# JDM source **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [June 15, 2008, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240 "2008-06-15T11:02:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ST240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@ST240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ST240)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/1 "2008-06-15T11:02:57Z")
The RB25DET is listed at 2200 USD and 2770 CAD on their website. However if you roll on over to your friendly neighbourhood [www.xe.com](http://www.xe.com), you see that they are hosing you for an additional 500 bucks. So i called jdmsource to find out what was going on, and they said they “wont give a better price based on X conversion” and that “80% of their customers are based in the US”. What the fuck does that have to do with anything? Theyre a god damned canadian company why are they fucking their own kind? I mentioned another company that would give it to me cheaper and he said “Well i think our engines speak for themselves” which wouldnt be a biased comment not even in the slightest. Anyone ever get an engine from these guys? I cant really see how they would give “better quality” engines. My understanding is that these things are pulled outta random cars in japan and that its luck of the draw. Needless to say, i think im gonna go with japanracingengines just to spite these guys if they will give me the same pricing on shipping… ---
**Author:** ![silvertable58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@silvertable58](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silvertable58)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/2 "2008-06-15T18:16:23Z")
yea i was gona buy an rb25 off them but they woudlnt give me there U.S prices. Just go there wit U.S funds and pay them the U.S prices 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mari0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@Mari0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mari0)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/3 "2008-06-15T18:36:31Z")
I wouldn’t buy anything off that guy. ---
**Author:** ![ST240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@ST240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ST240)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/4 "2008-06-15T19:42:49Z")
> [@silvertable58](#): > > yea i was gona buy an rb25 off them but they woudlnt give me there U.S prices. Just go there wit U.S funds and pay them the U.S prices 😃 Did you end up buying from them? haha i was gonna get my brother in law who lives in the states to just phone in and get it delivered to edmonton lol. > [@Mari0](#): > > I wouldn’t buy anything off that guy. why not? can you recommend a better place? ---
**Author:** ![Styles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Styles](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Styles)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/5 "2008-06-15T19:46:30Z")
> [@Mari0](#): > > I wouldn’t buy anything off that guy. Have you bought anything from jdmsource, or are you just basing that on what ST said? (Not being a dick, just curious) ST, I asked jdmsource the exact same question and got a pretty confusing answer as well. I also asked him about bringing american money (like silvertable said) and got another crappy answer (wouldn’t allow it for whatever reason), so I wouldn’t recommend bringing american money expecting to pay the american price. One thing I can say though is the RB25 I got from them was amazing, started up first try and has ran very well ever since (minus me not replacing the front main seal when I had the engine out). I would definitely go there again, at least for an RB, there were a lot of skeptical sr’s there when I went. ---
**Author:** ![ST240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@ST240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ST240)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/6 "2008-06-15T21:55:29Z")
> [@Styles](#): > > One thing I can say though is the RB25 I got from them was amazing, started up first try and has ran very well ever since (minus me not replacing the front main seal when I had the engine out). I would definitely go there again, at least for an RB, there were a lot of skeptical sr’s there when I went. Good to hear man. That being said, i still find it hard to believe they are able “screen” their engines or whatever more than the next engine importer and that its pretty much luck of the draw… ---
**Author:** ![Mari0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@Mari0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mari0)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/7 "2008-06-16T06:56:23Z")
I went to buy an mr2 off that guy… lied about it’s condition… had all this damage all over it… paint fade.He told me it was mint… i brought cash and registration and a plate. Wasted my time… and lied to me about how things work in japan. Would not deal with him ever again. ---
**Author:** ![TyPhOOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/typhoon/32/5800_2.png) [@TyPhOOn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TyPhOOn)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/8 "2008-06-16T09:45:05Z")
> [@ST240](#): > > My understanding is that these things are pulled outta random cars in japan and that its luck of the draw. Not even ---
**Author:** ![89\_240sx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/89_240sx/32/5831_2.png) [@89\_240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/89_240sx)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/9 "2008-06-16T09:46:42Z")
I dont even want to tell you guys about the P.O.S Sr20det that guy sold me… i feel like an idiot for putting as much into fixing it as i have… :oops: B.T.W. good luck getting your money back after he sells you a lemon. But hey maybe you’ll get lucky! :roll: ---
**Author:** ![silvertable58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@silvertable58](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silvertable58)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/10 "2008-06-16T10:36:45Z")
yea its stupid how he wont give us canadian deals or why he wont at least give us 10 percent off or something haha but yea i bough an engine off him and it ran pretty good ---
**Author:** ![89\_240sx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/89_240sx/32/5831_2.png) [@89\_240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/89_240sx)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/11 "2008-06-16T14:09:54Z")
yah you sure have to give the SR credit… mine ran despite a f_cked turbo set up, hacked harness (me thinks this engine once had a piggy back), blown clutch, blown tranny, and completly worn out valve guides, f_cked cams, head needed to be honed, (i’m getting into my bottem end this weekend) but it still ran strong! made 247bhp on a dyno… ---
**Author:** ![ST240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@ST240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ST240)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/12 "2008-06-16T16:43:36Z")
> [@TyPhOOn](#): > > Not even So what do you mean by this… ---
**Author:** ![TyPhOOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/typhoon/32/5800_2.png) [@TyPhOOn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TyPhOOn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/13 "2008-06-17T08:28:53Z")
[quote=“ST240”] > [@TyPhOOn](#): > > Not even So what do you mean by this…[/quote] You said they come from Japan and I did not agree. Not from Japan ---
**Author:** ![Invalid\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@Invalid\_Zero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Invalid_Zero)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/14 "2008-06-17T11:04:15Z")
> [@89'240sx](#): > > head needed to be honed, Heads don’t get honed. > [@Styles](#): > > there were a lot of skeptical sr’s there when I went. WAT? ---
**Author:** ![ST240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@ST240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ST240)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/15 "2008-06-17T18:39:53Z")
> [@TyPhOOn](#): > > You said they come from Japan and I did not agree. Not from Japan ah k. makes sense now. which leads to my next question: why does he call himself **JDM** source :roll: ---
**Author:** ![TyPhOOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/typhoon/32/5800_2.png) [@TyPhOOn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TyPhOOn)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/16 "2008-06-18T10:30:46Z")
[quote=“ST240”] > [@TyPhOOn](#): > > You said they come from Japan and I did not agree. Not from Japan ah k. makes sense now. which leads to my next question: why does he call himself **JDM** source :roll:[/quote] Japanese-spec engines for Japanese vehicles ---
**Author:** ![Styles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Styles](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Styles)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/17 "2008-06-18T17:28:43Z")
[quote=“Invalid Zero”] > [@Styles](#): > > there were a lot of skeptical sr’s there when I went. WAT?[/quote] I went into the back storage area to pick up my rb, I saw a bunch of skeptical LOOKING sr’s. As in they looked like shit. I don’t know how they ran, but some looked pretty beat up, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![89\_240sx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/89_240sx/32/5831_2.png) [@89\_240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/89_240sx)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/18 "2008-06-20T13:45:14Z")
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**Author:** ![89\_240sx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/89_240sx/32/5831_2.png) [@89\_240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/89_240sx)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/19 "2008-06-20T13:52:51Z")
> [@Invalid Zero](#): > > [quote=89’240sx] head needed to be honed, Heads don’t get honed. [/quote] They do when dirty oil gets between your cam and the head ---
**Author:** ![ST240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@ST240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ST240)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240/20 "2009-06-16T21:44:24Z")
> [@Is My Title Wrong?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-my-title-wrong/6114/5): > > I mentioned another company that would give it to me cheaper and he said “Well i think our engines speak for themselves” Well… I got my rb in, wired it up, and sure as shit, started first try. Idled like a fucking dog tho so i replaced the plugs and redid a bunch of vac lines and now she idles like a champ. I guess his words held true, props to jdm source. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jdm-source/149240.md?page=2)