the s14 has a take off in the boost pipe just after the turbo

Do you have a picture of this? I dont suppose it makes much difference though does it?

the t28 in that picture has the take-off tapped into the elbow bolted onto the outlet, it's my old one. In my experience taking the feed from after the intercooler will give more stable boost as it's telling the actuator what is actually happening just before the plenum rather than just after the turbo. it helps to account for boost drop across an intercooler

that thing looks huge :D ,sorry if this has been covered before but are forged pistons, stronger rods always needed with these turbo's or is the std. ca18et short motor ok?
My T25 gives me all the boost I need but i wonder how much more it would take before things started breaking/melting :eek:

I've stripped an ET bottom end completely for the first time recently and the rods are really puny, the pistons seem to be made of cheese too. IMO the simple upgrade to DET rods and pistons is well worthwhile as they are proven to over 300bhp

There certainly capable around the 250 mark though:)

So whats the simple upgrade involve?

remove the old standard ones and fit standard s13 ones

So what about getting the bores rehoned and do they fit straight onto the et crank?

ok maybe i simplified a bit too much, but honing the bores and fitting new rings should always be done anyway. big ends are the same, you should always use new bearings