i raced a G35 saturday evening on my way to a cobalt meet (going to HIN philly)
I smoked his slow ass, but at a great cost. I blew a half-dollar sized hole in my flex pipe.
I am now forced to purchase another round of mods
ZZP header/dp combo
NGK plugs (1step colder)
SSC springs
and DC strut tower brace

 

in the meantime...





DUCT TAPE!!!

 

wow that sucks. good luck with the zzp header, havent heard to many good things about it. talked to a kid last week that had one and he said his cracked.

 

anyone else heard of problems with it?

 

Nope.... I have header,2.5 catless downpipe combo. High quality stuff, sounds great with my GMPP sport catback.

 

You'll love the SSC Springs!!! I got em' best springs IMO besides full coilover setup.

 

you should try the zex plugs.... i bet u'll love em...

 

I like your thinking

 

is this with the NEW zzp header downpipe combo because the just changed it at the start of this month the new one can only be purchased as a combo because it has longer primaries

 

Hey I never saw that new combo one. I'd like to hear some feedback on that, looks promising

 

I'll let you know how it is

 

Ive had that happen before, It was the stock one GM replaced it no charge

 

what about your mods?

I have a custom welded in catback... and all my performance mods are aftermarket. not GM.
i don't think they'll fix it. but it really dosent matter... cause i ordered a new one. It'll be here in 3 days.

yes. it is

 

That was when i had a 2.8 with the 42.5# injectors no CAI and stock exhaust

 

oh. i see. You posted about it didn't you?

I think i remember another thread just like this one a while back. Did you blow a hole in the new one?

 

well thats not promising

 

no not yet lol

 

what? IDK what you mean...






I called ZZP today to confirm my order was recieved... and then i asked about the new header/ dp combo.. he says that i should not have any probs, and it has been redesigned to ensure performance and durability.

anyone know what kind of gains i can expect to see from a ceramic coated header with 2.5" DP?

Also, Tune Time gives me free updates... so would it be worth the hour drive to get it retuned for the added flow?

 

Congrats on your purchase my friend. Sorry to hear about the original Dp but it seems it all worked out for the best.
As far as gains. Everyone will say something different. I would say about 15whp.

 

15 seems about right..

I've decided to add 1 more mod to the list... I busted out a visa card they sent me a while back, and activated it, for this:
http://cobalt-addiction.com/performance.htm



probably just gonna run a 35 wet shot and see how she takes it... then possibly move up to 50

 

hahah nice

 

i misread i thought new zzp setup was what blew , but yea i plan on getting all the most expensive options comes out to 610 before shipping

 

i ripped a hole in my stock downpipe as well.. it was huge... replaced it with the CTI downpipe.... i need to head to TTP as well to update my tune.. as least to clear my CEL from not having a cat anymore...

and congrads on ur purchases

 

zzp makes probably THE BEST "cheaper" aftermarket header , ive had mine for 5 months and its done great , it was like 250 shipped , and it has a 3 in collector instead of 2.25 or 2.5

 

damn that sucks man, yeah the g35's are pretty slow i think