I'd only be splitting the case once if at all possible. The rods and pistons would get changed along with anything else in there that needed to be addressed. I seem to recall Romans speaking of running turbo on a completely stock engine. He was increasing the boost incrementally but never found the point where it blew up. The integrity of the engine must have outlasted his nerve.
Rook there is so much to say here to aleive some of your concerns. Where to begin?
ZX-6R only starts waking up at 8000RPM
ZX-10R starts waking up at 6000RPM
ZX-14 wakes up at 3500Rpm
Now add turbo to the above bikes. Think about how fast the hot exhaust air spins up that little turbo. Where ever a naturally asperated bike wakes up so does your turbo. Now that's keeping it simple. You Will Notice Zero Boost Lag. Heck, you just let the clutch out on a zx14 lol
Point is Please don't give Lag any thought. If there was even a hint lag I didn't feel it (in a stock compression bike)
Rook if you remember Cycle Logic was the first to offer turbo Kits for the ZX14
There were lots of issues with that kit. Oil pump failures. Airbox would be full of oil, waste gate had a mind of it own. Sometimes I would see 8psi on the guage and sometimes 10psi. Drove me crazy. But I was hooked. No looking back.
Ruined me in a way, I still today compare every bike I ride to a 14 Turbo. The H2 I didn't keep as it provided only half adrenaline the rush of a big block torque monster turbo 14.
Important Note. Back then we did not have the ability to play inside the ECU. Fast forward. When Software became available we could see the Gen 1 ZX-14 was running 2 degrees more timing compared to the Gen 2. This was Not ideal in. May have help contributed to some early failures also.
Now, If you were a guy who installed that kit and ran 87 pump your engine was on borrowed time. From that point on turbos for our bikes got a bad rap IMO. All threads on the Topic seem to end in engine failures. I was fortunate in my studies. I owned four Turbo 14s Not one failure.
Today problems of the past are behind us. Bugs are worked out.
So Please Don't worry.
The kit you looking at from RCC is of the very best quality. There will be none of the early issues you may be reading about. All that drama we had to figure out is in the past.
The one problem you will have is Boost Greed. It Affects ALL Who Play Here. And don't say I didn't warn you lol. Richard has assortment of waste gate springs he will sell you if ever decide to not play it super safe.
Rick
