How to upgrade your LNF?
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How to upgrade your LNF?
Hi folks,
I'm new here but ive been a lurker for a long time. I've liked cobalts since they first came out and I finally got my 09 ss tc this past summer. I absolutely love this car but I want to help it reach its true potential.
I'm looking for advice on how to upgrade my LNF, as the title says. I figure go big or go home so I'm aiming for 400+whp. I know a few things I need are; a good tune, probably several times before I'm done the car, I'm thinking trifecta, Ive read ill need a PCM reflash but I don't know much about it tbh, downpipe, better clutch, intake, larger front mount intercooler, aftermarket turbo, ive been leaning towards zzp for this but im not sure which to go with or even if maybe theres somewhere else i should look, hot and cold side charge pipes, I want BPV or BOV for sure lol, front and trans mounts, exhaust, valve springs when I hit like 350hp? And zzp says new control arms are a must?
Am I missing anything? I can't do it all at once so what things should I instal together and in what order? Any and all advice on what parts you recommend and why would be greatly appreciated.
I'm new here but ive been a lurker for a long time. I've liked cobalts since they first came out and I finally got my 09 ss tc this past summer. I absolutely love this car but I want to help it reach its true potential.
I'm looking for advice on how to upgrade my LNF, as the title says. I figure go big or go home so I'm aiming for 400+whp. I know a few things I need are; a good tune, probably several times before I'm done the car, I'm thinking trifecta, Ive read ill need a PCM reflash but I don't know much about it tbh, downpipe, better clutch, intake, larger front mount intercooler, aftermarket turbo, ive been leaning towards zzp for this but im not sure which to go with or even if maybe theres somewhere else i should look, hot and cold side charge pipes, I want BPV or BOV for sure lol, front and trans mounts, exhaust, valve springs when I hit like 350hp? And zzp says new control arms are a must?
Am I missing anything? I can't do it all at once so what things should I instal together and in what order? Any and all advice on what parts you recommend and why would be greatly appreciated.
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they arent reliable at high boost to some degree..... remember though....turbos are wear and tear items. I spike mine to 27psi and fall back to 25 and i usually get 30 to 40k out of a turbo. I have been through 2 of them. However as most know i road race regularly during the season when i can so my car sees a whole lot of abuse.
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Hi folks,
I'm new here but ive been a lurker for a long time. I've liked cobalts since they first came out and I finally got my 09 ss tc this past summer. I absolutely love this car but I want to help it reach its true potential.
I'm looking for advice on how to upgrade my LNF, as the title says. I figure go big or go home so I'm aiming for 400+whp. I know a few things I need are; a good tune, probably several times before I'm done the car, I'm thinking trifecta, Ive read ill need a PCM reflash but I don't know much about it tbh, downpipe, better clutch, intake, larger front mount intercooler, aftermarket turbo, ive been leaning towards zzp for this but im not sure which to go with or even if maybe theres somewhere else i should look, hot and cold side charge pipes, I want BPV or BOV for sure lol, front and trans mounts, exhaust, valve springs when I hit like 350hp? And zzp says new control arms are a must?
Am I missing anything? I can't do it all at once so what things should I instal together and in what order? Any and all advice on what parts you recommend and why would be greatly appreciated.
I'm new here but ive been a lurker for a long time. I've liked cobalts since they first came out and I finally got my 09 ss tc this past summer. I absolutely love this car but I want to help it reach its true potential.
I'm looking for advice on how to upgrade my LNF, as the title says. I figure go big or go home so I'm aiming for 400+whp. I know a few things I need are; a good tune, probably several times before I'm done the car, I'm thinking trifecta, Ive read ill need a PCM reflash but I don't know much about it tbh, downpipe, better clutch, intake, larger front mount intercooler, aftermarket turbo, ive been leaning towards zzp for this but im not sure which to go with or even if maybe theres somewhere else i should look, hot and cold side charge pipes, I want BPV or BOV for sure lol, front and trans mounts, exhaust, valve springs when I hit like 350hp? And zzp says new control arms are a must?
Am I missing anything? I can't do it all at once so what things should I instal together and in what order? Any and all advice on what parts you recommend and why would be greatly appreciated.
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to make 400whp u should get all bolt ons. k&n intake, zzp intercooler and charge pipes. the normal size intercooler not the smaller one. may want to get rotated trans mounts from powell. definitely should get the powell oil separator, zfr turbo, get the bigger one if u wanna hit over 400whp and a good hp tune from one of the awesome tuners on the site here. run as high octane gas as u can find, id do 93 plus meth injection or e47. that will get u easily to 400+whp. don't need to worry about the valve springs unless u wanna rev higher than 6800rpm. also get urself a good set of tires lol ull be spinning a lot. and make sure u save money for a stronger trans. cause with the torque ud be making it wont last. unless u get whoever tunes u to tune down the torque. that will make it last longer
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He said he wanted to go big. So... FMSR F35 Transmission
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ya if ur tracking, my car has been reving over 6200 for years with no issues. even gms1 sets it to 6500, they wouldn't do that if it was likely to fail, ya sure, it will last longer and it is peace of mind. id say if u are reving over 6500 a lot then ya. not that that's much of a difference lol
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It's a peace of mind that's all I'm saying my car sees the abuse even on the dyno. 7000 repeatedly. On the street if I want to run it through the gears it's the same thing. That's why we developed our springs to 8000 but they have been proven to 8500 in the midget cars time and time again running alcohal blown le5 engines with solid lifters.... No problems there
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He has not proven a damn thing on this forum other then some fancy lingo and bs. I have not seen any solid works data no real product no nothing. He offers absolutely no warranty on his transmissions and he doesn't build them in house. I don't trust his bs or his business. He bought our parts and basically reproduced then.... Matter of fact look at his valve spring description and read ours.... Other then adding some lingo robot it's basically the same craps. He bought 2 sets of our springs and high strength timing chain tensioners only to copy them to produce his own.
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He has not proven a damn thing on this forum other then some fancy lingo and bs. I have not seen any solid works data no real product no nothing. He offers absolutely no warranty on his transmissions and he doesn't build them in house. I don't trust his bs or his business. He bought our parts and basically reproduced then.... Matter of fact look at his valve spring description and read ours.... Other then adding some lingo robot it's basically the same craps. He bought 2 sets of our springs and high strength timing chain tensioners only to copy them to produce his own.