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Originally Posted by regal
Only a small fraction have all the cards in place to build a high boost FA20. today. It will get easier in a few years but the recipe isn't finalized and its far from cookie cutter. I'll wager you managed 2 or 3 sentences out of this post, but some do read and hopefully my opinion has helped someone's hobby from turning into a nightmare.
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By High Boost you mean 25-30 psi?
I shake my damn head everytime I see this posts.
Look, you are correct when you say Johny the corner kid who just turned 19, lives with mom and pop and works for pizza hut delivery, zero experience with cars should not even venture into FIing the car.
But you keep throwing out there how it is almost unfathomable and impossible to boost this car to say, 12-16 psi (MAYBE I misunderstand you but that is how it comes up).
I do agree with you 100000%, the essence of it all is THE TUNE. Fuel quality also plays a HUGE role.
The formula to properly boost this motor (or any other in general aside from 20 year old studied to death motors) is to have money and have a good shop do it.
I've been boosting 16 psi for 7K miles. No issues to date. My tuner, @
jamesm has pushed his car to 24 psi. Good as new. Brandon has done a few dyno passes at 25 psi. Full blown more than all of us combined. Dynosty the same...
Do I expect the motor to hold stock 25 psi long miles? Of course not.
Do I expect a daily driven car, properly tuned and fueled at 12-16 psi to last? Yes. The fuel and tune will prevent your car from knocking itself to death.
I agree good tuners are far and few in between. BUT there are good tuners out there.
James (HRI Tuning)
Delicious
LJ/Full Blown
Hall/Dynosty
JuniorAWD
Bob/Drift Office
to name a few....