Ask them to pull the front camber pins and pull out the toe. From the factory I had a lot of toe. With a mild drop my shop was able to hit factory camber still with pins pulled. As a daily driver getting at least 1 alignment a year is good, I err on the side of bi-annually. After 6 months...
I only run 93 BP or Shell in my R. However, modern Ecu's are able to detect knock and adjust accordingly. I personally wouldn't play that game, but it will be just fine.
Back in 2016 I factory ordered an Sti. Went FBO and some custom go fast bits while dallying an old forester. Fast forward 2 years and the car only had 7k miles. Took it out one day and was hit head on by an early 90s VW... Ended up having insurance cover all the go fast parts but lost the car...
It's a civic with go fast parts and heritage. It's not a race car. Formula one drivers have problems with brakes over heating and engines running too hot also..... what makes anyone think a 48k car will be track ready out of the box? As an enthusiast I also don't see a problem with adding...
In a perfect world the dyno is used as a rough draft and perfected in real time on the street. A virtual E tune that uses data from the street is arguably better and definitely not worse.