ya well u want bolt on as well, price them all out by themselves and it costs just as much if not more.

 

2500 is about a right price for full quality bolt ons.... yeah sure you can get crazy steve intercooler for 250 bucks but there is no warraties on fitment, quality or anything... u have to remember all this are top quality parts and it include a tune! idk i think its worth every penny... u have to remember u get wat u pay for..

 

For the intake... It could be the pictures on the camera I have. The pipes are bigger than stock, I'm not sure how they are compared to others but I haven't really looked at other stuff yet.

I'll let you know about how the BOV is. If it does need to be removed there is only one bolt to take it off so its not a big deal. The way that most CPs are set up it looks like most of them have the BOV on that side.

 

thanks, also pic I was referring to is in their site the elbow on the intake looks big compared to the pipe, I could see smaller (not too small) pipes being able to carry higher flow speed for N/A applications, and for boosted applications have a bigger pipe to let that compressor breath better, but that looks like it got supper small pipes by looking at it, lol

see the opening for the turbo it looks big and pipe's small
TREADSTONE PERFORMANCE - Treadstone is now manufacturing parts for the 08+ Cobalt SS 2.0 LNF Turbo. Available now is the Cobalt Turbo Kit, Cobalt Intercooler Kit, Cobalt Cold Air Intake, Cobalt downpipe, Cobalt Catback exhaust....etc

these "favorite brands" look like huge pipes and smaller elbows
K&N Typhoon Intake 08-10 Cobalt SS Turbo

AEM Air Intake 08+ Cobalt SS TC

 

so far the one that I leaning towards is the k&n, I like how it's a solid piece all the way

 

Yea, K&N makes good stuff. They have been around for like 40 years. I have used their stuff on alot of my rides. From my experience the size of the pipe isn't as important as the flow of the filter. Oiled gauze filters don't filter as well as paper but they flow better. I looked at it today and the CAI piping apears to be the same size as the turbo inlet. Having a bigger pipe that has to neck down usually allows the same amount of flow since the flow is slowed in the reducing coupler. For me I think the intake choices in the aftermarket are more about looks. They usually perform similar (for the top shelf ones) and all use the same type of filter. One can tune for individual intakes to make them all perform correctly on these crazy little motors. I like the intake on this kit. Its very light and looks to be very well put together. I'm very excited. I'm probably going to start putting everything on tomorrow. I have to go to the dealership to get a tire pressure monitor sensor checked out. I got a service TPMS light the other night and I want to get it fixed before I get it all hooked up.

If anyone has any specific pictures they would like to see let me know. I will do my best to get them. I do not have a chassis lift so under car pics will be hard but I'll do my best.

 

When we took the picture for the Cold air intake, we put an elbow on there, that will be used with the stage 4 turbo upgrade kit, that has 4" turbo inlet. When we ship the cold air intakes for OEM turbos, we use a 3" to 2.5" elbow to connect to the inlet of the turbo.

 

When we took the picture for the Cold air intake, we put an elbow on there that will be used with the stage 4 turbo upgrade kit, that has 4" turbo inlet. When we ship the cold air intakes for OEM turbos, we use a 3" to 2.5" elbow to connect to the inlet of the turbo. The Precision T3/T4 turbo has a 4" compressor inlet

 

I see now the location of our turbos won't allow for a bigger intake tubing so we need to stick with the 3 incher, even if the turbo inlet is bigger, I took another look and the intake is not slim at all, lol, I also noticed the location of the MAF is moved does that help with the issues everyone talks about, or do I need to tune for it still?

 

never mind I forgot you said the perfect intake would have the straightner insert, lol, thanks for taking the time and reply to my ******* q?s, one more for now, I've read somewhere that the elbows become susceptible to heat and I think there was something about vibration and messing with the flow, can't remember it was so long ago, it's been at least a year since I was looking into intakes, I see the k&n has a solid elbow and just a coupler, what's everyone's take on this?

 

Ok so a little update. I got the exhaust put on the other day. I haven't tuned for it yet since I am going to finish with the bolt ons first. I kinda want to see how far I can go before I throw a cat or O2 sensor code. I haven't yet. I have a 40 mile commute each way to work. I hasn't done it since I put it on a few days ago. It sounds beastly as hell and I love it. You can really hear the turbo whine and the back end looks stock. When you down shift while slowing down it sounds like a big angry diesel. Let me say it like this... I have a 4 inch straight pipe on my 6.5 liter diesel... This sounds just as sexy.

I appologize for it taking so long but since I work alot and work literally all day I don't have the time to do everything at once. I am hoping to get the rest of the bolt ons... um bolted on haha on the 12th. So we shall see then. It is my next day off. And I do mean day as in I only get one off so I have to budget my time carefully haha.

I will have videos up soon sorry about the delay. I'll try to get some tomorrow.

 

hurry up!, I want to hear the beast, lol, hey when you put the intake on could you take pics of how it fits/looks at the filter end?I would like to see how far down it goes, I'm saving for an intake but can't decide between cai or sri, I said I like the k&n, but can't really come up with an excuse to spend $80 more just for looks

edit: nevermind just found it for the same price as the threadstone, lol, now my question is is there a real performance difference between a cai and an sri?

 

I would say they are probably similar. In a charge air cooled motor the air passes throught the intercooler anyways. The few degrees might make it worth it too you. but the biggest difference is the filter. The filter on the treadstone if f-ing huge! This can help in two ways. #1 more air flow obviously, which means more power. #2 increased intervals between cleaning. All the K&Ns I have used in the past have been smaller than this one. I like the design of the treadstone stuff. It looks nice and feels as light as the stock ABS plastic. I just think that CAI vs. SRI is personal preference. The CAI will always bring cooler air in but we are already heating the whole charge up by compressing it.

WAIT on that K&N though NAL... I'll take lost of pictures of the intake side of things. The exhaust is pretty straight forward so I figured I didn't need to write up that at all. I'll show the intake chargepipes and intercooler alot though. Have patience dude I'll get it done on the 12th.

 

ha ha ok yeah I'm not getting it yet still saving, gotta get me them brakes replaced first, and I'm gonna tune it for now just to get my speed fix I told the wife today what my plans were and she didn't like them, lol, she told me $600 will be it, at least until she get a job, so it's time to get ma game face on and give her the sad puppy look nad he I'm feeling depressed treatment, until she feels guilty and tries real hard to find a job, lol, that's how I got my bike and the balt so I figure it should try a 3rd time, lol

I know you haven't installed it yet but maybe someone else can answer, if the filter is big like you say how hard is it to installed, do I need to remove the bumper, ir is there a different way to do it, I'm gonna try to remove my head light this weekend to do the airbox mod, so I'll see how much space I got through there, I hate taking body parts cause sometimes they can be a pain to get to fit as they were, also I was going to try some backyard engineering and fit a cheap cone filter and do some mods to the stock intake, just to play around, I can be very con/de-structive when I get bored, it depends on who you ask lol

 

pics and videos! good work btw..... RyRidesMotox!

 

NAL something engineered for the car will be easier to tune and whatnot. I have the airbox mod and it works very well. I'll be posting a video of the exhaust up in a sec... Had a SNAFU with my digital camera. So will be trying to do a pretty comprehensive write up on saturday and I will make sure and check out how the filter fits. I think it will actually fit behind the bumper and below the stock airbox. It may be a little hard to get to but it will be completely out of the engine bay which will cut down on pre turbo temps alot so we shall see. I'm fairly excited to see how the whole thing bolts up. Work has been crazy and I have been dealing with a family thing so Friday will be the next day I can work on it.

On a side note... the full exhaust has been on for a week. I still haven't tuned for the catless dp or exhaust. Still have NOT thrown a cat or O2 sensor code. I drive it to work everyday about 40 miles each way. From what everyone was saying about catless dps I figured it would throw a code but it hasn't. Maybe take that into account if you are looking for a dp.

 

cool man, no hurry, how many miles you put on it with the dp and how hard have you been driving it?

 

I have put probably 1k miles on it. I drive like 80 miels a day so yea it racks up quick. I drive like an ******* most of the time so it gets driven fairly hard to get on the freeway and through a twisty road on the way home. Cruise at like 80 on the freeway... Still no codes

Here is a video. I would have done a longer one but when I turned around to come back towards the camera there was a surprise coming up behind me... Hamn fuzz... She was a bitch too. It was an empty parking lot... Oh well enjoy.

YouTube - 2010 Chevy Cobat SS

 

my computer speakers suck(cheap ass notepad), so it makes the car sound horrible, lol

 

Haha well it was taken on a crappy digital camera so that probably doesn't help either. It is pretty damn loud though. Almost too loud but I'm getting used to it. It's louder than my 6.5 liter diesel with a 4 inch straight pipe.

 

I am ordering mine with a muffler and a resonator. We'll have a good comparison when I get it installed in the next week or so.

 

Yea I kinda wish I did that but I love the sound of it now. It's just a little loud but I'll get used to it... I wonder if my neighbors will? HAHA screw em. Are you getting the catless DP as well Boossted?

 

It sounds like a diesel truck at low rpms and it has a deep rumble when you hammer it as it builds boost. you can feel it vibrate your teeth from a 70 or 80 roll in 4th its niiiiice... But it will sound better when the BOV is on since the exhaust will alway sbe flowing over the turbo instead of around it and through the bypass valve. Should make it a hair quieter at WOT I imagine, but not by much.

 

Yeah, I'm getting the same kit that you got. Just different exhaust.

 

I'll make sure and take some pictures so anyone else getting this kit will be able to install it with no trouble. I'm the guinea pig for us do it your self ers out there.