![]() I ended up buying new studs as they were cheap enough. I read a forum post saying the studs for the "alternator bracket" needed to be swapped over as the jdm engine doesn't have long enough studs iirc. I purchased most of my parts from Honda Parts Now and saved hundreds. You need to evaluate the condition of your engine to decide how far you want to go but taking care of all these items is a good idea to allow this new engine run at its peak. Spark plugs a new water pump thermostat radiator hoses. The way I see it is you're right there, it's good practice to just replace. It boils down to personal preference, how much money you want to spend etc. You may find that a lot of these gaskets can be reused from the jdm engine as they're likely still in pretty good shape. ![]() Gaskets you'll need: spool valve, vtec solenoid, water outlet, water pump, water passage aka alternator bracket (water passage is also sealed with rtv, use hondabond or equivalent), thermostat case, valve cover. There are a few sensors here and there that are the same and can be used with your existing wiring harness, however for simplicity sake you'll want to swap everything over. I found it easier to just swap the old plenum to avoid the possibility of incompatibility. You can reuse the intake plenum but you'll need to swap the throttle body. The gasket is mls which is technically reusable. The jdm fuel rail is different than usdm so you'll have to swap the intake manifold. ![]() The jdm accessory drive pulleys are slightly different than usdm making them incompatible with your setup. You need to strip the engine down to the long block and swap everything over. I pulled the cam cover to adjust the valves and was greeted with an extremely clean engine, it was nearly perfect. Showed up right when they said it would with tracking info allowing me to follow it's progress along the way. I placed the order, one week later a 53k mile engine all the way from Japan showed up to my shop. They answered any questions I had, knew their products very well and you get the added benefit of seeing the exact part you are buying before it gets shipped. I did hours of research before landing on Jdm Alliance based out of Garland, tx. If you've ever looked online to find jdm part suppliers you would know that there is a lot to choose from. How can I trust buying something sight unseen to a company I never heard of with inconsistent feedback? The search continued. How is it possible to have a near perfect reputation on eBay but have 3 star ratings on Google? Lots of unhappy customers on one end, and a decent amount of happy customers on the other. Engines between 50-60k miles, free delivery, warranties, sellers are rated very high, this seems great! I started to look up these companies on Google, this is where the suspicions began. I started my search on eBay, on the surface everything looked great. Why spend well north of 1000 dollars on something with high mileage, unknown service history and having a high probability of being another oil burner? The car was being driven in the meantime while saving up for the swap, it was during this time I remembered jdm engines with low miles would likely be a dime a dozen. After looking both locally and online trying to source a k24z engine proved to be really expensive and everything had 140k+ miles. Originally, the plan was to do a rebuild. Surprisingly the car still ran well after topping off the oil but this car can't be trusted on long trips anymore. The engine was left with an occasional bottom end noise that would come and go. There have been several close calls but the final nail in the coffin was taking a left turn at a light, the oil pressure light turned on and the engine was rattling the entire way through the turn. The reason for needing an engine unfortunately boiled down to this engine being a "user" and the oil level not being checked often enough. Get some snacks, this is a good oneĢ010 accord lx. ![]() My hope is that one day someone somewhere will find this useful. There is virtually no information online for 8th gen accords and jdm swaps, I learned a lot of very valuable information along the way that is worthy of being archived online for years to come. What was supposed to be a weekend job turned into a month long project with setback after setback. Hello everyone, as the title states I have a Honda in my fleet that was in need of an engine.
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