MarcS

Check out this site:

http://www.stiegemeier.com/index1.html

Seems like a good idea for more hp.

03SVTF

This actually wouldnt be a bad idea, to "open it up". It is really dependant on how much the porting costs and how much its proven to put down. If its 40hp as they say it is, then that 400 to 700 dollar price range is about right for that kind of power. There is a possibliity of more power if you were to match this with an intake system.

MarcS

Match it up with a smaller pulley, cai, and an exhust and you'll have a major power gain!

Chevy4Life85

Sounds like a bad idea unless you dont see much value in a brand new car.... if you want to do stuff like this IMO it should eb on older cars dont waste your money on something new

Eddie

tell that to GTP owners ^^^, its like adding an exhaust, lowering, adding an intake, or even racing. its all saying the same thing. you race your car or punch it, thats saying the same thing because messes up the car. your telling me that you bought a sport compact car and you'll never once floor it and give it full throttle? if you do say yes that you'll never floor it then you my friend are lying to your self. lol. dont take this the wrong way.

Chevy4Life85

Punching it full throtle and porting your SC are two completely diff things.... I just think it sound slike a bad road to travel down... I also think lowering a car like the SS is too you actually end up losing handling on cars that were already sport tuned. I have no problem with minor add ons like intake and such but anything major its a waste of money on a brand new car just doesnt make sense to spend over 20k and start tearin things up when you can get the same performace from a cheaper car by tearin everythign up

Eddie

the supercharger casing is not perfect, there are numerious imperfections on it. thats why porting and micropolishing will make the air flow much faster, and allow you to suck in more air, also possibly keeping it cooler. so Porting and polishing a cylinder head is a bad idea? tell gm racing that about their race head. adding an intake and porting the supercharger are by far not 2 different things, they are modifiying stock parts. your saying gm tuned the suspension, to what they wanted, you can always improve upon anything, ferrari's have by far the best handling out there also bmw's then why do companies make coilover kits for it, not just for lowering but for compitition, theres always room for improvement, any any aspect of performance, either it be a simple intake or porting of the head or porting of the s/c its all the same thing and all helps. if i get a cobalt ss that would actually be on the top of my list. cuz the hp yeild from it is amazing, its almost like doing a turbo upgrade.

Chevy4Life85

My real arguement is that its a waste of time and money on such a new car... you now can no longer get good trade in and resale drops near ntohing unless you find someone who wants all fo that already done... so if you can afford ove r20k on a car your going to keep"improving" and wind up having to keep forever go ahead, I would rather leave it near stock and get a better car sooner, just my way of doing things, the SS is what ti is I dont want it to handle like a $50,000 car I just want an SS and when I want a faster better handling car i'll buy one

Eddie

i agree w/ you, but thats all that the tuner market is, in sport compact cars and muscle cars, chevy guys buy new camaro's and vettes and add s uperchargers on them, why? who knows they want more, they love the car so much they just want to improve on it.

Chevy4Life85

yeah i'm just not a big fan... I wuodlnt mind hooking up a 2005 ss s/c out of this world but I would wait until like 5 years from now buy one uesed and make that thing faster than hell... I guess its becuase this car is going to be my everyday car that I dont liek the idea

fifasf

Sounds like a good idea for me, But I need my car for work everyday, Can't afford to take the ss off ship it then wait a week to get it back and put it back on.

MarcS

Yeah I was thinkin about that too, you have to disable your car to have this done.

theBLUEone

Well everyone has their priorties...Dealers would'nt know if your s/c is ported or not unless they take it off and take a look and when you trade your car is they will not be doing that...Dealers base your trade in value on the type of car miles, condition ETC...not if you have modded it or not...To me porting the s/c is a great idea it'll make a big difference along with other mods....

SS_SC_Cobalt

you are not going to see a 40hp gain from a ported LSJ, they are talking 40hp on a s/c v-8 most you would gain would be 15hp or so....that is being generous too

MarcS

They don't know exactly what the numbers will be but it should be a definate 10+ hp gain with the porting alone. Add a pulley, CAI, an exhust, cams, and you should see a 45+(at minimum) hp gain easily.

turboeco

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I contacted them, only $395 to port our blowers.

I'm seriously considering this...

MarcS

really? that's not too bad. Do they project gains for the ss s/c yet?

03SVTF

Blower porting is an excellent idea, not only will it increase power there are other benefits for it too, it will allow it to stay cooler(flow better decreases air temps). It will have less resistance too, no restrictive casting welds or jutted pieces of metal to cause drag, its a good thing to do.

CobaltSS313

First off has anyone heard of a dremel...this little thing can save you BIG $BUCKS$..sorry but im not paying someone $400 to do something that i can do myself

MarcS

I'd rather pay for a guarentee than just doing something I know nothing about ;p

mken

Some of us aren't mechanically inclined and would rather pay someone $395 than put the blower on backwards

I, myself, usually have parts left over when I try to do things myself

fifasf

Is it hard to remove the blower if I wanted to?????? If someone is not a mechanic?????

CobaltSS313

Sorry if i sounded insulting but its just that my dad has been a ASE certified mechanic for 20 years and knows what he is doing...i dont know as much as him but i just dont see a point in having someone do something you can do yourself... and yes ive had my share of things that ive taken apart and still have pieces laying outside of the item when im done