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Originally Posted by DavidV
Has anyone called JUN, Phoenix's Power, Tom's, or any of the other backyard tuners in HyperRev to let them know? Man, the guys in Japan are going to be caught off gaurd by ChrisK's findings.
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Japanese drivers and tuners are a completely different demographic than U.S. drivers. Why do you think the North American market MKII naturally aspirated got a 2.2L economy sedan engine, good for nothing but it's low end grunt, while every other market got the free revving naturally aspirated variant of the turbo motor? (3SGE) Most Americans are not willing to wait until 5k RPM for their turbo to spool. Most would not be very happy with a car put together by any of the tuners you list above.
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Originally Posted by DavidV
Yeah. When I first got my clip I was like: "WTF is this MAP Sensor doing here!? Someone get me an Air Flow Meter, pronto! Hey, is that a large plenum I see on the intake manifold? Yuk. Throw that thing away. Where the hell is the cold start injector? Don't tell me I need to buy one... ugh... and that oil filter on the bottom is so strange. Can someone move it to the middle of the engine compartment?" 
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Hmm, If memory serves, you have an aftermarket EMS. That means you've purchased TWO speed density setups.
Anyone doing an extreme buildup is going to correct all of those issues. My car, for example, has the oil filter relocated to the driver's side strut tower. There's no airflow meter. The plenum on my intake manifold dwarfs yours. I have no cold start injector.
Besides which, you
started with an NA. I already stated that
you would be better off going Gen 3 right from the start, especially considering that you had no plans to do a serious engine buildup, and you personally would rather have an adequate JDM part than an excellent US one.