Originally Posted by mrg666 (Post 3103734)

FI forgiving? :bellyroll:, yea, try to exit that turn with a little more than necessary throttle (and your famous skinny tires). You will be going backwards.

Originally Posted by mrg666 (Post 3103730)

You don't need to tune, just buy JRSC and keep JR CARB tune. It is excellent, silky smooth and efficient.

Originally Posted by CSG Mike (Post 3103737)

What issues are you having with tuning the FA20DIT?

I've had no issues with my WRX...

Originally Posted by nikitopo (Post 3103893)

Where did you see in the discussion about trying to exit a turn?

I was mentioning this in the context of revving the car and having the correct gear. An FI car is more forgiving if you have a wrong gear, because it has a better and broader torque curve. It will pull better and you'll have enough torque even with a higher gear. It is not uncommon that so many drivers complain about the torque dip in stock cars. Most of them they don't use the correct gear and many of them were used to drive like this because of older FI cars or bigger engine cars.

Originally Posted by CSG Mike (Post 3103990)

No it isn't. Wrong gear is wrong gear, period. The guy in the right gear will go faster, FI or not.

Originally Posted by nikitopo (Post 3103998)

Tell this to the people who go FI, because they don't like to downshift constantly for an overtake. Maybe you have in mind only race track driving. On ordinary road there are different driving scenarios. I am not saying here which is good or bad. What I am saying is that going FI changes definitely the nature of the car.

Originally Posted by nikitopo (Post 3103893)

Where did you see in the discussion about trying to exit a turn?

I was mentioning this in the context of revving the car and having the correct gear. An FI car is more forgiving if you have a wrong gear, because it has a better and broader torque curve. It will pull better and you'll have enough torque even with a higher gear. It is not uncommon that so many drivers complain about the torque dip in stock cars. Most of them they don't use the correct gear and many of them were used to drive like this because of older FI cars or bigger engine cars.

Originally Posted by nikitopo (Post 3103893)

Where did you see in the discussion about trying to exit a turn?

I was mentioning this in the context of revving the car and having the correct gear. An FI car is more forgiving if you have a wrong gear, because it has a better and broader torque curve. It will pull better and you'll have enough torque even with a higher gear. It is not uncommon that so many drivers complain about the torque dip in stock cars. Most of them they don't use the correct gear and many of them were used to drive like this because of older FI cars or bigger engine cars.

Originally Posted by mrg666 (Post 3104042)

Nothing is forgiven, error is error, wrong gear is wrong, lost speed is lost, FI or not. FI drivers are not dummier than NA drivers, if you are trying to say that.

Originally Posted by nikitopo (Post 3104054)

It seems to me that we are arguing here just for the sake of argument.

Originally Posted by nikitopo (Post 3104054)

You'll lose less time with a stronger car. I think it is quite obvious. It seems to me that we are arguing here just for the sake of argument.

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip (Post 3103729)

The Synergy V8 on the other hand... well, that's a whole nother ball game lol

Originally Posted by mrg666 (Post 3104056)

Agreed :) Let's stop :cheers:

Originally Posted by weederr33 (Post 3104079)

No. You drew first blood.

Originally Posted by Whoodoo (Post 3102427)

I just wanted to share my opinion on how forced induction affects the nature of the car. Last weekend I took the car around Watkins Glen as part of their thunder road tour. It was three laps behind a pace car, no passing allowed, but I was able to open it up through a few sections and really got a good feel for the car on the limit. Let me preface this by saying I haven't done the same in a N/A car, but I think the car really needs the extra power. It has so much going for it chassis-wise already, but the extra torque you get from FI makes the car feel so more grown up.

I know there are a lot of people out there that say you'll blow up your engine if you put forced induction on it, but i think there is definitely a right way to do it. Not too much psi, especially at lower RPM, and supporting mods like a catch can will help keep the engine internals happy. Honestly, the car doesn't need a whole lot more power to really liven it up, but a little bump is exactly what the car needs.

If you are on the fence about getting forced induction, go for it already!