Not everyone lives a quarter mile at a time. Some just want to come out of a corner with a little more pickup before that next corner. For me, NA changes seem to be adequate for what I'm after, FI seems like overkill. Not talking about racing, autox or anything of sort, just driving fast on curvy roads. First question should be what do you expect your drive to be like? Well balanced and fun on curvy roads or flat out scary fast down a straight line.
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Originally Posted by Shadoq
I apologize if this has been covered already. I didn't find anything in my searches. Then again, my Googlefu is lacking...
So, I currently own a completely stock 6MT BRZ. I've got a hair over 4k on the clock and I'm feeling the itch for more torque and speed.
I've researched a bit and it seems a turbo kit is a potential solution.
However I've heard through a couple grapevines that adding a turbo kit to the BRZ changes it's "driving character".
Can anyone out there with a turbo kit explain this to me?
Would a supercharger be a better solution?
Or would the NA tune and bolt ons be enough to "feel" a difference?
I'm not an AutoX warrior, I'd just like a little more giddyup especially after test driving the 2015 WRX with it's Turboed 2.0.
Thanks
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Originally Posted by jamesm
It changes the character of the car in the sense that it makes it legitimately fast, and you have to be more careful with it. It basically does the same thing to the power delivery that good sticky tires do to the handling. It takes it from 'fun' (a nice way of saying slow but reasonably entertaining) to actually being a serious performance car, and of course that changes the way it feels and reacts to inputs.
Bolt ons will make a bit of power, but they're not going to make the car seriously fast. They're noticeable, but it's not night and day. With a tune the pick up a bit more and it becomes better, but it's still a pretty slow car by today's standards with ~190-200whp.
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