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I see over and over complaints regarding the power from a turbo and high compression. I'm not going to comment on disrupting the balance of the car as I'm a total noob when it comes to handling but direct injection turbos cars make great power with very little lag on high compression. My eco boost flex has over 12 compression ratio and just returned makes at least 420 crank HP... probably closer to 450. The car has no discernible lag that I can tell... stock it hits full torque from 1800rpm to something like 5600rpm and my retune mostly just raises peak boost... all on 93octane. The new Toyota/Subaru has direct injection as well. I know a twin turbo ford v6 isn't the same as a 2 liter boxer 4 but I believe VW gti's are pretty lag free with a decently flat torque curve. This tech would probably be more costly than a supercharger but if you are talking fi then its still something to consider.
Edit: A 2.0 inline 4 isn't a boxer 4 either but it is a least a small, four cylinder engine with a single turbo set up.
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