Jdm engine in GT-S

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Jdm engine in GT-S

Postby alexis.86 » Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:52 pm

Hello i don't know if anybody ask this question before ..

If i bought a JDM 4AGE with harness + tranny did i need to change the dash harness too? or i can use the factory gts

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Re: Jdm engine in GT-S

Postby oldeskewltoy » Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:57 pm

alexis.86 wrote:Hello i don't know if anybody ask this question before ..

If i bought a JDM 4AGE with harness + tranny did i need to change the dash harness too? or i can use the factory gts


save your money.... there isn't a difference between the US 4AGE and the JDM 4AGE... same compression, same power.... SOOOOO get the engine, and tranny, and use the GTS wiring... sell "JDM" wiring to make up some of the $$ spent....
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Re: Jdm engine in GT-S

Postby alexis.86 » Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:22 pm

Soo the jdm and usdm harness are the same?

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Re: Jdm engine in GT-S

Postby MisterJerk » Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:24 am

no they are not. there are wiring mods needed to make it work in a usdm car.

since you are too lazy to google, so am I.

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Re: Jdm engine in GT-S

Postby oldeskewltoy » Wed Jan 27, 2016 7:41 am

alexis.86 wrote:Soo the jdm and usdm harness are the same?


The engine is the same... the wiring is not. Use the JDM engine, with the USDM wiring... use ALL the USDM sensors.
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Re: Jdm engine in GT-S

Postby Deuce Cam » Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:15 am

Yeah I'd only use the engine (complete cylinder head and block). The oil pump, full water pump assembly, pulleys and alternator are ok to use.

Use basically everything else from your original GTS engine/chassis - swap over all your USDM peripherals to the JDM engine: distributor, coil/ignitor, afm/intake, intake manifold, header, ALL the hard water lines on the head, etc. As OST mentioned you'll keep the original GTS ecu, wiring loom/harness, and every sensor (some already mentioned).