I have the 07 SS/SC cobalt and am wanting to do a stage kit. I was looking at the stage 4 from intense racing and was wondering if anyone has ran it or heard things about it from other people. Also, how does it compare to the stage 2 from gm? I know its more hp and tq, but is it as reliable as i have not heard alot of this company before. Any info or thoughts would be greatly appreciated

Bryce

 

Get a custom tune. I've heard too many horror stories from mail order intense tune.

 

This is better by FAR, and way cheaper:

http://www.ottperformance.com/Cobalt...duct_info.html

 

what is the big difference between the 2???

 

The boxed tune from Intense is iffy at best. You will have no problems with the OTT tune.

 

should i still get a tune done after then? From a local shop here?

 

No our tune is setup to be safe but performance orientied it will work just fine

 

^ What he said

 

intense stage 4

ottp stage 1

 

lsjwannabe, if i do get yours and do some more mods, is it still good to get it re dyno'ed at a local shop here??

 

getting anything dyno'd is 20x better than a canned tune. dyno is the absolute perfect way to keep your car safe. however dyno's can tune your car more different than you expect. MOST dyno shops tune the car for stricly racing and not daily driving or what have you... make it clear to the tuner that you drive the car daily. or you street race, etc... otherwise you will have a drag set up. thats why many people buy there own HPT tuning device. so they have the freedom to tweek there a/f or timing etc.. for racing at the track, driving to work, street racing, autocrossing....

 

mmmm, dyno is a good tuning device, but road tuning is the best IMO.

 

oh yea OTTP 1st place, ZZP second place, cobalt addiction terd place, 4th place intense. but OTTP is just yea. perfect those guys know what there doing to a full extent. just make sure you get a crank re-learn... do a search for "crank relearn" read every thread... it will answer your questions on that subject

 

i got ottp stage 1 w/full exhaust , h/e, and intake, pulls like a bitch.

 

i agree with hatricksu 200%

oh really sheetz bring it out sunday night than young bolll lol jk but seriously come to the meet

 

^dude im balding, aint nothin young here, other than me still fuxin like i was 16 ....

 

ok so i just bought a 2007 cobalt ss s/c today too..(i ******* love it!)...i wanted to get a ott kit but i looked at the pulley and the car came with a intense stage 3 pulley(2.9)!!!!....so im guessing it has the whole stage kit....so my questions is since you guys say intense canned tune sucks....could i just get a 2.8 pulley, 60's , and a dyno tune and be alright??????????

 

same here. mine came with it all

 

nah, don't even do that, just hit up hahn racecraft. they got MORE than what you need for that LSJ. trust me. check out their kits, you'll be pleased.

 

so you havent had any problems with your intense stage 3 canned tune?

 

You will never get a better tune that the one tailored for your specific car. $300 on the street or dyno for a few hours by far outdoes only $100 for a mail order. Proof is in the pudding.

 

got it....so im getting my baby re-tuned!!!....so it really doesnt matter where you get the kit from its all in the tune right?

 

Yes. Intense makes great parts, as well as most companies. But it's all in the person behind the PCM editor.

 

Intense is garbage I have intense stage 3 kit and the tune is horrible... Just sent pcm out to pcmforless and they did a great job on my tune and it runs 50 times better and 50 times faster