^^^ all about that, though my mind set is that if you want to do show you had better have the go to back it up. and of course the sound w/ it both audio & moter.
i'm a practical man, and the way that i see tuning it should go a little somthing like this.
*first when you have a new car, keep it new as long as posible. that is park it out in BFE, have a supierior securety system, polish/detail it on a regular time cycle, and stay on top of any maitenance.
*in reguard to the tuning, like i mention above, keep it practical. that is the targets that i set should be reasonable, not too much money spent compair to the car, and you should do as much of the instalation as poisible.
^* tuning particulars, first and formost do all of the mod's that allow the moter to run more efficiently and the best way to do that is to let it breath better. IE: CAI, CBE, and burn fule more efficiently w./ better spark, grounding kit, restriction removal etc... all being N/A if posible. and of corse all these mod's should be done w/ the intent of keeping that powertrain warranty, and Emmision friendly.
the way that i see things is that if you F*** w/ the fule injection, to get more power (hence dumping more gas in the chamber) then you might as well get a big block V8. as it would compleatly kill that magic of working a 4banger into a v8 killer.
the nice thing about tuning asian 4-cylinder moter's is that you CAN get the best of both worlds if done right. a MONSTER @ WOT racing that can eat high cost Euro & american car's like M3/5's, commaro's and vet's. and leave them twitching
in shock.(crowning acheavment done by the WRX STI) by simply matching the difrence of cost between the compition and that of the 4bangers.
AND have supirior gas economy on long highway/ road trips.
that is the magic of the asian 4bangers. that W/ the proper and true passion in Modding your car's, a tuner can massage wonders out of what is precived to be a small weak power plant.
ok well it's like 5:00Am here and i know that i'm ranting so i'll stop now........
cant wait to get my car.
good night...
mandrek Out