Death of a Super 14b Options

[awd4kicks]

Well, as the oily residue on a few vehicles in Peoria and the White mushroom cloud on Pioneer Parkway will attest to...my Super 14b is now D E A D.

I got the large in/outlet side mount on and ported the compressor housing to match my aluminum compressor elbow over the weekend. I also added the bronze shifter bushings at the transmission for further improved firmness.

The car was driving and shifting like a dream. Increadibly the power output and gear transfers became so soft that I wondered if the car was actually going slower! I didn't do any tests, but she was pulling HARD with it's extra breathing capacity. The only two drawbacks I found were that my turbo had gained a bit of rotational shaft play and I now hit fuel cut when the accelerator was mashed in any higher gear at low RPM.

Today in P-town I happend to be right behind a familiar sport bike at a stop light. As the bike began to unwind off of the line I slipped the clutch out slowly to avoid landing on his rear tire. However, when 1st began to near the upper RPMS...BANG! Fuel cut!?! I immediately dropped 'er into second hoping for some improvement. NO CHANCE! All I produced was a five lane wide smoke cloud that enveloped even the two delivery trucks behind me.

Oh well that's how this hobsession goes. Now will I find a cheap 14b to replace this thing with quick or will I go ahead and upgrade to the AGP L2R, leaving the 14b title to be improved by other enthusiasts?

Marcus

[awd4kicks]

I may be TOOMA here(like the flashback )but if I had the money and could gain 3 seconds for $1045 I would do it in a heartbeat. That is only about $350 fo every second. Sounds pretty good to me.  I know you wouldn't gain 3 seconds bolting it up to your car with the mods that it has now but, (showing my stupidity again) could you buy a 14b and some more mods for $1045 and get the same results that you would for bolting on the TD06?

That is true for a car that's runing stock 15second times, but I was already able to pull off a few 12.6's with the 14b turbo. So this would turn into more like $350 for each tenth of a second if the turbo didn't have any more potential then that.

I guess I would like a turbo that costs me near a grand to at least lower my 1/4 mile times to mid 11's. Otherwise I'll keep working to build up the stock set-up for all it can take and dream of high 11's. Honestly if the guy hadn't told me that the 16G was a better bang for the buck and that the Godzilla TD06 is basically a 20G, I probably would think more seriously about it.

I'll have to check with Darryl on Buschers turbos. I do like the idea of mastering the 14b to it's full potential though. It gives me something to work toward in a specific catagory rather than just going as fast as the big parts I can afford. Out on the track and on the street there will always be someone faster because they can afford bigger and better go fast parts.

Marcus