the crazy thing here is, a pulley and belt cost like $300 and take an hour or two to install (w small hands/arms). the pulley doesnt help w the stock ecu, since the extra air gets decline by ecu. however, with that problem solved, its super cheap power. more air is more air.
so anyone who does ecu flash should do smaller pulley. why wouldnt you?
all that leaves us with is intake and headers. many already have intake
so the objections boils down to headers... nothing to lose one's head over
I don't think it was Mat's call, necessarily. I dont think many other owners had the balls to step up and buy a spare ecu, ship it to europe, and basically FAFO w their emira. i know i didnt...
I think it was just my buddy and TFS who is also pretty modified IIRC