[JohnH]

Originally Posted by x808drifter

1. That's kinda all superchargers do on these cars.
2. If you think these are complicated? Boost isn't for you. IE: calling routing in an intercooler complicated.
3. It sounds like your experience is only with older American V8s.

If you wanna dive in you're going to have to do it from scratch. (I never understood why the SC kits in general are so fkn expensive for almost all the cars)
The only thing OTS would be the SC. Belt/s, bracket, piping. all one off. Then there's the upgraded headers, tune. Headers aren't "needed" but something you should have.

1. if that were true that would be great. I see many posts saying 8-10 psi however. And the need for intercoolers on almost all of them points to higher boost. I do understand that people just want them for bling and street "cred" so if it sells they will put them in.

2/3. Nope. I haven't owned a domestic V8 for several decades, tho I do know how to tune those as thats all there was for normal people to hot rod when I started doing it My tuning experience with turbo 4 cylinders is extensive and has gone on for decades. 300-500whp 2.0-2.3 Japanese 4 cylinders is what I have been playing with for nearly 30 years. I simply don't want to complicate this. I work on everyone elses cars all day long and its not fun for me to rip off a bumper to put an intercooler in, especially when most people have trouble putting them back on correctly. And its not needed in this situation. My car is nearly pristine, having about 3k miles on it and I want it to stay that way. Its not some rat rod with zip ties thru the panels.

But thank you for your insight.

Oh, and its clearly in my signature that my car has a header and overpipe already.