hey everyone, Fred Jr. here...as some of you know we at SMG have been building Glen229's 08 cobalt 2.4 into an m62 breathing street machine. Obviously as you all know the 08 2.4 does not have the ability to be HP Tuned so we have chosen the AEM F/IC as our tuning option. The build is just about completed and the car is running and as you will see in the vids, has gone for its maiden ride in m62 trim. Glen wanted me to make a thread so that if there were any questions on the build I could respond to them directly without any probs.

Hope you enjoy the vids... i'll work on the pics as well as I go along (however im on the laptop infront of the flat screen watching NHRA Full Throttle Series racing right now!)

Just for some quick info... NO we have NOT dyno'd the car yet, tuesday looks to be the day for that. So far the F/IC is doin its job with no problems, the base tune is in the car for the 42.5's and some driveablity.

Just want to thank Glen for the opportunity to work on this project as it has been not only another successful build but a fun build....with alot of laughs! enjoy everyone.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/th_100_1779.jpg (http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/?action=view&current=100_1779.flv)

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/th_blown24.jpg (http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/?action=view&current=blown24.flv)

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/th_100_1777.jpg (http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/?action=view&current=100_1777.flv)

awesome! :)

it was fun indeed!:)

Nice glen. Cant wait to see it in a few weeks.


P.S. you and dana should help me move PLEASEEEEEEEE......

yeah def! i cant wait to get the recaros back!:)

Censored Racing? Awwwwww come one man! Really? Thats what we came up with?????

mikes already made decals :lol:
i love that group name!

nice wish i could do this with mine. cant wait to see the numbers.

here are some build pics... i'll try and make comments on ones that may need explaining.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1692.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1694.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1702.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1699.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1701.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1700.jpg

trying to keep these pics in somewhat of an order. Some of the main changes through these pics is the routing of the injector harness and TB harness, as well as the maf harness to the other side of the engine/fenderwell

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1712.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1713.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1720.jpg

quick shop shot of the current projects going on.....

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1724.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1727.jpg

SMG DUAL PASS

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1728.jpg

wiring the AEM F/IC

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1741.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1742.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1744.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1745.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1746.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1747.jpg

The re-assigned location for the washer fluid res.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1748.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1750.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1751.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1754.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/smgautosports/100_1761.jpg


Thats just about all the pics. Dyno video and some final pics will be posted when we finish up the car completely this week. Thanks again.

nice dude SMG does awesome work cant wait to get my car in there

can u get a few more shots of the engine and around the pulleys

thanks for the kind comments!

I will get some more pics of the pulley side. HOWEVER... it is everything from an LSJ... nothing too special with that...but i'll get some pics for you

awesome job fred i gotta say you do an amazing job i love the way car feels after we did the exhaust and the manifold cant wait for the smg meet!
also cant wait to see this 2.4 on the streets...

looks good guys

glad to see the manifold and exhaust is working out well...did you end up finding any longer rubber hangers for it?

no i had a buddy of mine bend the hangers a just a bit so i get good clearance beause the first night i drove it after it really hot and expanded it banging against the bumper but now its good and sounds awesome
now i just need to get a tune...

bump

w00t another sweet SMG build. Us locals are all boosted now!

Congrats guys...would like to see that beast in action, perhaps in the near future

Fred..... where is the pic of that awesome band aid?!?

man cars looking great. i saw it saturday. all i can say is SEX. iit sounded great. cant wait to see it in person on the pavement. anyway good job Fred, nice car Glenn. now i wanna boost my 2.4

Thanks! it has come along great. Have the tune set up alittle more. Drove the car home tonight to get some more of the driveability tune set. made a few short WOT hits and seems very strong. Dynoing will begin tomorrow! So far very pleased with the results! Will keep everyone posted on the remainder of the build and the final finishing touches with in the next day or two.

233whp 219wtq


not even a final tune! wow im so happy

233whp 219wtq


not even a final tune! wow im so happy

very nice man...I'm happy for ya :)

nice #'s you guys are still working on the tune right whats the final estimate around 250?

I'm going with 245whp.... :) haha...Idk

There's gotta be more hp in there. What pulley in there now?

I think its a 3in

yeah 3"

233 is kind of low for the mods and 3.0 you have.

it was only pull number 4, we got more tuning to do, no worries guys

233 is kind of low for the mods and 3.0 you have.

like we said, its not fully tuned yet,

People dont read..:lol: its even in his sig haha

can I be maybe part of censored racing :D haha

hell yeah man

hell yeah man

hehe sorry to threadjack the built not bought in your sig matched mine so i was like all NO WAI :cool:

hello everyone... I know I havent had time to post in this thread things have just been crazy at the shop lately which is great! have all kinds of builds going... including this project, a solstice gxp project car which can be see on our site, as well as a 08 dodge ram lift project! SO... with that said.

I know alot of you look at the car and say gee... that seems sort of low on power, well let me help with some clarification. I personally have been going back and forth with AEM on an issue we are having with spark cut at about 5200-5500 rpm, which is limiting us to 5,200 rpm pulls only on the dyno. With that said, we are working to fix this problem, This is the first 08 sport AEM has dealt with so we here at SMG are working with them to solve the issue so that down the road we can offer an F/IC that will work flawlessly with the 08 sport and other 2.4's. We have also discussed at SMG offering base setups/ start up tunes for F/IC customers as well and if there is enough interest with that we will make it happen.

NOW with all that said, this car is making awesome power at 5200 rpm. ON the last 2.4 supercharged build we did here (on pjk91's 2.4) the car made only 200 ish whp at 5200 rpm with the 3.35 pulley. now I WILL post a compasion dyno chart so everyone can phyisically see what I am talking about but the car is on target to safely make in the upper 240's if not 250 with the 3.0 pulley on a conservative daily street tune. So being at 233 whp at 5200 rpm with no SUBSTANTIAL issues with the f/ic as of yet aside from our spark cut we have deemed the build successful.

Now AEM engineers are working to help us find the fix and Im confident with in a week or so we will have updated numbers but again like I said, we are very pleased with the outcome and expect our final numbers to be very nice! :)

Just wanted to clear up the doubts on the build for glen's sake so STAY TUNED!!!!

sweet!

SMG Autosports FTW!!!!!!!!!

Gxp FTW!!!!!!!!!!

Dodge FTL!!!!!!!

SMG Autosports FTW!!!!!!!!!

Gxp FTW!!!!!!!!!!

Dodge FTL!!!!!!!

haha...love it!! :)

cool man, hope you figure it out.

hello everyone... I know I havent had time to post in this thread things have just been crazy at the shop lately which is great! have all kinds of builds going... including this project, a solstice gxp project car which can be see on our site, as well as a 08 dodge ram lift project! SO... with that said.

I know alot of you look at the car and say gee... that seems sort of low on power, well let me help with some clarification. I personally have been going back and forth with AEM on an issue we are having with spark cut at about 5200-5500 rpm, which is limiting us to 5,200 rpm pulls only on the dyno. With that said, we are working to fix this problem, This is the first 08 sport AEM has dealt with so we here at SMG are working with them to solve the issue so that down the road we can offer an F/IC that will work flawlessly with the 08 sport and other 2.4's. We have also discussed at SMG offering base setups/ start up tunes for F/IC customers as well and if there is enough interest with that we will make it happen.

NOW with all that said, this car is making awesome power at 5200 rpm. ON the last 2.4 supercharged build we did here (on pjk91's 2.4) the car made only 200 ish whp at 5200 rpm with the 3.35 pulley. now I WILL post a compasion dyno chart so everyone can phyisically see what I am talking about but the car is on target to safely make in the upper 240's if not 250 with the 3.0 pulley on a conservative daily street tune. So being at 233 whp at 5200 rpm with no SUBSTANTIAL issues with the f/ic as of yet aside from our spark cut we have deemed the build successful.

Now AEM engineers are working to help us find the fix and Im confident with in a week or so we will have updated numbers but again like I said, we are very pleased with the outcome and expect our final numbers to be very nice! :)

Just wanted to clear up the doubts on the build for glen's sake so STAY TUNED!!!!

nice, cant wait to see the final results! Also the base setup/start up tunes would be nice to see...maybe even some sort of winter tune option....just a thought ;)