Should I Buy An Integra With a JDM b18c Installed

misweetrevenge

New Member
hey guys, I've been looking around and haven't gotten the answer I'm looking for. I'm looking at buying another Integra for a commuter (my 94 was totaled when I got hit by an SUV in 2010). I drive 300+ miles a week and the 12.5mpg in my truck is pricey.

My question is... Is it a good idea to buy an Integra with a JDM engine already installed in it? I'm in Cali and I've read they have smog issues do to the one last digit on the block. It's a 1996 GSR 4door with 170k miles on the body and tranny with a JDM b18c GSR engine. Clean title. He claimes it passed smog last week. Has stock header, stock ecu, aem intake and stock cat. No warning lights on the dash. He just did a full tuneup on it. Doesn't leak in the rain and the moonroof works.

I feel like this is a good buy I'm just worried about smog issues or any other issues that could arise with the JDM engine. My 94 had 288k mile in the original engine and tranny with no issues.
 

Samurai_Blue

Yolo Whippin'
jdm b18c is a legal swap in a gsr as long as it has the us sensors. BUT, why doesnt he just show you the smog papers? if he doesnt have them, it was hot smogged most likely.
 


misweetrevenge

New Member
I ended up not going with it. Interior was tore up more than the pictures depicted. Needed a new clutch. Driver side window controls didn't work. And there were a few other things.

I ended up picking up a 99 GS 2 door with 161k and all original with a smog cert. Interior is super clean not a single rip in the interior and all the accessories and switches work as they should.
 
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