does anyone have a turbo kit on thier car yet and what are the reviews?

i guess i was expecting this :rolleyes:

does anyone have a turbo kit on thier car yet and what are the reviews?

the thing is,

none of our cars have turbos on them or we havent taken that step to turbo charge this car

i know some people were talking about it but never went through it yet

The car is brand new, so im not sure if anyone is going to risk a new car getting broken and not getting fixed due to the turbo.

Then there's us supercharged guys with the SS. We are trying to work with the supercharger to get more hp out of it without voiding the warranty

i was figuring it was too soon but wasnt sure since there is a kit out already for it, i want to get the kit but iw anna also see some reviews for it first, the only reason i got the ls is to turbo it or else i woulda got an ss but the ls looked easier to tune, i guess i just wait till people get used to thier car and start modifying, thnaks.

Off topic, but RSM has a SC out for the cabolt 2.2 motor, that adds 60hp.
just thought i would share....

i saw that but the whole reason i didnt get an ss is becasue i saw a lot of potential in turboing the ls with the 2.2 so thats the route im gonna take similar to the phase 5 cobalt

Thats exactly what I'm doing. In fact, mine goes in July 11th for the first phase powertrain upgrades. Rods, Pistons, and Valve springs for the engine; Torque Converter, LSD, High Pressure Pump, Torrington bearings, and Raybestos Blue Plates for the trans. Pretty much straight out of the GM tuner build book, except I'm keeping my 4T45E trans instead of using the race 4T65E. Will take 2 weeks. I'll be posting a new thread once it's done. The turbo kit isn't ready yet. Should be about mid August. ALL STREET LEGAL!

that sounds awesome man, def keep us updated, and are you using a kit turbo or custom? you are gonna be the pioneer out of all of us, i would be but my budget isnt quite that great yet lol

Thats exactly what I'm doing. In fact, mine goes in July 11th for the first phase powertrain upgrades. Rods, Pistons, and Valve springs for the engine; Torque Converter, LSD, High Pressure Pump, Torrington bearings, and Raybestos Blue Plates for the trans. Pretty much straight out of the GM tuner build book, except I'm keeping my 4T45E trans instead of using the race 4T65E. Will take 2 weeks. I'll be posting a new thread once it's done. The turbo kit isn't ready yet. Should be about mid August. ALL STREET LEGAL!

wow, you bought a cobalt, and your putting all this cash out to turn it into a drag car? i cannot wait to see the results!

Thats exactly what I'm doing. In fact, mine goes in July 11th for the first phase powertrain upgrades. Rods, Pistons, and Valve springs for the engine; Torque Converter, LSD, High Pressure Pump, Torrington bearings, and Raybestos Blue Plates for the trans. Pretty much straight out of the GM tuner build book, except I'm keeping my 4T45E trans instead of using the race 4T65E. Will take 2 weeks. I'll be posting a new thread once it's done. The turbo kit isn't ready yet. Should be about mid August. ALL STREET LEGAL!

Bro...how much coin are we talking here...5 grand, 10? How much cash do you all think it would take to get about 270 hp out of an SS/SC? Do you think the 2.4L would be easier and cheaper to tune? Your thoughts are most appreciated :cssNET:

Your right, it's not cheap. I'm looking right now at about $12,000 when its all done. I have many other posts about this project here on this site.
As for getting more umph out of the 2.0, I haven't looked at it too much. I know Gravana is making a turbo charger for the 2.0 SC. Yes, a twin-charged application. I know GM build that SS 272 SEMA concept. It used a CAI and probably just turned up the boost on the charger.
I don't know of anything for the 2.4 yet.

I'm still torn between adding a turbo kit next summer or waiting for the GM S/C to be release (if it isn't already) for the 2.2L. I'm sure GM could fit the A-pillar from the SS into my LS to house the boost gauge...but I'm not sure if an approximate gain of 60hp is worth an approximated cost of $3000USD (afraid to see this in CDN) not to mention any required rebuilds...guess I'll just wait and see :).

Permafried-

turbo is the way to go, there is a system out there for like 2700 and it gets you 80 hp so i mean thats definately worth it then you can build the engine internals and boost even more

I would also have to take labour costs into consideration because I can barely cut a loaf of bread let alone work under the hood of a car :nuts:! The price of the turbo sounds appealing and I haven't ruled it out, it's just the number of modifications which may be required over that of the S/C will more than likely end up costing me much more in the long run...but it'd also boost a hell of a lot more and leaves more run for additional modifications (unless the one you mentioned is already stage 3) :lol:.

Permafried-

just to let u guys know there is a turboed eco powered cavalier that is in the 12's on 15psi, STOCK INTERNALS. last i checked the ss guys were running mid to high 14's.

:D

Celicacobalt....shoulda bought a 2.4L SS is you wanna turbo.

well the one i listed is a stage 3 but in comparison to other cars turbo kits its really only a stage 1-it has the fmic, fmu,turbo, lines, manifold, piping and that is what any stage 1 kit should have a stage 2 would be doing internals and upping the boost, then stage 3 would be just going all out crazy on it and doing the tranny work, and as far as buying the ss--why would that have been a better turbo canidate? i would have had to remove the supercharger anyway then its a lower dispacement engine on top of that, in my eyes the 2.2 has much more potential which is why i bought that when i could have bought the ss, do u see my logic here.

I think he's referring to the N/A 2.4l SS coupe(2006).

well hopefully a stroker kit comes out i wouldnt mind stroking it to a 2.4 , like the celica can be stroked from a 1.8 to a 2.0

What i want to know about is the turbo on top of the S/C, that sounds good, but there are bad things that go along with turboes and S/C's the valves get screwed up. But idk i need to see this.

http://www.gmgoodwrench.com/perfpartsjsp/partsearch.jsp?partsearchinput=2.0&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

Here's a start, of course you wouldn't need all of the parts, but GM has Intake, Exhaust flanges, copper gaskets ect.
:bow:

Here is a link with some ecotec parts :)

http://www.gmgoodwrench.com/perfpartsjsp/partlist.jsp?cat=9284&section=pp

Thats awesome, I love that GM is not screwing around anymore.

just to let u guys know there is a turboed eco powered cavalier that is in the 12's on 15psi, STOCK INTERNALS. last i checked the ss guys were running mid to high 14's.

:D

EHHH???? LINK PLEASE!

Bro...how much coin are we talking here...5 grand, 10? How much cash do you all think it would take to get about 270 hp out of an SS/SC? Do you think the 2.4L would be easier and cheaper to tune? Your thoughts are most appreciated :cssNET:

270hp out of the SS/SC shouldn't be hard at all. From what I remember, the SEMA SS/SC was around 270hp with the functioning RAM air hood, intake and exhaust. If you were to do the I/H/E and looking into raising the boost 2-3 psi, I think you'd be more than pleased with the results. Heck, just the I/H/E should net some nice gains.

but i hear that the stock SC is already at max and can't go past 12lbs. and for a car pushin 12lbs and only making 205. that really sucks, i think. but 12 lbs on a turbo will add about 100hp above non-turbo motor. cause for ever lbs of boost adds about 10hp.

i got a turbo but i dont have a cobalt...........

i got a turbo but i dont have a cobalt...........


let me guess you have an eclipse and you take cobalts all the time. huh! lol

actually its a talon. and i dont take cobalts all the time.........just most of the time. JK

how much power are you putting down 4g?

but i hear that the stock SC is already at max and can't go past 12lbs. and for a car pushin 12lbs and only making 205. that really sucks, i think. but 12 lbs on a turbo will add about 100hp above non-turbo motor. cause for ever lbs of boost adds about 10hp.


you hear wrong ... it can go past 12 I think clownhair and others are running around 17 with a 2.85 pully ....as for "only making 205" the SS/SC is very underrated ... most put down around 210-220 at the wheels which means brake horsepwer should be in the range of 240

i run at 12.12lbs/HP while the cobalts run at 14.7lbs/HP and the SRT-4 runs at 12.4LBS/HP. therefor the SRT-4 and the SRT-4 run as fast as i do and can keep up with me. i also run about 100HP more than the SRT-4 and yet they are just as fast. gut out a cobalt and run it a lil higher boost and push about 300hp at the motor and you'll probably be making about 10LBS/HP. and thats pretty good. it's about weight to power ratio more than brute HP the neons with stage 3 upgrades run at a 330HP putting it at about 8.5LBS/HP which is fast. i like to figure things out by power to weight ratio. more than total HP. but high HP is a nice number.