i totally forgot i wanted to post about this. like 2 days before i totalled my cobalt, i went and had it dynod.....the guy looked like a total stoner and took 30 minutes to find a place to hook up the tach reader or w/e...somewhere on my engine..he finally thought he got a place, and after the 3 runs...it came out saying my base had 115 hp....wtf....thats not even possible...i should have just gotten a aveo with the same hp

 

busted operator.

 

Your base model 2.2l cobalt dyno'd 115hp?

Seen any other dyno's of them?

-Rich

 

I'd kill myself if my car only Dyno'd 115 WHP. Personally I'd kill the stoner, then myself for wasting my own money!

 

115 is about what I would expect to see from a base model for wheel HP. Remember, the advertised HP is at the crank, not at the wheels. So if you put the car on a chassis dyno you will see less power. That's in range with the normal 15% loss from the driveline from HP at the crankshaft to HP at the tires.

 

Sounds like "Possible"

 

It's definitely possible that you were only getting 115 to the wheels. I know a couple people with the 2.2 Eco Cavis and that was right around what they were putting down stock. One was an auto and one was a manual, the manual had higher hp numbers.

 

A friend of mine has a late 90ish Jetta, and put down 105 HP with intake and exaust...