| Here's a clue for a lot of you...
CA people do not have access to 93 octane. Thus, you have to do a lot of fuel mixing to get a good mix of usable fuel for turbo cars. Even at that, you're not likely to pass emissions in that state as well.
As good as FI is (sometimes), it's just not feasable for some people due to fuel constraints. In addition, with turbo cars you have the problem of detonation, engine wear, heat soak, reliability, and cost (even for well tuned turbo'ed engines). With supercharged cars you're getting great benefits all the time (throughout the rev range) but you are still getting a parasitc effect with the belt. Also, the belts can still break and put you out of luck, as was the case of Simeon's 7er from VAC Motorsports on the One Lap of America.
NA will be the more reliable way to go (for the most part). Modifiing your intake, exhaust, and computer, as well as head work, will give you reliable power for a little less than most FI setups. Not until you start going with radical cams and high revving is there a problem with engine wear.
-Prince |