Originally Posted by ashtonsser
^^^^Um yes you can gurantee the motor will start and run if properly looked over. All it takes is compression, fuel and spark. As far as mechanicly you can pop the valve cover, take a look at the condition under it and if its been well taken care of it will show. If its been abused and neglected that will show. If the motor is in time and is making compression then there should be no reason that motor shouldnt fire right up.
You will occasionally have your unforeseen issues like having rod knock but that was generally an issue with the det motors as they are usually heavily used motors. But de's and ve's dont generally have those issues as they are usually babied. Again 12 different motors ranging from de's, ve's, and rwd det's and ive yet to get a bad motor or hell even a motor that had any problems. If the company is a legit honest company, you wont get crap motors. They wont sell them. Motors like that will be stripped and parted if they run into problems with them during their testing.
^^^^Um yes you can gurantee the motor will start and run if properly looked over. All it takes is compression, fuel and spark. As far as mechanicly you can pop the valve cover, take a look at the condition under it and if its been well taken care of it will show. If its been abused and neglected that will show. If the motor is in time and is making compression then there should be no reason that motor shouldnt fire right up.
You will occasionally have your unforeseen issues like having rod knock but that was generally an issue with the det motors as they are usually heavily used motors. But de's and ve's dont generally have those issues as they are usually babied. Again 12 different motors ranging from de's, ve's, and rwd det's and ive yet to get a bad motor or hell even a motor that had any problems. If the company is a legit honest company, you wont get crap motors. They wont sell them. Motors like that will be stripped and parted if they run into problems with them during their testing.
ummmm no u cant Guarantee... all that other ish is irrelevant hence why when ppl have all these issues with their cars yet their compression test produces great results yet car runs like **** and blows up.. so NO u cant guarantee it.. even if u built the motor yourself, u cannot guarantee it will not blow up the 1st time u drive it/ run it etc...... ish happens... so again to the o.p. good luck.. and this guy ashton made a few valid points, yet even still a clean motor doesnt mean a good 1... thats the thing with building these p.o.s. cars, u gotta take chances and hope for the best, either way ive had numerous JDM motors from DET to Ve and honestly i havent had a problem yet, but that doesnt mean others dont... have a nice day