Completed JSpec install
07-14-02, 12:42 AM
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Completed JSpec install
ok you guys here is the story.
A couple weeks ago I put up some info about a company selling jspec engines for real cheap. I didn't want to give out any of the company info so that other people wouldn't get screwed by my suggestions. I planned to do the install and report back on what happened and the quality of the parts.
Well the installation is done as of yesterday. I spent $500 for the engine with everything on it except for the wiring harness (it was cut just after all the hard metal lines) and the hoses attaching to stuff inside the engine bay. Shipping was $135 to Tacoma, Washington.
With some help from a haynes manual, the service manual on www.fc3s.org and a rotary fanatic at the mazda service center in Olympia, I did my install in 3 days. The only problems i had were a really rough idle (forgot to plug in the AFM, and one injector is dirty), and a TPS adjustment (the mazda mechanic gave me his lights and instruction on how to adjust the TPS (that was too fricking simple). I spent at maximum an additional $50 on misc. parts. The car runs really well, I'm actually surprised that i didn't have more problems come up.
So... for all of you that are interested, here is the information for the company that supplied me with the engine. Their name is Libero USA, and the web page is accessible from here:
http://sites.recycler.com/liberousa/
BTW my engine has a 6mo. warranty.
A couple weeks ago I put up some info about a company selling jspec engines for real cheap. I didn't want to give out any of the company info so that other people wouldn't get screwed by my suggestions. I planned to do the install and report back on what happened and the quality of the parts.
Well the installation is done as of yesterday. I spent $500 for the engine with everything on it except for the wiring harness (it was cut just after all the hard metal lines) and the hoses attaching to stuff inside the engine bay. Shipping was $135 to Tacoma, Washington.
With some help from a haynes manual, the service manual on www.fc3s.org and a rotary fanatic at the mazda service center in Olympia, I did my install in 3 days. The only problems i had were a really rough idle (forgot to plug in the AFM, and one injector is dirty), and a TPS adjustment (the mazda mechanic gave me his lights and instruction on how to adjust the TPS (that was too fricking simple). I spent at maximum an additional $50 on misc. parts. The car runs really well, I'm actually surprised that i didn't have more problems come up.
So... for all of you that are interested, here is the information for the company that supplied me with the engine. Their name is Libero USA, and the web page is accessible from here:
http://sites.recycler.com/liberousa/
BTW my engine has a 6mo. warranty.
07-14-02, 07:24 PM
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6 month warranty? Holy crap.. if those guys are around in 6 months, then that's a heck of a deal.
Only problem is, for the $$ you spent, it's not really even worth the shipping back & forth to get a warranty replacement.
The place I got my original engine from (it ended up having no compression) fully refunded ALL my shipping from them to me, and from me back to them. They were really cool about it.
Only problem is, for the $$ you spent, it's not really even worth the shipping back & forth to get a warranty replacement.
The place I got my original engine from (it ended up having no compression) fully refunded ALL my shipping from them to me, and from me back to them. They were really cool about it.
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