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Old 02-15-2019, 02:02 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by zac8 View Post
Didn't realize the SBD kits were much lower in price... seems like a bit too much power for me. I guess I am leaning towards the works kit is the conservative tune, non-invasive installation and saw a few posts commenting on the quality of the parts and stuff. Hoping the non carb tune will remove some of the compromises that i'm sure were made with the carb kit. I was considering just doing what you have done with the header and tune but wanted to go towards the FI route instead.
The problem isn't the tune. It's the routing. To make the turbo CARB legal, they leave the cats in, which means really odd routing of all the exhaust gasses. Also, there is no such thing as too much power if you're going turbo. It's not that Works kits are conservative. It's that they're compromised designs. If I wanted to stay CARB legal, I'd get a JRSC. If I wanted to go turbo, even the SBD kit, the cheapest out there, is a better option than the Works.
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