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Originally Posted by stugray
There has been plenty of debate and intakes have been proven to have very little benefit. The stock intake is almost as good as you can get.
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Yep I'm aware of that. I like that intake because its a clean way to do the sound tube delete and it comes with an air filter. The actual intake tube itself is just a bonus to me.
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The OFT has been PROVEN to make not only a noticeable difference, but a SIGNIFICANT one. There is no question that the basic OFT ROM on a stock vehicle makes a huge difference.
AND how is the ability to tune your car yourself a "waste" when switching to FI?
Wont you still need to tune after FI?? As a matter of fact, OFT has some FI tunes, so there is a chance you wouldnt need to pay for a tune after your FI install.
If you purchase the OFT, there is support to help youcustomize the tune by sending datalogs (which the OFT can capture).
IMO there is zero downside to purchasing an OFT.
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Significant difference? Maybe I've been looking at the wrong threads.. For a Stock NA car it seems to give you at most 10HP difference from the dyno charts I've been seeing. It seems handy if you want to go E85 or have the option to switch back and forth. It also seems handy if you like to do a lot of bolt-on mods for the NA engine and be able to quickly update the tune to match.
I like the OFT and the whole idea it represents. I would like it even more if I was a tuner of some sort but I wont pretend to be. It's definitely a powerful and useful tool, but for a stock car I don't see it making a SIGNIFICANT difference. Again, I don't have the OFT, so I'm just judging based on posts and reviews I've read.
Also for FI, all of the kits I've been looking at so far still use Ecutek for their tunes. Maybe this is changing or has changed recently? I've been focusing on the Full Blown kit, and now I'm following the FT86SpeedFactory kit in development.
For a guy who just got his BRZ and has $700 to spend, I think using it for things other than just the OFT would be more satisfying.