Well so far the only usable items from a Jspec CORE I bought is the Manifolds and the Rotor housings.

The front rotor and plates were bad and I just brought the turbo to a local guy and the exhaust housing is crap.

If anyone has a S5 Hot side housing then PM me because I need it asap.

Thx.

Also note I mentioned Core not running Jspec.

Also the turbo guys showed a few things to look for.

You may be losing boost becaise of a bad sealing waste gate flapper. Mine was stuck open on one side almost a centimeter.

Also there is a crack on the "Exducer" or something like that. It's a main part whick if cracked can expand during heat and hit the turbine causeing some very bad stuff.

Also any one know of a hot side which will mate onto our turbo's and manifold?

 

sorry to hear about the core where the rotors useable?

 

The rear rotor plate and the rear rotor were fine but the front was useless. I have the front rotor at my house and am going to use it as a display.

I traded Kevin my good S5 rotor for 2 S4 rotors to help on rebuild costs.

It was completely rusted and I tried taking the apex seals out and some just broke inside the groove because they were so bad.

I'm not blaming you. You were a great help but I just happened to get a really bad engine.

I was getting ready to drop the new rebuilt engine in next weekend but this has hindered my efforts. Now I have to get a S5 Exhaust housing for the turbo.

 

yea i am here to help my fellow rotorheads and i hate to see you get a piece of junk- chris

 

tii manifolds have proprietary flanges. i guess they are designed for ht-18s.

 

I've sourced a S5 turbo but I need to check it's housing. Hopefully it is OK. If no then I'm screwed.

I'll either have to get a Ebay turbo or go with an aftermarket manifold and turbo which I don't have the money for since I'll have to get 720's and a SAFC.

 

damm man ,that sucks. I went threw 2 jspecs and both were shot. I will never buy a jspec again ,with out a written warrenty and a compression check before receiving it. It just doesnt pencil out in the math. Pay big bux for little useable parts. I was lucky, i bought locally and was able to return my junk. Still a pain in the ***.Corbit.