Should I buy an OFT300 Vortech Kit?

[oliverc]

I love the idea of supercharged BRZ and it's been very tempting. Are there any reasons why I shouldn't? I DD the car, but have only 27k miles after 2 years. Why additional types of maintenance are involved for FI.

Thanks.

[Urmyson]

Why not the OFT350 kit? I think it's cheaper, about $3500.00 for the kit if you already have an OFT.

[oliverc]

Originally Posted by Urmyson

Why not the OFT350 kit? I think it's cheaper, about $3500.00 for the kit if you already have an OFT.

I do already have the headers, but I truly haven't thought too much about the 350. It seems that there aren't too many details released about it atm, but its definitely something to consider.

[dpgfunk]

Maybe

[raven1231]

Originally Posted by oliverc

I do already have the headers, but I truly haven't thought too much about the 350. It seems that there aren't too many details released about it atm, but its definitely something to consider.

Its a Speed by design kit with some additional components. Having the OFH has nothing to do with it as it would be replaced by the turbo manifold.

[raven1231]

yes, no, maybe, perhaps, idk, repost, search, depends....End Thread/

[oliverc]

Originally Posted by raven1231

yes, no, maybe, perhaps, idk, repost, search, depends....End Thread/

Yeah I couldn't find anything with a search :/ I was just making sure there are no obvious reasons that I somehow missed.

[cruizin01]

I ran the OFT300 for most of this summer. The vortech kit was used but has still been very reliable. The OFT software from shiv was well done. The car would give you no issues as a DD imo. Ive since upgraded fuel components and switched to ecutek but the OFT setup is a good way to get FI at a reasonable price.

[Shiv@Openflash]

+1 on the OFT350. We have tons of users at this time. Most of them are on the SBD turbo Facebook group posting datalogs, dynos and pics

[spdbydesign]

+2, solid package for the money!

[Foobar]

Originally Posted by oliverc

I love the idea of supercharged BRZ and it's been very tempting. Are there any reasons why I shouldn't? I DD the car, but have only 27k miles after 2 years. Why additional types of maintenance are involved for FI.

Thanks.

Generic answers for any FI on this platform

Reasons why you shouldn't:

• You don't want to negate your drivetrain warranty (if it still exists)
• You don't want to dump thousands of dollars into a car that still won't be as powerful as some other stock cars for less money
• You don't want to spend a day or two (or paying someone else up to a thousand bucks) for the install
• You don't want to deal with the potential issue of increased wear and tear caused by increasing the power output beyond what the manufacturer designed for
• You don't want to negatively impact your fuel economy
• You don't want to deal with additional supporting mods
• You live in a CARB state or one that performs a visual inspection of your emissions system and your FI kit of choice alters it
• etc etc etc...

Reasons why you should:

• You love the car as it is, but you just want a few more horses
• You recognize that there are far cheaper ways to win a drag race, but that's not what you're trying to do
• You want to be able to keep up with the Camrys, Accords, and Town & Countries that are passing you on the expressway entry ramp
• Because racecar

As for the OFT300 specifically, I have such a package on my car - I bought it separately though, as Vishnu wasn't around when I got my Vortech charger. It's been on the car for about 2.5 years now, and I added the OFH/OFT about a year and a half ago. I had the ECUTek before that, but once I got the OFH, I figured I might as well get the deal with the OFT since Shiv had done extensive tuning work to get the entire package to work well together.

Would I do it all over again? If I wanted to stay on the 86 platform, definitely. But in hindsight, I've dumped so much time and money into this car (not just on FI) that I probably should've just bought a more expensive car stock to begin with. I like working on cars, and I have all the tools and space to do it, but as I get older, I'm finding that I don't really enjoy it as much as I used to when I was a young man - next car I'm just going to bite the bullet and spend more to get one already the way I want it.

[raven1231]

Originally Posted by Foobar

Generic answers for any FI on this platform

Reasons why you shouldn't:

• You don't want to negate your drivetrain warranty (if it still exists)
• You don't want to dump thousands of dollars into a car that still won't be as powerful as some other stock cars for less money
• You don't want to spend a day or two (or paying someone else up to a thousand bucks) for the install
• You don't want to deal with the potential issue of increased wear and tear caused by increasing the power output beyond what the manufacturer designed for
• You don't want to negatively impact your fuel economy
• You don't want to deal with additional supporting mods
• You live in a CARB state or one that performs a visual inspection of your emissions system and your FI kit of choice alters it
• etc etc etc...

Reasons why you should:

• You love the car as it is, but you just want a few more horses
• You recognize that there are far cheaper ways to win a drag race, but that's not what you're trying to do
• You want to be able to keep up with the Camrys, Accords, and Town & Countries that are passing you on the expressway entry ramp
• Because racecar

As for the OFT300 specifically, I have such a package on my car - I bought it separately though, as Vishnu wasn't around when I got my Vortech charger. It's been on the car for about 2.5 years now, and I added the OFH/OFT about a year and a half ago. I had the ECUTek before that, but once I got the OFH, I figured I might as well get the deal with the OFT since Shiv had done extensive tuning work to get the entire package to work well together.

Would I do it all over again? If I wanted to stay on the 86 platform, definitely. But in hindsight, I've dumped so much time and money into this car (not just on FI) that I probably should've just bought a more expensive car stock to begin with. I like working on cars, and I have all the tools and space to do it, but as I get older, I'm finding that I don't really enjoy it as much as I used to when I was a young man - next car I'm just going to bite the bullet and spend more to get one already the way I want it.

This about sums it up

[nickmerronesucks]

OFT350 and never look back. Its great. However you will wanna do a clutch. I learned the hard way!

[oliverc]

Originally Posted by Foobar

Generic answers for any FI on this platform

Reasons why you shouldn't:

• You don't want to negate your drivetrain warranty (if it still exists)
• You don't want to dump thousands of dollars into a car that still won't be as powerful as some other stock cars for less money
• You don't want to spend a day or two (or paying someone else up to a thousand bucks) for the install
• You don't want to deal with the potential issue of increased wear and tear caused by increasing the power output beyond what the manufacturer designed for
• You don't want to negatively impact your fuel economy
• You don't want to deal with additional supporting mods
• You live in a CARB state or one that performs a visual inspection of your emissions system and your FI kit of choice alters it
• etc etc etc...

Reasons why you should:

• You love the car as it is, but you just want a few more horses
• You recognize that there are far cheaper ways to win a drag race, but that's not what you're trying to do
• You want to be able to keep up with the Camrys, Accords, and Town & Countries that are passing you on the expressway entry ramp
• Because racecar

As for the OFT300 specifically, I have such a package on my car - I bought it separately though, as Vishnu wasn't around when I got my Vortech charger. It's been on the car for about 2.5 years now, and I added the OFH/OFT about a year and a half ago. I had the ECUTek before that, but once I got the OFH, I figured I might as well get the deal with the OFT since Shiv had done extensive tuning work to get the entire package to work well together.

Would I do it all over again? If I wanted to stay on the 86 platform, definitely. But in hindsight, I've dumped so much time and money into this car (not just on FI) that I probably should've just bought a more expensive car stock to begin with. I like working on cars, and I have all the tools and space to do it, but as I get older, I'm finding that I don't really enjoy it as much as I used to when I was a young man - next car I'm just going to bite the bullet and spend more to get one already the way I want it.

Great post, thanks!