What's a good CSRT specific forum?

[86Shelby]

I had a lead on two of them through there. Both backed out.

[iTurbo]

Adam, I know what you mean by squirreling away the stock parts for safe keeping in the event of upgrades. I still have all my stock parts except for the busted up splash guard. Heck, I don't even remember doing anything that could have broken it, but sure enough it was fragged the first time I decided to look at it and I've had the car since new.

I'm not sure if Neil Emiro is still active over there, but then again I haven't been very active on the calibersrt4.net forum either lately because of all the cookie kids there. I have a NDPerformance TCS system from Neil waiting to go on my Caliber (as well as a ton of other mods), but I have just been too busy wrenching on my older turbo Mopars to get around to working on the CSRT much. I guess I still prefer working on my older turbo Mopars and still kind of think of the CSRT as 'hands off', but that will change this winter, especially now that the factory warranty is up.

So far, I have modified my CSRT with:
Mopar MS1 ECU
NGK BKR5EIX spark plugs
Gizmos Retrofits splash guard
Gizmos Retrofits upper radiator cover
Modern Performance 'shorty' antenna
Powder coated new OEM valve cover myself

Here is a list of parts I have that I plan to install this winter:
Brembo rotors (plain/stock replacement) and Hawk HPS pads
NeedsWings downpipe/cutout (cats eliminated)
NeedsWings intake
NeedsWings BOV setup (HKS SSQV)
ATP Turbo adapter to use ATP RS BOV instead of squeaky HKS
Gizmos Retrofits steering column dual gauge pod (for eventual Aeroforce dual scan gauge setup)
Gizmos Retrofits A-pillar single pod for aftermarket electronic boost gauge
ND Performance TCS setup (aka driver mod)



I am still on the fence about replacing the Mopar Performance MS1 ECU. Basically the options are either the RealTune MS1K or the DiabloSport Intune or Trinity tuners. At this point I think I will probably go with the RT MS1K v2 (91 octane). I also need to buy new tires soon as my CSRT now has about 34k miles on it and the original Goodyear F1 tires are getting pretty worn. I REALLY want to get a set of Enkei NT03+M wheels (18x9.5 +27 offset), 255/40/18 tires and BC coilovers but that is just ridiculously expensive so I will probably just buy a new set of the OEM Goodyear F1s. Really liked the Goodyear F1s despite the negative reviews on the other forum.

[supercrackerbox]

Digging through old pictures of the car on the previous owner's facebook, it looks like my car had the Goodyear 'Supercar' tires originally. It now has the same General G-max that was on every single other SRT4 I looked at save the 10k mile one in Pennsylvania. They're ok, but not great. I've gotten them squealing pretty good going around a few corners, and the car will break them loose while rolling if I hammer it in second gear. And that's with the traction control on. When the time comes, I'll be leaning towards the Bridgestone S-04 I think, but for now I'll live with the Generals. They're still well over half tread and new tires for this car are freaking expensive. I briefly had a set of the older generation Goodyear F1s on my old Daytona CS and really liked them though, so who knows.

BTW, what brake pads did these get from the factory? I noticed my front pads are EBC "Yellow Stuff" pads. They work great, but man are they dusty. As for wheels, I really like the stock ones, even if they do weigh a ton. But two of them have a bit of curb rash. If I can afford some downtime come spring, I may have the tires dismounted, file and smooth out the curb rash, and possibly have them stripped and powdercoated a nice gunmetal color. I think that would be a good look for the blue car, and would make the brake dust considerably less noticeable. We're thinking of doing the same thing with my fiancé's Fiesta ST for the very same reason.