I appreciate the feedback guys. I am going to go forward with purchasing a new turbo. Just trying to figure out which one now?!
rag231; "I love reading about how great billet turbos are but let's not forget the underline message, it doesn't matter which turbo you go with if your combo is not right."
Couldn't agree with you more. The car has gone 10's and TE63 has killed it for me for over 20 years! Turbo and combo have been proven, grateful to all the GN guys in Chicagoland area back in the late 90's that recommended it. With all my other mods it pulls mad on the top. Though now, I am looking to take the car in a different direction, still want it to be a beast on the street, but not really going to be seeing track. Guess that is why I got to thinking about replacing the turbo; and all the billet, BB, ported, etc turbo tech might allow me to spool quicker, better response and hit my end goal of just being able to enjoy driving it more on the street (and Yes the T tops come off and the 80's hard rock gets turned up)!
Unless of course Dad here is driving with the wife and his 2 little ladies, then the Ttops stay on, the tinted windows go up, AC on and hope the drone of the single 3" can blissfully block out Rhiannon, Beyonce or whomever I am subjected to listen to. LOL-who am I kidding, I am too damn blessed-Id listen to anything just to be out cruising with my girls and getting some Oberweis Icecream!