Whats a good cold air intake to get, and do i have to worry about any warning codes coming up? I live in would that make any differance in my choice because of snow?

 

xtc cai, i have it on my car and it is great, no cel, and uses stock airbox!

 

K&N is the only way to go.

Period.

 

Do a search there are tons of threads about this. Some get lucky with no MIL some get them.

 

i just ordered aem so i'm hoping i'll like it, it's my first mod to my new car.. "leia"

 

ive heard good stuff about all of them but gm reccomends aem

 

XTC from www.cobalt-addiction.com I use this one and no CEL and you can still cap your airbox off when it gets shitty out... plus its one of the only 3" ones out there.

 

Where does gm recommend aem? (website?)

 

I would like to see where GM recommends AEM. Why hasn't Gm come out with their own intake so we can buy it and keep warranty.

 

ill have to find it... but even if they recommend it it wont be covered by warranty so i dont know y they do...

ill try to find it again...

i think i remember where it is

 

they said they would be releasing one. i'll just wait. unless i can get a 3.5 inch one and change the maf

 

The Cobalt SC already comes with a CAI so I would keep as is since you dont want to remove the airbox for winter purposes. Its up to you really, I would suggest aem filter is the best for the money.

 

winters no issue for me, (jbody intake) ;P

 

The only issue I have is all the crap i picked up last winter inside my intake with the stock one. I could only imagine the gunk I would get if I didnt have to box on.

 

i looked at my filter the other day by simply taking off the headlight, it looks exactly the same as it did as the day it was put, the way my intake sits as appose to the rest makes me feel a lil better about winter driving cuz its not down by the bumper.

 

I have traces of mud all over in mine lol.

 

i got a cell for the first time in months today though, i gunned it at 3grand in first, boom, it came on, i cant rememebr the number now but its the maf voltage frequency, whih means my maf is freaking out at me cuz of to much air lol, cant wait to get a tune and bump up the frequency.

 

yeah.. with the intake you max out the stock maf fail freq.... I bumped mine up to 12k hz and never get a cel

 

noice!
i think its funny how sensitive these cars can be with a simple intake lol

 

sucks don't it... I miss my carbs.... just a screw driver and a vacuum gauge.... so easy

 

RUT ROH! We gonna have to do that to mine on Friday man?

 

shouldn't XTC seems fine with that.

 

OK awesome.

 

i would just to get it outta they way, i havnt had that cell in months, and today it showed its ugly head again, it wouldnt hurt to bump it up just so you dont have to deal with it IF it ever pops up.
note, mine only seems to do this when the temp is cooler...

 

Cooler air = more dense air (at a constant pressure) = more O2 As it got cooler it probably hit he max level of air flow thbe MAF could handle.