okay, i have a question...like when im goin about 30 or so and i get on it, right after i push the pedal down some it takes maybe 1-2 seconds for the car to respond...is this normal? i have a 2.2 auto.

 

yes throttle response plays a role.

Get an intake and exhaust to make it seem more peepy.

 

yeah it should be normal if it isn't that's news to me cause my 2.4 does that

 

welcome to owning an auto :p

 

yup. an auto will do that to ya

 

auto will definetly do that...

 

let me put it this way, i knew you had a 2.2 auto before i read the part where you said what car you had. i had one for 2 years, and that's just the way it is.

 

Some cars are worse than others. My father's 4-cyl Ford Fusion is absolutely horrible about it. You can slam that pedal with everything you have and it'll fart along for 5-6 seconds before you get a response. By comparison the Cobalt LS is the Mach 5.

Get an intake, and a B&M Shift+. It'll make it feel much more responsive.

 

get an intake fo sho man.. itl help a little.. the intake makes it feel a lot more responsive, imo.

 

wow, i guess that's another reason not to buy an auto

 

The computer limits how fast the throttle body opens which is very noticable when going WOT. The more mods and power you push through, the more you notice it. Luckily for the SS and 2.4 guys we can tune it to open much faster to eliminate that bit of drag you feel.

 

Why ask such a question.

 

cruising around at 30mph is either in 3rd gear or 4thgear....when you floor it, the car takes a good half second or so to disengage 3rd gear, rev to the appropriate RPM (probably about 5500RPM at 30mph), and engage 1st gear....it cant be instantaneous.
Put the car in L so it is already in 1st gear...then floor it...youll notice theres no delay at all...

 

Yep, If you want it to be more responsive, shift through the gearbox manually, going from L to I and you can choose what gear your in. I wouldnt recomend that for daily driving though.

 

Agreed, isn't this universally known?

 

time to get a tune on that 2.2

 

thanks.