well found out yesterday the jspec i just put into my TII has a blown coolant seal. noticed it was overheating and it no longer had any coolant in the radiator interesting!!!! also smokes so bad you can barely see my car when i come to stop after i get my FD back from judge ito. i'm gonna have him pull the engine and rebuild and port it. was hoping to have this running 100% already but oh well. that's what i get for trying to be cheap and put in a used engine

What did you pay for it?

$650

That isn't bad, great deal if it rund, but it''s fucked that it doesn't.

https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png I'm not alone in the getting fucked over by Jspecs world https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png



I'm sorry to hear that though man, my jspec has a busted coolant oring AND a bust apex seal...so I know how ya feel.



Say it with me now: "JSpecs suck and nobody should buy them!"

yup. i look at it this way my other engine needs more than $650 in hard parts to rebuild it https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

Yea very true, at least you got the parts to work with now.

hopefully this engine isn't all jacked up inside

Hmmm...looks like I'm not buying one.

If your rebuilding the jspec and its just got a blown coolant seal..it'll be an easy rebuild. My NA blew its coolant seal...and when the motor was torn down, it had perfect APEX seal, housings and rotors...only had to replace about 4 seals/rings and it was good to go again...

i'm gonna compression test it for the hell of it but i HOPE everything else is good

I should tear mine apart over the winter and give a rebuild a shot. I'd like to see why tons of detonation won't kill it, and it'll stomp TII's with about the same mods. Maybe it's ported with 3mm seals. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

we can always dream https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

There has to be some reason that it can take so much abuse. I hope I don't kill it by trying to rebuild it.

that would be ironic https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...>/rolleyes.gif

its the paint job

Could be...I bet the stripes are the determining factor.

goddamn and all this time we never figured it out https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

That's why your cars keep dying, Jon.

and knowing is half the battle :bigok:

Making tons of money is the other half, apparently.

that would be ironic https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...>/rolleyes.gif[/quote]



He'd just loose it, blame me and I'd wind up dead is all.

its the paint job[/quote]



I know what it is but I'm sworn not to tell.

crap that means i actually have to pay back the credit card companies https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...>/rolleyes.gif

Werent you warned about this? LOL! There comes that point when you KNOW it will be easier to take the engine apart and check it out when its sitting there on the floor, but then you say "Im sure it good, lets just put it in". I thought you had done a compression test on it? Reminds me of my first car, my 1984 Trans Am, I bought this used 350 small block from a "friend", just threw it in, then ended up taking it out a month later with 3 spun bearings. Wiped out the crank and all, when I first got the engine, me and my real friends were all ready to take it apart and freshen it up, but I got tight assed about it look where it got me :(

it has great compression. hell i was doing 140mph on the way home from the shop 5th gear is hitting 15psi https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub... you can't check the coolant seals without tearing down the whole engine. oh well

Ah, I only said that because you said something about doing a compression test for the hell of it.

i still might do one

You were hitting 15psi???? With a stock turbo? Hmm...no wonder none of your turbos ever last..geez! How exactly did you get the stock turbo up that high?

my ecu controls boost to 11psi. i guess when its high rpm in high gear the stock wastegate can't control a FULL 3" exhaust. the car is def humming along at 15psi. approx how fast is 5000rpm in 5th. i haven't had a working speed for a few months now

I guess i was blessed with a very nice jpec on my half. :o



Sorry to hear.



C

i should have bought that damn jspec it was MINE LOL

sucks vosko https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

ironically turborotor's first jspec was shot too. i was supposed to buy the one he has now but i didn't that lucky SOB!

I always get a funny feeling when I hear the word J-spec. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

my ecu controls boost to 11psi. i guess when its high rpm in high gear the stock wastegate can't control a FULL 3" exhaust. the car is def humming along at 15psi. approx how fast is 5000rpm in 5th. i haven't had a working speed for a few months now[/quote]

5K RPM in 5th is about 110 mph.

Ah, I only said that because you said something about doing a compression test for the hell of it.[/quote]

If you pressurize the cooling system you may find the leak. What does the smoke smell like?

Ah, I only said that because you said something about doing a compression test for the hell of it.[/quote]

If you pressurize the cooling system you may find the leak. What does the smoke smell like?[/quote]

smoke smells like coolant. just like my FD used to........ if you want i'll take a picture. when i come to a stop. smoke just engulfs my car !!!!!

Ah, I only said that because you said something about doing a compression test for the hell of it.[/quote]

If you pressurize the cooling system you may find the leak. What does the smoke smell like?[/quote]

smoke smells like coolant. just like my FD used to........ if you want i'll take a picture. when i come to a stop. smoke just engulfs my car !!!!![/quote]

Man, I leave for 2 days and everything goes to hell. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683785.gif

Ah, I only said that because you said something about doing a compression test for the hell of it.[/quote]

If you pressurize the cooling system you may find the leak. What does the smoke smell like?[/quote]

smoke smells like coolant. just like my FD used to........ if you want i'll take a picture. when i come to a stop. smoke just engulfs my car !!!!![/quote]

Man, I leave for 2 days and everything goes to hell. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683785.gif[/quote]

that and my computer broke too. i fixed it piece of ram went bad. i'm having a good week https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...>/rolleyes.gif