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Originally Posted by 1086
I imagine many Daily Drivers have had this thought in the back of their head, "If I have this dedicated amount of money to put toward a FI upgrade what would persuade me to go with Kit A vs. Kit B vs. Kit C, etc."
I know there are a variety of threads focusing on said, Kit A or Kit B, but I would like to hear from the experts/knowledgeable gurus in a focused thread about what is it that we noobs need to know to make us confident in our upgrade decision as well as which kit will provide the safest/daily driver approachable set up?
Again, this is focused towards the (assumed) higher volume of DD's who want a FI upgrade but objectively don't know what would meet their needs/wants in a safe/almost-like-OEM application. I do understand that nothing will be close to OEM and all that, but its the best way to describe what I think people have in mind.
And perhaps I will receive these types of responses, who knows, but I am aware that, yes, I could have gone with a different car that had a stock turbo with it, but that would be silly because I like this car. K? K. 
I assume most Daily Driver's want something between 250 whp and 300 whp.
That being said and for the sake of keeping things grounded lets say our Daily Driver's goal is to be at modest 250 whp on 91/93 octane fuel.
Lets begin.
Parameters:
- What can $5,000 get someone in a solid FI build?
- Is $5,000 enough for a competent/daily driver FI build?
- What Dollar $$ amount is a more realistic number? $5,500? $6,000? $7,000?
- What necessary hardware/tune upgrades should a DD be looking at along with their FI kit purchase?
- What kits will provide someone with a Daily Driver/OEM-like quality/application and experience?
- Is there a FI application that is considered safe? So that the car may have the potential to reach the long term (100,xxx miles give or take on their car)? I do take into consideration the car hasn't been around long enough, so you can give me your theoretical response too - thank you.
**If this thread is stupid - let me know I will delete it. |
I think 7ish grand is more realistic for an "out the door" price for a quality kit. You have to factor in a tune, ecutek cable/license, wideband and boost gauges at a minimum, and a quality install.
1)around 7k is my estimate for entry level FI to be done properly
2) Big power isn't synonymous with cheap, so I wouldn't expect huge numbers with a budget on the low end of the scale. For example, an Innovate SC doesn't put out giant numbers, but it has nice usable "around town" torque. Not the best choice if you're tracking the car, but a good choice for everything but.
3) None are considered "safe" (imo) because they're jamming air into an engine that wasn't designed to have air jammed into it. That being said, as long as the kit is from a big name company with a good rep, it will be as safe as you can get. Jackson, Kraftwerks, Vortech, and AVO tout themselves as very "OEM" like. I would be more concerned about the tune than the kit for long term durability.