Thanks for the insight OP. I had been wanting to do some forced induction mods to my car for a while and just could not come to a decision on whether it would be worth the time and money. Plus after my wife totaled my truck I suddenly needed to make sure my car stayed daily driver reliable.
Your post plus what I have gathered from the forced induction and tuning threads just reinforced the premise when you start tinkering with the engine you have to be willing to invest some serious time and take some risks. I wish I could do this but I dont have the time or another vehicle.
So for my track days I decided to go another direction. I bought this:
No need to mod her to go fast or be ready for the track as she came off the showroom floor ready for track use.
Already scheduled first track day in may.
I'm hoping that in the next year or two tuning/forced induction for our car will have some maturity and offer some proven solutions that dont require a lot of tinkering to get going/keep running.