I'm so glad someone came infront of me and asked this...
Since I've been bullied so much, lol jk, I'm going to go ahead and grab an IC to work with the rest of the mods I have planned... (SD headers, CAI, 1.9s, pcm),
I decided, similarly to kew, that I want to go as close to the line as I can without having to beef up the trans or mess with the injectors/MAF/TB
it looks like a 3.2 is the smallest I can go before I have to mess with that stuff... and I'll be taking my car to get fully tuned after everything is installed, but I still have an overkill PCM set for the aforementioned mods before the tune...
I'm worrying about clearance issues with a full size and my 40th ann hood, so I'm actually back to considering the SSIC... would it be enough for a 3.2 with headers, 1.9s, and a tune, or would i still likely have to fight KR after heatsoak?
If I can get away with the SSIC and not have to worry about cradle spacers and messing with the geometry of the transaxle, I'd prefer that... and it looks like no-one is running the 40th-style hood with an intercooler so...
I'm waiting for black friday to decide specifically which brand IC i get if it's a full size, though I'm eyeing sseilmnop's IC above all, as it is the shortest next to the SSIC, I just wish I could know 100% what fits under this friggin hood