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Old 24 Sep 2006, 10:45 am
jim beam
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Default Re: Advice on finding an engine?

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> "Greyjaei" <greyjaei@gmail.com> wrote in news:1159083940.866373.102740
> @i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
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>> Considering buying an engine for a Honda 92 Civic DX Hatchback. I've
>> done some searching through the JDM market online, and I'm only
>> slightly confused
>> Living in Northern Canada so the pickings are slim and shipping is
>> high! Just looking for something in the 400-700 dollar range, and
>> hopefully reliable.
>> Anything I should watch out for? Sites you'd reccomend? Things to be
>> sure to get in purchasing an engine? Any advice would be great, I'm
>> terribely new to all this.
>> Thank you.
>>
>>

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> The JDM engines are not necessarily guaranteed to be straight
> bolt-on-drop-ins. Blocks for other markets can have edditional holes that
> need to be plugged (mechanical fuel pump aperture, for instance), bracket
> holes in the wrong place your your market, that sort of thing. Be prepared
> to do some fabrication.
>

yeah, but a 92 d15b2 is a d15b2 is a d15b2... that should be plug and
play. the interesting stuff comes from d15b2 -> h23, etc.
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