If i put on all the new mods that hahn has. i mean. all. that i can put on the cobalt. what would i need.c i mean. a new lutch? or is the stock one fine. i think the mods give about 330whp. with a tune as well. i was wondering what i would need to replace. anyone think i'd have tranny problems? or anything like that... or bend or brake or crack something, i don't know. i'm sure if i get them my driving will be very. very. very. spirited. i mean. i race ppl in my truck and it's got like 150hp lmao!!! funny what cars it can beat.

as far as upgrades.

i was thinking about
catback exhaust
coolram intake
charge air piping
maxflow downpipe
possibly the hp intercooler if you think i'd need it. i'm sure i'll get it regardless
it's good for the engine ain't it?

 

I pushed my car, lots of nitrous. lots of track time.


still on same clutch and its fine. Like most with higher HP. havent had an issue yet. i will change my soon. before i do have an issue.

 

so ur car runs the same jus with extra power?.. i just don't wanna spend this money on upgrades and it end up ****** the engine up. i mean. once i buy this car. it has to last till i'm out of college. 2 more years. well 2 1/2... what kind of tune would you recommend. i don't even know anywhere around here i can take it to get one... hmm. im assuming tunes are around a thousand dolla..

 

i got hahn i love it no problems

i was to afraid to just let someone tune my car that says they know what they are doing. not badmouthing anyones tune whatso ever. i would just rather have the company with years of experience to fall back on if i ever do have a problem rather than say. hey guy that lives in alaska im having a problem with your tune and him tell me to go blow it out my ass. or just never answer

 

If you constantly beat the crap out of your car you could have problems even if you leave it completely stock. I am easy on mine most of the time but I do get on it a few times a day and I have never had any issues with the clutch or anything. Get someone with HP tuners to tune your car and if there is no one near you who does that Vince a trifecta can send you a tune that you upload into your car vial a handheld programmer. Tunes run anywhere from $250-500 depending on whether you want a full dyno tune or a canned tune.

 

i think id trust a dyno tune more. what kinda of gains are you getting with a handheld

i would beat the crap out of it. but i would race ppl if i had the chance. not often. i hardley ever go anywhere... sides to the mall and school and work. the work and school are like 2 miles away literally. lol...


my choice wouldn't even be to buy this cobalt. but i need a new car for college and i want half way descent fuel econ and a little bit of power. guess when i get out of college imma get a supra lol. can't afford that insurance right now anyway... with this car it's gonna be 134 a month. that's cheap for most ppl from what i hear. my friends insurance is like 200-300. but. i'm paying 70 right now. lol... it's gonna double.
course i won't be getting 15 mpg any more in this dam truck. that's a piece of ****, that i can't believe i got pushed into buying it from my parents. asses. lol...

 

Thats nothing man! I pay $360C a month!

 

OMMGG!!!!! lol. fck that. ya know it's funny. the other cars i looked at and had insurance checks on.

G8 GT. it was 94.
Civic Si. it was 85
Cobalt SS. it was 134 ZOMG! why's it go up so much. i mean the has GT 6.0 in it. prolly cuz it's a coupe is why the cobalts is so much higher. oh wellz. lol. more my style. and i can have more fun with it than a G8 lol...

if i put hahns stuff on there and do a tune how much hp/tq you think id get?

and if i put a new turbo on there how much more do you think that'd add.

i wanna best that synapse turbo kit thing that's 4grand. 371whp and like 380sumthin tq that's pretty good up there. i don't think their turbo kit includes the exhaust they have for the car either.

 

To the original poster, keep in mind while his clutch was ok, he is already on his second engine. Thats the price paid for being a pioneer to see where the stress points are.

The parts you are listing for mods are not going to be a problem. If it were me, and I were in college I would be saving my money for that - but then again I had to pay my way through, and bought my car myself - maybe you are lucky enough to have someone paying for you, in which case go for it lol.

On a side note - I don't see how the people posting on here that are still in college or high school are able to afford this car payment and still get mods. I make the upper side of 5 figures, and still had to debate on if I wanted to take on a new car payment - and I have no other debt!

 

pfft screw college. gonna have to take out loans to pay for med school 40 grand for tuition for 18 months. and i can't work during those months. b/c i'd have school every single day it's gonna be like 60grand... my year and a half of JC is paid for and most of my 2 years at a university.. jus not med school. lol...

i had to downgrade my car options because i like to mod out my ****. not jus drive it stock forever... i really wanted a supra but i couldn't afford the insurance on onna them... plus. id prolly kill myself. and i don't necessarily have money to dump into one of those things is something breaks. i mean. who does. lol ... i found one that an old guy invested 100k into it. bad. as. just over 1000hp... he was selling it for 40k. coulda got it. but totally not a smart buy. i'm not making 300 grand a year yet lol... only like... 10. lmao

:sigh: i can imagine the ***** onna those things would get me. oh. my. god.

back on track:
i really want over 400whp/tq when i'm done with it and i don't wanna limit myself with the parts i put on it ya kno. i don't know if hahn is like that. i mean. it's nothing serious. just the usual. if i got a turbo upgrade and a new clutch and all that jazz i should be close to it that 400

imma have like 4 grand to spend on mods. and i'm not too sure i can do some of this stuff myself.. luckally my daddy owns an automotive shop in town .. and i'm getting like a 5k system installed too. plus my compustar two way remote start/alarm system... that's 850

:sigh: and i really want some rims too... donno if i can get em or not. depends i guess. if i find some i really really like.

 

Tuning only you can gain around 40-50 whp with boltons it could be 60-70 whp.

 

I would suggest new engine internals as well.

 

what's that? lmao

dizzam. that's not bad. so maybe after all this gets put on and i get a tune it'll be closer to 350whp? dat wut saying? ... which prolly means. new clutch. i hope not though. but. what must be done, must be done.

 

you know what I would suggest? Buying a different car. 400 WHP FWD car is not FTW. Plan on putting over 5k-10k in your car to crack that mark. and then another couple thousand in repairs because with that much power your going to break things on a regular basis. 300-320 WHP I guarantee will make you happier in the long run. But of course the choice is yours!

 

yeah. the 400+ is for when i'm out of college. and have already bought another car that's more to my liking. the 330ish is just to last till then . about two years.. when i get another car this one is gonna be the toy

 

Yea good idea. I would def have a backup with that much power. It would be cool to have for cruising a couple times a week...other than that Id be scared of breaking **** and going through tires all the time.

 

i think the idea of a cobalt beating 50 and 60 thousand dollar cars is hallarious... course there are quite a few it beats already.

 

So you think 5k-10k in mods to get 400whp. I seriously doubt that.

So $250 to get 300 WHP, So it's gonna take 4,750 to get to 400WHP

 

one of the perks of having a father that owns an auto shop is that i can buy stuff at his cost. my tires for my truck are about 200 a piece and i got them for 80 a piece. and i mounted and balanced them myself lol. course his balancer caught on fire a few months ago... the shop was full of smoke. and the fire department chainsawed a 5000 dollar door. asses. to the point were it couldn't be fixed. they cut a dam triangle like 8 ft high like wtf.

 

Do you know how much bolt ons costs? Almost a couple thousand for intake exhaust intercooler charge piping and downpipe. Then you need to buy an upgraded turbo kit...probably start changing out internals soon. Oh and that 250 dollar tune wont be any good anymore. You will need alot of retuning. Think about it...you will be more toward 10k. Theres probably alot more im missing as well..

 

:cough: i know clutches are like a grand. and then maybe a new tranny prolly better than 2.

now if i went with hahn. do they offer boltons on all those things i listed? or are they boltons. id rather have those. they are more efficient. but i know that on like 90% of cars they dno't make any difference. but i know ppl have engine lights come on b/c of lose connections or fittings.

 

Clutch and tranny isuues...I knew I was missing something lol....


Hahn is pricey, but they do offer everything bolt ons. Right now they dont have a turbo upgrade but im sure they will come out with one in the future. They have a good name...I would go with them if you dont mind dipping into your wallet.

 

*giggles* i def don't mind dipping lol... it's gonna be my baby. so i'll spoil her and buy her nice things... (prolly thinks that's creepy) lol

synapse has a turbo upgrade i like. it's a. uh. well i don't remember. i think it was like 1200 tho.

Garrett GT3076R. ahh yes that's it. lmao. it's sexy

 

BTF has a direct turbo replacement, same external (stock looking), different internal (compressor wheel) for $830, as for Synapse's turbo kit, i thought it was roughly $4000....

 

ya 4000 seems right. I was gonna say 1200 is a little low lol