Go forced induction or wait for toyota/subaru to come out with something faster?

[InvalidJohnny5]

IF your car was 'well tuned' by a professional master tuner, gauges are almost pointless. If you fear modding, you shouldn't be jumping in the game to begin with. The whole "you get what you pay for" slogan is a constant. Datalog for sure, but you should know if there is something wrong with your car even without gauges.

[InvalidJohnny5]

More important than getting failsafes is getting installed/tuned the right way. Kinda like a warranty, the best warranty is the one never used.

[Dezoris]

I have my final review on the Vortech kit coming out today with track review and more.

So I will link here when posted but the short of it is:

You are taking a car that was not designed around boost and trying to make it work. It's a high compression motor that tends to run hot, heads get hot. So you need to plan from the start on how the vehicle will be operated and what region you live in.

From there you decide on fuel choice, tuner and safety changes like oil cooling, catch cans or cooling system upgrades. Plan for changing to higher quality fluids and more.

[Mikem53]

Originally Posted by phloozy

factory power isnt fun. You always want more

Maybe for some... But I've owned a few cars that were already fast enough right out of the box. This car is by no means "fast" , but it is more than adequate and quick enough to be enjoyable..

[phloozy]

Originally Posted by Mikem53

Maybe for some... But I've owned a few cars that were already fast enough right out of the box. This car is by no means "fast" , but it is more than adequate and quick enough to be enjoyable..

I am the type of guy thats never happy until its changed :P My wife on the other hand thinks her 370z is super fast and would never touch it. If it was my z I would be getting it tuned ASAP for MOAR POWA!

[Turbowned]

I bought the car in June, been following the introduction of various forced induction options as they've hit the market. I'm leaning more towards a supercharger but I want to wait until next year to see how the cars hold up to repeated use and abuse, and also in hope that the power numbers will increase. Ideally I want 280-300whp on 93 octane and the S/C's just aren't there yet, or at least if they are (intercooled Sprintex/Innovate, 12psi Vortech) they aren't available for mass consumption yet.

In other words, patience Grasshopper!

[Pbrown]

For the 2015 refresh and larger displacement engine. We should know more by middle of next year if this is going to be a reality or not. I am also waiting for a carb legal SC or turbo kit. If neither of the these comes to be, I will keep the FRS as is for my summer ride and buy the WRX coupe if and when it comes out for my winter and speed seeking ride. Either way there will be an FRS in my garage for a very long time.

[UnOvertime]

Originally Posted by Turbowned

I bought the car in June, been following the introduction of various forced induction options as they've hit the market. I'm leaning more towards a supercharger but I want to wait until next year to see how the cars hold up to repeated use and abuse, and also in hope that the power numbers will increase. Ideally I want 280-300whp on 93 octane and the S/C's just aren't there yet, or at least if they are (intercooled Sprintex/Innovate, 12psi Vortech) they aren't available for mass consumption yet.

In other words, patience Grasshopper!

I am right there with you. I have two friends who have different trims of the FA20club kits so I will wait and see what issues they have along with the overall community. I would love to turbo mine, but I am on pace to obliterate 30,000 miles in my first year of ownership. I will wait and see what happens with all these options and see what other options come out in the next few months.

[thill]

Originally Posted by UnOvertime

I am right there with you. I have two friends who have different trims of the FA20club kits so I will wait and see what issues they have along with the overall community. I would love to turbo mine, but I am on pace to obliterate 30,000 miles in my first year of ownership. I will wait and see what happens with all these options and see what other options come out in the next few months.

30K miles in a year

Look at it this way.. In another year or so you will no longer even be under the 60K powertrain warranty anyway...

[gily25]

OP...ask yourself...what was your overall goal when you bought the car... i.e. it looked good, someone else had one so I wanted one, I liked the hype, I have to have the latest model car, looking to mod a car, didn't want a Camaro/Mustang/Genesis but I wanted a RWD coupe? Then depending on your reason you'll know whether you want to make it faster or trade it in...so if you only bought it for the hype then trade it in, because you obviously don't believe the hype, if you bought it because you wanted to mod a car then you should start to plan your mods and work your way through what you can/can't do yourself and what you can afford.

[UnOvertime]

Originally Posted by thill

30K miles in a year

Look at it this way.. In another year or so you will no longer even be under the 60K powertrain warranty anyway...

17,100 miles in 7 months.

Yeah that is how I am looking at it. Putting some many miles on the car, I hate to kill the warranty now. So I will stick it out and then after that FI will probably happen.

[Mikem53]

Originally Posted by phloozy

I am the type of guy thats never happy until its changed :P My wife on the other hand thinks her 370z is super fast and would never touch it. If it was my z I would be getting it tuned ASAP for MOAR POWA!

everything changes.. I used to mod everything.. especially when I was younger and had more energy then money.. I would get less car and do mods.. my last few cars were "ready to go" fast and cost more than twice what the FRS cost.
Now im into the less is more thing.. and this car works pretty good as it is..
its all good..

[foursix86]

I'm heavily leaning towards going FI (Vortech), as my last ten cars (yes, ten) were Mustangs. All but two were V8 cars (small block 5.0 and 4.6 2V and 3V). So I am having some serious torque withdrawal.

I'll probably remove the Vortech and trade the car in for an S555 Mustang GT in about two years or so. But....I still love the FR-S, just can't afford to keep it and buy a new Mustang unfortunately.

[Sonolin]

Originally Posted by foursix86

I'm heavily leaning towards going FI (Vortech), as my last ten cars (yes, ten) were Mustangs. All but two were V8 cars (small block 5.0 and 4.6 2V and 3V). So I am having some serious tourque withdrawal.

I'll probably remove the Vortech and trade the car in for an S555 Mustang GT in about two years or so. But....I still love the FR-S, just can't afford to keep it and buy a new Mustang unfortunately.

Yea I've always been around V8's and grew up drooling over hot rods, but just fell in love with the driving feel of the fr-s myself. I think depending on how good the next mustang really is will seal my decision.

Either way I'm sure I'll own my own hot rod in the future, I just can't afford to own 2 (new) cars I meant for my daily driving lol. I definitely long for more pep daily driving and think a supercharged FRS would be close to perfect, I just don't know if it would still be enough or not . And turbocharging would be an option but that presents a lot of unwanted hassle because I live in california...