Welcome to my page and my world on the Toyota Caldina GT4. As a car enthusiast, I often find rare JDMs a delight to own and drive. Which was why I imported a spanking new GT4 unto the shores of sunny Singapore.

I have christened my ride the 'Pussy Wagon'. As demure as it looks, it posseses sleeper looks but power delivery is sweet when I depress the accelerator. It never fail to bring a smile to my face.

Like others here, I have done a fair bit to my ride. Let's start off with the air intake.

I traded the stock set up for an open pod set up. An open pod without the proper shielding would be totally useless. As such, I engaged a mechanic to custom made an air shield box so that it does not breathe 'hot' air. Initially, I thought of using a CAI setup. Because it rains a fair bit over here, water injestion is extremely common. Hence, I decided not to. The ait intake set up does not end here.

I added a 'Billion' type funnel at the front of my bumper. Paired with a flexi hose, it routes cool air front the front direct to the box. Most rice boys would bore a hole on the bumper. I did not. #1, this is an  executive looking car, #2, the beams are in the way.

The GT4 uses the same turbos as the Celica ST Series. If I recall, the stock turbo is CT26, a proprietory Toyota turbine. It looks huge on the outside, but sad to say, the spool up is mediocre and fall less of my expectations. The pic above shows the CT26 turbo on the left. I opened myself up to many mor eturbo options by changing it to the IHI VF34. As I was previously from the Scooby camp, this was an obvious choice. Look at how small it is compaered to the CT26. It runs way better and spools much quicker. To hold optimal boost, I opted for the Tial wastegate.

To allow optimal flow of exhaust emissions (apologies to the GREEN camp), I customized my down pipe, centre pipe to 3 inches. I removed all 3 catalytic converters. I am using a Fujitsubo Legalis R tail pipe.

The stock intercooler's core is small. Only SARD has a TMIC for the Caldina ST246. The TMIC is first treated with Boron Nitrite for even distribution of heat and it works extremely well in humid temperatures.

 A HKS EVC controls boost and I am boosting at 1.4 bar and at times spiking at 1.5 bar.

 HKS SSQV II with purple fin is used to vent out excess air. What good is a Turbo car without the 'woooooosh'? 

With many upgrades, the slosh brake system of the Caldina GT4 will not work. Incredibly the front only came with 2 pots! If there are any brickbat to the car, this certainly is the biggest one!

I spent some moolas in acquring a brand new set of Porsche brakes for my front. These are 6 pots, light weight Brembos. There are very very light and are purportedly used in the Porsche GT3s. Again, the brackets are custom made and it cost me quite a sum. Then again, safety comes first and I am sure you would agree with me. It took me a long tiem to acquire a set of rims that will clear these humongous brakes and the Prodrive GC014s in British Black are perfect. The GT4's PCD is 5 x 100 and there ain't many of such rims around.

Here are some of the Electronics in my ride.

 HKS Chrono Gauges.

Defi Link Display.

Titanium Gear Knob from the TRD Shop in Hong Kong.

Leather clad Recaro seats in tasteful Red and Black trimmings with double stitchings.

Here are some other shots of the car. I hope you like it.

The rear.

The front.

A beautiful night shot.