What's a "JDM" spec car?
 

Hi. Newbie here, which accounts for the question... :) Does it just mean Jap import?

JDM = Japan Domestic Market i.e. an import ;)

It stands for Japanese Domestic Market.

Tony:D

Ta.

Thanks. Benn wanting to know this for a while now

Crap and always blow up, need undersealing and lots of other bits to get on with british weather and oh did i mention they are a nightmare to insure?? apart from that they are brilliant motors ;)

Is there a scoobynet FAQ or Jargon buster?


Maybe this would be a help for newbies like myself

Trumptton :rolleyes:


Jowl a FAQ is being worked on at this stage.

what does faq mean ;)

or is it just another TLA

What's TLA? :)

Three Letter Acronym

TWAIN is good, you may see twain drivers referenced to PC scanners

Technology Without An Interesting Name ;)

:thumb:

PCMCIA = People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms

sidc faq page
all you need to know is there :)

chris.

Think you'll find that the CRAP relates to the UK fuel that destroys the JDM tuned cars M8. Bet you wish you had the good stuff over there :)

Coolangatta.

My 100,000 mile tuned import would beg to differ...

Not got any problems with crap fuel on my MY03 JDM STi (original map :D) running octane booster, still flies :D

Tony:D

Like the American TV broadcast system NTSC...

Never Twice Same Colour

WTF

i agree with the Rev.
mines only done 120000mile though, so i don't know if it will blow or not!



Michelhead Scoobies Unite!

Yeah my JDM is so crap too, not done that amount of miles yet but i will post back here in a few years when i have... :D

Trumptton you don't know what your on about!

Jdm's are an accident waiting to happen, octane booster will eventually burn the valves out, the map is all wrong for this country, they rot like a leper's penis and are easily identified by the gay gold wheels.

Why do you think so many P1's have had blown engines?? due to them basically being an imported sti 5 with 2 doors, they have a JDM map and were never any good on our fuel.

All we ever hear on here is my engine has gone bang, big end no3 has gone, 90% of these are the rust buckets that come off the rice boats!!

woah! trumpton, some strongs words there. you've obviously had some bad experience with jdm's in the past, please share it with us.
Personally, I was under the impression that the P1 was mapped for uk fuel, which is what made it the "best" sti5 you could get.
As for mapping of jdm cars, spend a few quid at a decent mapper once you've got your jdm, and not only do you get a car safe to run on lower octance uk fuel, but some serious performance enhancement thrown it too :)
Surely you can get underseal done at any garage these days, or do it yourself for added peace of mind.
finally, take a look here for some excellent examples of "gay gold wheels", not many of those are jdms either :)

Trumptton,
Of course no uk car ever suffered burnt out valves, number 3 piston failure or the big end going :rolleyes:
Octane booster wont kill your engine, its designed to protect it, and if you run a JDM car on the correct fuel, it will run forever :D
As for the P1, well when it states "super unleaded 97 ron fuel only" and people put in 95 ron, hey, somethings going to give (and modifying them doesnt help either).
No doubt the 22B type UK will all (9 remaining i think) end up needing new engines.....
Get your facts right about JDM cars, the new ones especially are alot better in the mapping department and have more correction for knock.

Tony:D

And I seem to remember you saying CW42 at the BBO meeting that my MY93 JDM WRX was very tidy for it's year, there is not one sport of corrosion on it !!!!

I though you JDM lot would sooner or later come hunting ;)

I have no bad experiences to speak of except the ex wife but I think that the earlier imports really are a waste of time, my UK turbo will easily chomp off the arse of ANY basic modded wrx and have an extra few hundred quid to throw at it each year what i save in insurance, Later JDM's are a lot better agreed as for the P1's wel there is no excuse, buy a uk car and have to run it on super juice is just not acceptable, I live in devon and you cant get this **** everywhere like you can in the rest of the country

trumptton ;)

"my UK turbo will easily chomp off the arse of ANY basic modded wrx "

Dont let Chrisp hear you say that ;)
His wrx was one of the last ones (ltd editions) in classic form (280ps), up to around 320bhp and 300lbs of torque i believe ;):D

Tony:D

My car cant speak, what cant speak cant lie rodney ;)

Trumptton, was your ex-wife on the Japanese Domestic Market then?

How much did you pay from her? :D