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Old 04-10-2014, 01:52 PM   #81
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Whenever I see a FI my car has xxx issues blah blah blah, I feel like regal likes to comment to say why FI kits shouldn't be used on This NA motor because of the availability of tunes and/or some dumb kid not knowing what he's doing to his motor.

People want to build their cars. Turning an NA motor into a Turbo motor albeit with just bolt ons is half the fun, it presents more of a challenge than just simply upgrading a turbo motor. High PSI will blow up any engine setup improperly; this includes fuel lines, tune and everything in between.

Reputable shops won't just weld some tubes together and put a turbo with it to call it a kit. There is research, and hard tangible data behind why they choose what they choose. The base map IMO is intended for getting you to a tuner ASAP.

There is a reason why people make the 1,000+ mile trips to these tuners. You're right, my local mechanic wouldn't be able to tell me where my oil cooler is located on the car, but that's not going to deter me from getting my car tuned properly, whether it be 10 miles away or 1000.

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