Hi, Guest
08-04-2005, 06:00 AM
i think it's because at this time, the only viable Turbo option which doesn't require the hassel of getting it tuned is toms kit and you may need to email back and forth new tunes till you get the one that works best.
the SC options like the JRSC BBK, FS/VF and powerworks kits are all pretty much plug and play. not to say some tweaking and retuning wont hurt or may not be needed but mostlikely not at the same level of a turbo.
personally, and i have driven a LOT of boosted foci in my day, i'd buy the powerworks kit again in a heart beat!
Seriously, if you have the money or the ability to save the money without pissing it away(on silly things like Lambo doors, right jason?) then you will have a very quick car, OEM looking install, flawless driveability and not have to screw around with tuning...powerworks is the only firm to have the ford calibartion numbers from ford. not to say the PW tuning is flawless, but it is the best i have seen right out of the box.... yes it can be improved upon, but it is the way it is so it will pass a sniffer test and is CARB compliant... toms kits cannot say that, Roush cannot say that, FS is trying but it wont make the same power or have as nice of a powerband, JRSC's and every other kit out there cannot say that and would require huge amounts of tuning to make it work.
if you are one of the lucky people who has a dyno and a capable tuner near by then anything can be made to work, if you do not then your choices are much more limited and you are forced to rely on others to get it done right. those "others" are often thousands of KMs away...
the SC options like the JRSC BBK, FS/VF and powerworks kits are all pretty much plug and play. not to say some tweaking and retuning wont hurt or may not be needed but mostlikely not at the same level of a turbo.
personally, and i have driven a LOT of boosted foci in my day, i'd buy the powerworks kit again in a heart beat!
Seriously, if you have the money or the ability to save the money without pissing it away(on silly things like Lambo doors, right jason?) then you will have a very quick car, OEM looking install, flawless driveability and not have to screw around with tuning...powerworks is the only firm to have the ford calibartion numbers from ford. not to say the PW tuning is flawless, but it is the best i have seen right out of the box.... yes it can be improved upon, but it is the way it is so it will pass a sniffer test and is CARB compliant... toms kits cannot say that, Roush cannot say that, FS is trying but it wont make the same power or have as nice of a powerband, JRSC's and every other kit out there cannot say that and would require huge amounts of tuning to make it work.
if you are one of the lucky people who has a dyno and a capable tuner near by then anything can be made to work, if you do not then your choices are much more limited and you are forced to rely on others to get it done right. those "others" are often thousands of KMs away...