JDM Engines

[Engguy]

So is it true that Japan requires cars with 40,000 miles to have new engines installed?
Thats what most of these resellers of imported engines tell me.

[crazyman]

I've never heard a figure, but I've always heard that they were low mileage.

[dieselgeek]

So is it true that Japan requires cars with 40,000 miles to have new engines installed?
Thats what most of these resellers of imported engines tell me.

It's somewhere around that mileage. This is why you can pick up a 1000+hp capable Toyota 2JZ with 40K miles for $1500-2000.

[defrag010]

From what I understand, they don't require engine swaps at that mileage.. they just place heavy fees and taxes on cars that reach a certain mileage threshold so that it is cheaper to go buy a new car than it is to keep an old one on the road. I guess it's the way they keep clunkers off the streets. The JDM engine and car import business has boomed in the past decade.

[Engguy]

Has anyone ever checked any of the latest engine imports with a gieger counter? Hopefully they are cleaned before shipment and airfilters did a good job, could have some hot deposites inside. Hmmm maybe that could be a new speed secret.

[MileHighMan]

From what I understand, they don't require engine swaps at that mileage.. they just place heavy fees and taxes on cars that reach a certain mileage threshold so that it is cheaper to go buy a new car than it is to keep an old one on the road. I guess it's the way they keep clunkers off the streets. The JDM engine and car import business has boomed in the past decade.

defrag your answer makes the most sense to me....40,000 miles is really nothing mileage wise...I wonder who came up with that idea...Hell,,my wifes Diamante has almost 300,000 miles and still runs strong....I guess with the proper maintenance almost anything will run a very long time....Dan.

[defrag010]

Yeah, the import engines will live many hundreds of thousands of miles.. but I think it's just under government control and part of a plan to either keep newer cars on the road or to keep a firm grip on any emissions problems with older engines. I've never had a bad experience with any of the jdm engines and many local shops use them because they are so cheap. It's really kinda sad that you can get a low mileage engine shipped from half way across the world for cheaper than you can get one with 3-4x the mileage from the LKQ that is 2 miles away from your shop.

[MileHighMan]

Yeah, the import engines will live many hundreds of thousands of miles.. but I think it's just under government control and part of a plan to either keep newer cars on the road or to keep a firm grip on any emissions problems with older engines. I've never had a bad experience with any of the jdm engines and many local shops use them because they are so cheap. It's really kinda sad that you can get a low mileage engine shipped from half way across the world for cheaper than you can get one with 3-4x the mileage from the LKQ that is 2 miles away from your shop.

I'm not so sure anymore...It seems JDM is just as high as LKQ....On the later model stuff anyway...I just quote a price for the repair,,and let the customer decide.....Dan.