lol @ JBS, once again proving great customer service. At what point in any of their sales info on their manifold does it stipulate you have to have an unsilenced turbo or even have the choice of saying what turbo its being fitted to it.
lol @ JBS, once again proving great customer service. At what point in any of their sales info on their manifold does it stipulate you have to have an unsilenced turbo or even have the choice of saying what turbo its being fitted to it.
The fact that Ian and Roly both ran silenced K03 units on these same manifolds speaks for itself in my eyes.
lol @ JBS, once again proving great customer service. At what point in any of their sales info on their manifold does it stipulate you have to have an unsilenced turbo or even have the choice of saying what turbo its being fitted to it.
The fact that Ian and Roly both ran silenced K03 units on these same manifolds speaks for itself in my eyes.
o yeah, brakes are looking rather nice
They seem to be washing their hands of anything to do with that tubular manifold.
From: JBS Auto Designs
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:41 PM
To: Rob Clarke
Subject: Re: K03S Hybrid Spec - Order #: SOR003259
Hi Rob,
That is fine about Ian's - I know Ian very well and this willl be fine on our side.
Once the new design is out there should be no/little mapping needed.
Let me know what TD come back with on price wise.
Sorry this is not quite working how it wanted to but I would like to get you sorted asap!
Regards
Mike O'Brien
Service Manager
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Clarke
To: JBS Auto Designs
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: K03S Hybrid Spec - Order #: SOR003259
Hi Mike,
Thanks for your swift reply, it is appreciated. Speaking to Ian about this (blue MK3 JBS04) I have a proposal...
If I was to swap my manifold with Ian's (also not fitted to the car at the moment while he waits on the new cast design) and fit this so as to allow me to get the car back on the road and mapped, can I trade this as a direct swap for the new cast manifolds as and when they are available? This way, I don't have to wait indefinitely while unforeseen circumstances may further delay it's release.
I imagine that my map would then only need tweaking very slightly once the cast design was swapped in, whereas if I fit the standard manifold I imagine the map would need some major tweaks so this seems to make more sense to me and allows me to get the most out of the car in the mean time.
Turbo Dynamics have informed me they can supply the compressor cover from an MD486 which is meant to be the JBS04 housing? I am still waiting on a price at this time so as to weigh up all my options.
Many thanks,
Rob
From: JBS Auto Designs
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:54 PM
To: Rob Clarke
Subject: Re: K03S Hybrid Spec - Order #: SOR003259
Hi Rob,
Ok lets work together to try and get this resolved - I know the early ones only fitted the non silenced turbos where as the later design then fitted.
The only problem that I have here is that I have got nothing to give you in exchange. I would be happy to replace this with the new version of the manifold but these are yet to be a fair few weeks.
Would it be possible that the stock manifold gets fitted in the mean time?
Did you get word back from TD about the removal of the silencer?
Regards
Mike O'Brien
Service Manager
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Clarke
To: JBS Auto Designs
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: K03S Hybrid Spec - Order #: SOR003259
Hi Mike,
Having spoken to Chris he is adamant that he was never told that this was not suitable for an un-silenced K03S and at no time has anyone ever suggested that this should be an issue - including Leigh who could not understand from the pictures why this should not fit.
If this was the case why have Ian and Ben from SCN both ran silenced K03S units (one of which is a JBS04) without any issues at all? Also, why was this never mentioned when speaking to Matt at Turbo Dynamics when the unit was first sent back to him? There is also no stipulation on the receipt, which I have retained the original copy of.
To be honest this doesn't convince me at all, or anyone else on the forum for that matter: http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=217772&page=6
As per http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168611 the manifold is clearly advertised for the K03 and K03S with absolutely no mention of any limitations for a silenced unit whatsoever. It is interesting to note that these results were also published before Mr Curzon even purchased his manifold in July 2008.
Your continued cooperation with this matter would be appreciated I am interested to hear your response.
Many thanks,
Rob