Should I go FI?

[ybotspawn]

Take this for what its worth:

Been 30k on my sprintex kit. No problems, other than those I HAVE CAUSED. That being said, I have a spare couple of cars so having my car in the shop for even weeks at a time isnt a big deal. OP: if you're going to do this, understand things will happen that you will need to have your car in the shop for periods of time. I use my brz as a daily, but I have a spare daily in the event of emergency. Consider this as both a warning and encouragement to FI applications.

[kbogarto]

I daily drive my turbo BRZ. My suggestion is if you enjoy working on your car and have the ability to find other transportation to work every once and a rare while then do it. I've been FI 8 months and had a couple issues and only one day I couldn't drive my car to work. About what I expected when I went FI. If you want bullet proof don't go FI

[serialk11r]

Honestly, this is the wrong car to be adding much power to. There's just no grip at the back. I can't stand how the tires squeal every time I take a mild turn on stock power.

Ask yourself how badly you need the back seats. If you don't think you need them, get a Cayman or do an engine swap on an MR2. Or an S2000? Just something with more weight over the back. If you think you do need them, get an M3 or something like that.

[Cal3000]

I'd say give it a try. I have 70,000 miles on my vortech kit and 94,000 miles total on my car. It's my only car and DD. I drive like 33,000 miles per years and beat on it daily on E85. Still runs like new.

Though after all that, I would say that I have a really tiny oil leak to the right side of the engine near the cam shaft cover plate. But it probably only leaks way less than 4oz of oil every 7,500 miles. You may have better luck than me.

[Toyarzee]

Originally Posted by NoppyNop

I currently have the Jackson Racing supercharger kit on my DD BRZ, and there hasn't been any issues or extra that I've had to do for the car. I currently just past the 40k mile mark and it's been just as reliable as the day I bought it. That's just my experience, thought you would like to hear from both sides.

That's good to hear. Most JRS guys have similar experiences?

Originally Posted by serialk11r

Honestly, this is the wrong car to be adding much power to. There's just no grip at the back. I can't stand how the tires squeal every time I take a mild turn on stock power.

Ask yourself how badly you need the back seats. If you don't think you need them, get a Cayman or do an engine swap on an MR2. Or an S2000? Just something with more weight over the back. If you think you do need them, get an M3 or something like that.

Wait, did you just say frs is too squirley, so get an s2k instead? Lol

[IBill4You]

Originally Posted by Cal3000

I'd say give it a try. I have 70,000 miles on my vortech kit and 94,000 miles total on my car. It's my only car and DD. I drive like 33,000 miles per years and beat on it daily on E85. Still runs like new.

Though after all that, I would say that I have a really tiny oil leak to the right side of the engine near the cam shaft cover plate. But it probably only leaks way less than 4oz of oil every 7,500 miles. You may have better luck than me.

Is this the cam block off? I know there are several aftermarket sources selling a better plate with a gasket to seal. Takes 10 min to change

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by Toyarzee

Wait, did you just say frs is too squirley, so get an s2k instead? Lol

At high speed the S2000 is squirrely because its aero sucks, but at low speed it hooks up better doesn't it?

[WHITE]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

Honestly, this is the wrong car to be adding much power to. There's just no grip at the back. I can't stand how the tires squeal every time I take a mild turn on stock power.

Ask yourself how badly you need the back seats. If you don't think you need them, get a Cayman or do an engine swap on an MR2. Or an S2000? Just something with more weight over the back. If you think you do need them, get an M3 or something like that.

Simple tire change to a better compound and a tiny bit wider cures that problem. Its a well known fact the Prius tires are crap unless your looking to drift everywhere. But its an easy fix, no need to swap to a different chassis. And if somebody is going FI I would hope they upgrade tires.


This car is the perfect car to add power to, you just need to go about it the right way by adding things to keep traction and handling on par.

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by WHITE

Simple tire change to a better compound and a tiny bit wider cures that problem. Its a well known fact the Prius tires are crap unless your looking to drift everywhere. But its an easy fix, no need to swap to a different chassis. And if somebody is going FI I would hope they upgrade tires.


This car is the perfect car to add power to, you just need to go about it the right way by adding things to keep traction and handling on par.

I guess I'm coming from an MR2 where even with tires that have much less grip than the stock Michelin on the FRS the rear feels way more planted.

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[Cal3000]

Originally Posted by IBill4You

Is this the cam block off? I know there are several aftermarket sources selling a better plate with a gasket to seal. Takes 10 min to change

Not the cam block off. It's at some odd ball position at the side of the engine. The shop I took it to said it required full engine removal. They would have to take off the cam shaft cover and a few smaller assemblies at the side where its not accessible in the engine bay.

[IBill4You]

Originally Posted by Cal3000

Not the cam block off. It's at some odd ball position at the side of the engine. The shop I took it to said it required full engine removal. They would have to take off the cam shaft cover and a few smaller assemblies at the side where its not accessible in the engine bay.

Definitely crappy, but a great opportunity for an engine build