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Originally Posted by spoolin_gt
I say you keep the body the way it is and change your intercooler as your first mod. That's really killing your car because the hood vent is not meant for the A/A intercooler and you will suffer from heat soak.. A FMIC would be bad ass with that bumper...
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Yes, FMing the IC is definitely a priority. Even so, that's really more of a long term fix since the Caldina's stock ECU is
REALLY what limits the capabilities of this car...so the first thing to do is rearrange the IC so that it's not running so hot and my timings get delayed. Then I'll look into getting an aftermarket ECU.
Supposedly, Toysport dynotuned the ECU for optimal daily-driving, but I heard that it comes locked, so if that's true then I don't know how they could have tuned it....and it definitely feels sluggish at certain points of the climb
A couple people have mentioned that I should move the Greddy intake to a CAI position, but if you look at the pictures (and maybe you can't see it so well from my dad's photos...I'm the guy with the bandana) you can actually see that there's practically a gaping hole to the right of the engine assembly. Since the motor is direct-ignition, there's no distributor/rotor assembly, which means:
a) a lot of air passes through there, which is bittersweet because it can help cool things down, but it also allows for more drag
b) I can reach right in and pop out my fuel filter without spending 1~2 hours removing and replacing everything above the driver-side front tire well