Or...I need a mentor.
Just trying to do some research. Had another S54 fail this past weekend. That's 3 in about 15 months. Thinking about another motor. 2 of the options are turbos. And I know nothing about turbos so SURE why not?
Letting the cat out of bag if I do this...but here goes. The 2 options are an S14 and an M50. I already have the firewall moved back for the S54 so the balance issues are a non-issue. The main rule is they have to have a displacement of no more than 1986cc. The S14 2L is actually 1990 cc...so I'd need to remove 4cc of displacement. I have a lead on an M50B20 which I think has a displacement of 1991cc....so need to remove 5 cc. I can either sleeve to reduce bore or destroke. It appears the S14 needs to be destroked 0.2mm. Either option needs a machine shop that is competent to do the work. It appears that the M50 has a bore that is significantly less than its bigger brothers (80mm vs 84+). My S54 was about 350rwhp. That or a bit more (I have no fears of running 104 all the time as I did it with the S54) would be nice.
Thoughts?
What are the options out there for turbo S14 parts? Like the header in particular.
Just trying to do some research. Had another S54 fail this past weekend. That's 3 in about 15 months. Thinking about another motor. 2 of the options are turbos. And I know nothing about turbos so SURE why not?
Letting the cat out of bag if I do this...but here goes. The 2 options are an S14 and an M50. I already have the firewall moved back for the S54 so the balance issues are a non-issue. The main rule is they have to have a displacement of no more than 1986cc. The S14 2L is actually 1990 cc...so I'd need to remove 4cc of displacement. I have a lead on an M50B20 which I think has a displacement of 1991cc....so need to remove 5 cc. I can either sleeve to reduce bore or destroke. It appears the S14 needs to be destroked 0.2mm. Either option needs a machine shop that is competent to do the work. It appears that the M50 has a bore that is significantly less than its bigger brothers (80mm vs 84+). My S54 was about 350rwhp. That or a bit more (I have no fears of running 104 all the time as I did it with the S54) would be nice.
Thoughts?
What are the options out there for turbo S14 parts? Like the header in particular.
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