The OFT tunes better optimize for most parts. There will not be a spacific tune for TRD exhaust. But the stage 1 tune will help the ecu to adapt and make the most of it. Stage 1 is for basic intake filter, exhaust mods. Stage 2 is if you have swapped out your header + all the other mods that stage 1 covers, they come in equal length, and unequal length, there are different tunes to cover you either way you go. The OFH is an Unequal lenght header (UEL), so that's they dyno I posted above. The factory header has a built in precat or catalitic converter. You can buy headers with or without the cat. The OFH does not have a cat. If you buy a header without a cat, and do not get a proper tune, you will probably throw a check engine light. There are alot of headers, depending on your price range, and quality desired. I think the cheapest is the Borla, but not sure. I decided to wait, and hopefully will get my OFH in 1 more week.

Ok! I think I might order the Tablet for now and wait a little on the header. Thanks again for all the help!

Car and Driver recently wrote an excellent blog post about improving the FRS/BRZ without ruining it. I recommend picking a few options from their grocery list: http://blog.caranddriver.com/tuning-...an-30k-all-in/

There are a lot of good headers. FT-86 SpeedFactory has a bunch of decent choices. The OFT tunes are based around their header, which is an unequal-length catless header.

That list is less than great. The Injen intake is a $287 waste of money. You don't need a $1100 header. A Tomei header and OFT is $1200, vs. $1900 for their suggested header and tune. A $255 short shifter could be replaced by $100 worth of drivetrain bushings. And a cat-back adds no power at all, just noise.

You could do a lot more power and suspension mods for what they're spending and end up with a much better vehicle.

Do you plan on staying Naturally Aspirated? Do you want the relief of having to go to a tuner? OpenFlash tablet might be a good option for you then. I would definitely read up on some of the already established threads, read through the first few pages and get familiar with what you can expect. Ecutek is also great, but objectively I feel it for the more involved tuner who needs/wants every detail, especially if you are running FI, which is understandable and if I went FI then I too would switch to Ecutek.

With the tablet you can use the low-key provided maps available through their website. They are modest but they do enable power, especially if you run E85. Its a nice piece that gets the job done if you want to keep things simple with regards to tuning.

Just from my point of view...

Turbo; the only thing I see wrong with this - is the motor already runs so high that the fear of blowing your engine is there. Probably with proper tuning this could be avoided, but doesn't this take away from the true purpose of the GT86? To hit corners at high speeds with ease? I mean, yeah, a little more power would be great but I believe a turbo takes away from the car. Eventually, when I get bored I'll purchase one and see how I like it. Seems like a lot of work.

Bolt-ons; this is seriously all you really have in terms of WHP gains. These are typically headers, exhausts, intakes and so on. Literally anything you can take off your car, and just bolt right on.

TL;DR; You could tune it, possibly get it cammed, add an intake, and catback exhaust or headers all for under $1000, but I would definitely go for high quality over cheap and inexpensive.

Remember, this is your car and the more you invest in it, the better you'll feel.

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OR you could just paint as many things red as you possibly can, and add 10WHP per square inch of red.

Not paint, plastidip.

I swear for every thread on here or on all of the retard Facebook groups for our cars, this question has been asked more times than the @FullBlown car has horsepower.

Power: OFT tune/header
Handling: Good tires, performance driving course

What is E85?

E85 is an ethanol based fuel...85% ethanol. In the US it's made using corn. Can't run it without a tune because the fuel consumption is much higher than with normal gasoline, but with it you can make a decent amount more power...it's about equivalent to 105 octane. I think on an NA car it allows for more aggressive timing; boosted guys love it because you can run higher boost with less chance of pre-detonation. It also helps keep cylinder temps down.

a motec systems exhaust and a spoon engine...

not a bad way to spend 1 thousand dollars. . .

I love the part where Tran was like "a couple SR-20's will pull a premium before race wars huh".

I'm sitting over here like, how does a RWD built motor work at all in those FWD Civics? :bellyroll:

You have to transverse mount it so it'll mate up with an RSX transmission. It takes some custom fabricated engine mounts and lengthening of the engine harness and just kidding I have no idea.