How does one tell if it's a 99+ JDM B20B (the 9.6cr motor). Ok, if it's identical to the USDM B20Z, it should have the knock sensor on the back, the resonator chamber on top of the intake manifold, and the head would probably be marked 98, 99, or 00?? or 01 right? Is there any other way to know w/o pulling the head? Anyone with pictures of the 99+ JDM B20B?

Or if any had a 99+ JDM B20B with a different intake manifold or no knock sensor, please let me know also...

And please, no one respond with all JDM b20b's are the same... because they aren't.... Getting tired of shops telling me that...

 

The JDM blocks won't have a number after the engine code(they'll just say B20B, and not B2B1 or whatever). As for the year, that's usually stamped on the exhaust side of the head.