Before I begin I would like to say a special thanks goes out to the following people who made this happen for Tim. His 2.9 screams like no other.

*AH1Cobra for the Pulley Puller
*Billetflow for the 2.9 Inch Pulley
*06Black for his time spent with the install
*Myself (Sneaky) for providing the garage, some of the tools and picture taking

Picture quality isn't the greatest (Camera Phone) and we started this job at almost 11:30pm so we didn't finish till about 1:30am. Fatigue set in and we were all anxious to get this job done!

So before we went to my dad's to do this midnight install we went to grab a bite to eat at Burger King. Ahh nothing like a mini cobalt meet. We stole a burger king crown as you will see why it's important in the quick write up and tutorial.





Ok, now enough with that lets get down to business. I moved my golf cart and some other non-essentials and had Tim pull up.



Bryan and Tim working on getting all the necessary lines and bolt taken off to pull the blower off.



Some semi closer shots of the work being performed. let me tell you, there is a lot of lines and electrical connections.



After about the first half hour of putzing around we got the blower off, YES! Tim is the king! Remember not to snag that coolant hose. It makes a big mess...



Bryan doing a pose for a shot after taking the blower off. It's good to be the king!



Where did the blower go? Dare you to start the car this way!





Couple of goof off shots of Bryan taking a break after removing the blower




Now it's time to get to work. We are holding the blower just to show you how big it really is.



After a lengthly 15 minute break we all decided to start getting that old crap 3.4/3.5 inch stocker off.



Using the pulley puller to remove it we got from AH1Cobra, only remove the pulley a little bit at a time so no damage is caused, a special washer is used to make sure this doesn't happen. We learned that a special popping noise is suppose to happen. When it did we were all shitting our pants let me tell you that

 

After about 10 minutes of playing around we got the old stock pulley off the supercharger.




Guess we won't be needing this **** box anymore...


Here is our new beautiful 2.9 Billet flow pulley. It's light years ahead of the competition



Here is a comparision shot with them sitting next to each other.


Interesting DIC shots I seen while playing with the radio.




We borrowed some of our used grease from the old pulley and relubed the shaft and now it's time to install the new pulley!

Here is Bryan getting to work on installing the new 2.9



New 2.9 in pulley installed



Now that the supercharger is complete it's time to install our larger idler pulley to take up the slack.. But what we found was we need to grind the **** out of the new one on one side so there was no rubbing.

Here is a picture of the old idler. POS!



Nothing that a craftsman 8k RPM Diamond Bench Grinder can't take care of Custom fabbing time!



Time to press on the new idler and take pictures

 

Now.... Why won't the car start again? Oh! That's right! That damn coolant hose sensor whatcha ma callit! It's right there damn it! See?



Supercharger bolted up and new billetflow pulley installed. It's looks very pretty. I'm jealous Tim!





Good job Bryan, Tim and of course a pat on my back too You wonder why there might not be any pictures of me... well that's why they call me Sneaky!

 

Best pully swap EVER....dam nice write up Mike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dam i'm such a bad ass!!!!!!!

 

That is a huge write-up. Good job bro. Nicely done. Go out and have some fun now!

 

lol, it is very cool that you did it yourself... but you did know that billetflow would of done it for you yes ?

Also are you goofballs coming to the downriver cruise June 24th ? I will be having a small get together shortly there after and it has been said that booze will be involved....

 

yea i kno BF makes them but i dont think Tim did...or he dident wanna pay for it...who knowssssss....

also you said the magic word "booze" so my chance of showing to that down river cruz just trippled!

 

yay for friends!

 

hooray beer !

 

I'll be in between semesters so I'm really going to try to make it. Can you shoot me a PM when it gets closer so I don't forget? Thanks

Oh yea, I hate all of you that are running a 2.9. I had to take mine off because I was getting almost 6 degrees of knock. Damn Saturn

 

hopefully in the next month after I get some cash I am going to run the 2.7 or 2.9 myself with proper tuning. *hint hint tim and bryan*.

 

by the way it's much more fun doing it yourself and you save a ton of money

 

Yea, I've done everything myself and or with help so far. Intake, Cat back, Mounts, and now pulley. It's a great learning experience, and once again, thanks everyone for the help. There is no way I would have been able to do all that myself now that it's over. Oh, and Mike, let me know when you get that pulley. I'll be more then happy to pay you back.

Oh, and the thing runs like a fricken champ.

 

bump for a buddy. someone else must have something to say about our good time I'm going home to sleep for a bit.

 

poop......

 

i HAD A BLAST!!!!

i was and still am the KING!!!

glad to hear its runin strong tim!

mike you gotta play catch up now dude...once i get that clutch my car is gonna be a beast!!

GO GO TUNEING!!!!

if any body round these part needs help with installs i'll be more than happy to lend my time i think i've done almost every thing...

 

Same here. I've done my catback, intake, and mounts, and now helped with my pulley. Always helps to have an extra set of hands as we found out when we were taking the old pulley off.

 

MIKE we gotta start workin on your car now!!!!

 

haha, I laugh ever time I read this

 

Oh yea, I'm gonna try to head up to Milan on Wednesday the 21st. See what I can do

 

nicely done, i just installed the bigger tensioner pulley for my inense stage 4, but i grinded the bracket instead of the pulley itself...

 

Awesome write up and pics. Way to Rep the Michigan Cobalts.

Looks like you guys had a good time.

 

Nice job guys!! I need to get my 2.9 asap

 

Get it before you move!

 

Im going to contact brian this weekend then i get the stage 1 after that. Do u think the dealer will not install the stage 1 with the 2.9 on there? Hope they dont make me take it off.