Maintenance, JDM engines Options

[snapshotgt]

Question:

How hard is it to have maintenance done on an JDM engine (3sgte for example...) It would be shop kept, so they'd be the ones dealing with it. (please no one come back and say i should do the maintenance...that is out of question...) So anyway, the main question i'm getting at is are the guys going to open the hood and go "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have no clue how to service this in anyway...??"....or are they going to be able to service it like normal (or as close to normal as possible)? Thanks for your time and advice!

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[lagos]

If you're serious about putting a great motor in your car, you should at least know how to perform your typical maintainence procedures like changing fluids and reading and replacing your spark plugs, compression testing, understanding basic electrical work, etc. etc...

Its really for your own good. I've forced myself to do alot of work and it helps to know whats wrong and how to work on it yourself, both to save you a good deal of money and not have to rely on everyone else.

i agree 110% ! with a swaped turbo motor, your going to be poping the hood more often then you do with a bone stock motor. if you dont make it a point to learn everything you can about it, and do as much hands on stuff as possible, then the swap is just not for you. it isint a "get someone to swap it for me, and never pop the hood open again" type of thing.

the only time youll have trouble is autozone, because they will say "what year of car" and youll say 94 or whatever, then theyll ask what type, toyota celica, then your like, but i have a different motor, and theyll still wanna sell you the 5sfe plugs, and your just like NO I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON!

this is why i tell them that i have a 1990 celica alltrac or mr2.