120
how long have you had it? any problems?

overall buy review?
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bump?
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JSPEC motors are hit or miss. Some will say it worked fine, others it was DOA. In my case, I bought a DOA. If it sat for a month then you're OK. Mine... probably sat for a decade.
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i have been doing some more reading around the website and came across rotary shack

now, i read through their thread about purchase feedback, and they have a lot of good feedback, on parts and motors in general

i'd like a little more feedback on motors though from them, i know they supply great parts, but right now, the motor is the more important part, what you all think about Rotary Shack and their motors?

$1000 for a 87/88 13b turbo motor seems cheap, but if it runs beautifully i'm all for it

Feedback?!?
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Or you could check with me.. I have 2 S4TII tested Jspec motor and trans swaps in inventory now..
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