JDM Engine in a US Prius?

Have you considered rebuilding the head and getting a "short block".

 

Not sure what you mean by JDM (aka Japan Domestic Market) engine. This is a rebuilt engine? New engines are around $7000.

 

A JDM engine is typically 50-70k miles imported from Japan by US suppliers. One of several Houston suppliers:

“All JDM motors are sold with 6 months unlimited miles warranty and transmissions with 3 months warranty...All Japanese Engines are imported from our head office in Osaka, Japan. All engines are compression, leak down & oil pressure tested. Our JDM Motors are sold with 6 months unlimited miles warranty and JDM transmissions with 3 months unlimited miles warranty. ... Our Japanese engines offer better value for money compared to low quality, non-tested and high mileage Junk-yard engines sold in Houston with mere 30-day warranty. All customers are welcome to bring their technicians if they would like to see us test the engine before purchasing.”

One of the Houston importers of JDM engines:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-2015-Toyota-Prius-1-8l-2ZR-XFE-Hybrid-engine-Motor/153790955765?
fits=Model%3APrius&hash=item23cea7c0f5:g:scIAAOSwYPJeF7FS

 

I had a JDM installed in my 2013 recently. $1700 for engine and installation. Turnaround during Christmas holidays was 3 days. Could not be more satisfied.
mine blew a head gasket at 160,000 miles and was prepared to get an engine from LKQ with 80 to 90,000 miles plus installation for $4,000.
I expect to get at least another 100,000 miles.

The mechanic told me the electric water pump wears down and doesn’t seem to pump enough water as it did new. So, I had him install a new one on the JDM motor. He said at one time when he ordered one from Toyota that they had 2300 on back order. Wonder why?

 

Strange that vendor does not certify compatiblity for model year 2010, only 2011 onward. I think that's in error, fwiw.

 

So...

Can one get the lithium ion battery that the 7-seater version uses in other markets, to use with the JDM engine?

 

I wouldn’t recommend it.

Someone might sell you the Li-ion battery (Toyota part numbers G9510-47100 or G9510-47110), but I imagine international dangerous goods shipping would be costly, and you’d definitely also have to replace the power management control ECU, perhaps the inverter with converter, and, of course, body and interior parts, since the HV battery is mounted in the center console on ZVW40 models to allow room for the third row of seats.

Assuming you could get it to work, the resulting vehicle might not be lawful to register or operate: replacing or reprogramming the power management control ECU would be emissions tampering, since it would change the configuration that Toyota tested and certified to U.S. and California regulations.

This isn’t a problem when installing an engine from Japan, by the way, as long as it’s “functionally identical to the original engine” and the U.S. versions of the engine control module, software, and other emissions-related parts are used; see “Japanese Replacement Engines” on CARB’s Replacement Parts Guidelines page.

 

And you get the EGR stuff..........

 

Read some pretty bad reviews about that place........ I guess you never know. I think I would go with the shortblock...... but I don't love my car..... and I don't want to drive it forever.... Sure are alot of nice Mustangs out there........ my Girlfriend laughs at my car......

 

Why won't the trani work? Not a synergy?

 

I've wondered about that. Not enough to invest in one, found Oxi-Clean worked good. But good to know.

Good luck with your engine, waitin' and watchin'...

Gear ratios, or the hybrid transaxle* version anyway, vary between the regular Prius and v.

* I mispelled transaxle and you would never believe what Windows 10 (or whatever it is that does the spellcheck) came up with for a correction...

 

Great, what did the egr cooler look like on the new engine? (Clean)?