Your buddy is seemingly the only person to ever feel that way. Go drive an ej207 with the avcs disabled and tell me that it’s just an emissions device. A 3076 makes power well over 7,200 thankfully.
There is a decent review with some comparisons between ATP gt3076 (iwg and EWG) and some really impressive 20g’s that support the idea that the power and with the gt3076 would be much more impressive than a 20g, especially on a 207. Why you would want to push a 20g to 30psi to make less power than you could with a 3076 at mild levels is beyond me.
Let me know when you’re finished, I’ll be tuned as of Wednesday.
On a side note, finished installing everything, car runs great.