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]

Here is my plan to date...

I'm getting a used 14b turbo from Josh this week. My initial goal is to pull off a 12.4x or quicker run, which will put me in the top five. I think this is very doable.

KOU came up with a great idea of temporary weight reduction for at least one day of runs on my car! He thought if we got together a group of experienced weight reduction people, that we may be able to remove around 500lb of replaceable weight. That is, items that we can easily put back in the following day or so. I think that's a very interesting option. I want to run this 14b for a few days, log it and make sure it's tuned well with my intake upgrades and the MAFT. I can then take it to Cordova one Friday night soon and see if it will beat last years times at full weight. If all goes well we can plan a weight reduction party and another trip to Cordova where I can try to Narrow the gap between Phil Beers and I.

Wheather this particular 14b lends it's self to low 12 second passes or not, I'm pretty much set on a new larger turbo and a whole new ball game of tuning for the next year. I've got my eyes on a few different options, but I'll be shooting for a minimum of 400HP and maybe 500HP depending on the street and auto-x drivability. Then it's off to the 11's!

Marcus