https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Night-Light/32893539502.html

>first word they show in the video is "DEAR"

LIKE POTTERY

I want to order an entire engine from Taobao, but I bet their normal freight consolidators will not touch anything near that size or weight. what do?

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.5-c.w4002-16073300367.42.50977b46b5zje6&id=544216328095

wat'

I want to buy that engine. from Taobao. but I don't think taobao's freight consolidators, Jiacheng or Zhongshan, will ship anything like that, considering I asked them about shipping a bicycle once and they both said "no."

I don't think it's worth buying an engine from china when plenty of scrap yards exist

That one's brand new, though.

A used Japanese motor is probably going to be better than a new Chinese one tbh

And also, is a license-built version of the Russian ZMZ-402 engine. which I'm not finding in any junkyards in America.

I thought you were in russia?

Nope, Detroit.

For this you probably need to talk to a freight forwarding company and pick it up from a warehouse or port yourself

Detroit is America's Russia

I don't think that's how that works.

maybe try a importer service for cars? it exists for japanese cars

I'm not sure how else you're supposed to get something that big shipped at a reasonable price

I meant that Detroit wasn't America's Russia

Oh

Well, "reasonable" and "cheap" are two different things

No it pretty much is

How's that?

Economically depressed urban zone with terrible weather.

Anyway, how much are you planning to spend for shipping?

I mean, the engine is $600, have no problem doubling that or a little more if I have to.

how much does an engine weigh?

Probably 300 lbs

It's almost entirely aluminum, and it's only a 4 cylinder

If you're doing an engine swap anyway why not use the opportunity to have something you can reasonably find parts for?

And, uh, what do you need it for, that you can't use a local engine?

Probably a ZMZ 402

Gaz 22 Volga, that I own. Still has the original engine. Want to build a turbo version, just because I can. but figure I'll build the turbo version NOT using the numbers-matching engine.

That looks like a boat of a car

ZMZ is the name of an engine manufacturer, so, close.

Meh

Close enough

Where did you even find that?

Moscow?

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