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Old 06-25-2014, 02:53 PM   #74
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Originally Posted by jsimon7777 View Post
If you supercharge or turbo, you will have reliability issues. period. end of story. they will likely be small and constant. I would not install a supercharger if I was unable to switch a belt when pulled over to the side of a road. I would not install a turbo if I was unable to diagnose an intake leak and fix it. Not to mention all the possible horrors from tunes. FI is not for the faint of heart. An OEM solution would be very attractive. Maybe in another year or two, some of the systems will have bug free track records. I just don't see any kit there yet. Maybe Jackson Racing. Maybe.
This. I am far from an expert and this is from my own personal experience and should be taken as such.

I had a turbo / ECU kit for my Miata for a couple years from a very popular Miata turbo kit supplier. While everything in the kit was good quality, it was constant work, almost every week, of finding/fixing issues and adjusting tunes. While I enjoy working on my cars, I don't want to have to work on them all the time.

I plan on staying FI-free on this car and finding some extra power in other ways. Sure, it won't be as much power as you can get with FI, but I believe (my opinion) it will be more reliable. And that is the most important thing in a daily driver to me.
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