Personally, if the supercharger can be bought for $2600 (with a savings
of $1300 over the turbo) and give me 150whp (what Mike K. said we can
expect), then that is 60 more hp over stock with no extra costs
involved.
So for $2600 I get 60 more whp even tho my fuel management system is
shitty and the SC is terribly unefficent (this is according to Mike K.
again).
If I go with the F-Max kit, I can get the kit for $4k, then upgrade the
pistons, fuel pump, buy lots of stuff for the rest of the fuel
management system, and (God forbid) I have to have someone install the
turbo for me, I could drive the price of the turbo well over the $6k
mark easily......for only 50 more whp than the SC.....
Now does everyone see why I have been pursueing this issue so hard? I
would think that you could get someone to install the SC for a couple
hundred dollars, and that would still only bring the cost to about
$2800. Hell, call it an even $3k, you're still paying HALF what the
turbo would cost......for only 50 more hp than the SC.
If my logic is wrong here, let me know, but even if the "SE-R's F-Max
kit is awsome", I don't drive an SE-R, and I'm not spending that much
money for a turbo when I would only get 50 more hp for twice the cost.
Granted, our initial cost is going to be more than this, but that is
what it is all about.....making it easier for the next guy :-)
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