well how do you know if the engine is jdm or usdm ?i mean i rana vehicle history report in carfax.com and i did it with theVIN form the engine andthis is what came out





Year/Make/Model:
1996 ACURA INTEGRA GS-R

Body Style:
HATCHBACK 2 DR

Engine Type:
1.8L L4 PFI DOHC

Manufactured In:
JAPAN

andthen i did it with the vin of my car this is what it came out





Year/Make/Model:
2000 HONDA CIVIC EX

Body Style:
COUPE

Engine Type:
1.6L L4 PFI 16V

Manufactured In:
UNITED STATES

whats the diff between engines?

 

unless the car was imported from japan, or the motor was, it's a normal gsr (usdm)

 

then why where it says manufactured says JAPAN and in the car says UNITED STATES ?

 

check the vin, teg could have been from a japanese manufacture plant, unlikely though

 

well i dont know , im confused about it. cause when i do the search with the VIN from the engine those are the results that come out and it says manufactured in japan and when i do it with the VIN from the car it says its from US. is there any JDM gsr?

 

japanese vins wont run in carfax, to the best of my knowlege

and to add, my 94 teg ls auto says it was manufactered in japan but im sittin on the left side when i drive it, i think the tegs were all made in japan

 

well if the VIN on the engine says japan and when you run the car VIN it say usdm, and it say its a 1.6 and you kno its a 1.8 then your motor was swapped and it is a jdm engine. the difference is one compression ratios are higher and of course the displacement of a 1.8 is bigger than a 1.6 means more power.too bad you dont have a b18c5 bc that is the type r motor, but jus kno you have something good. build the motor turbo the bitch keep it all jdm since you have already have started win some races and go **** the **** out of one of those hot japanese model like you see on the fast and the furious....tell me if that **** is really sideways

 

on the block if it says B18C then it is JDM, if it says B18C1 it is USDM

 

THANK YOU Marty.

Why does no one know that USDM engines are the only ones with numbers after the engine name?

example:

b16a SiR II = JDM
b16a2 = USDM 99-00 Si

b18c R = JDM ITR
b18c5 = USDM ITR