the only thing i would justify buying witht he type-r name is the LSD. thats it. not the tranny. not the engine. nothing else.

if you want to have power you will have to go F/I, otherwise you'll just top out with anything at about the type-r's level, possibly surpassing it by only a few, maybe 10-20 horse with some work and race fuel.

and don't act as if turbo's dont have bottom end or something, compare the torque curves and you'll probably note less than 10% drop over stock torque in the low end. it's just the power comes on quickly after that, so it's not like you lose anything, it just seems to be less because the way the graph is scaled.