Hey I bought my cobalt like a week or 2 ago and the guy who had it before already put a K&N typhoon kit on it although I was wondering if I should keep it or not.

I got this from ZZ Performance, "I would sell the Typhoon intake, it is not an upgrade from stock, it is just louder. Our Cobalt CAI is a good upgrade though, it is true 3” instead of 2.5” like the K&N."

Any suggestions if I should get the 3" CIA from ZZP or is it not worth the time? Also if there is an intake that surpasses the rest, that would be nice to know I know K&N has the most known brand name but I'm looking for best performance right now

 

Too be honest my friend has the 3"zzp and i have the 2.5 injen both stock other than that but mine is way way way louder and seems more peppy but theres not way to tell honestly, do what you want, if your going with other mods get the zzp if not ur fine with what you got

 

I'm rather happy with my ZZP 3" CAI, It does hit the brake lines on the 07 no matter what you are told, this I know from experience but it isn't major at all, i just applied very light downward pressure on the lines and it was fine. Like ramrod said if your going to upgrade more get the zzp if not run what ya brung =D

 

Well idk how much you mean by upgrade more since I'm still learning, but I plan on doing stage 2 kit, header/downpipe and a new exhaust so far.

Will I honestly see a like noticeable power increase from the 3" intake cuz I don't think it will make too much of a different and I really like the noise the K&N one is making right now

 

Ottp 3" cai FTMFW!!

 

No you may hear a difference but as far as feeling is not much but it depends on what size exhaust you go with to pick the intake, if you go with 3inch exhaust get a 3inch intake to let her breathe, being na, focus on letting the car breathe to let out some power, and a headerback with a stage 2 id go with the 3in intake and 2.5 or 3 on the exhaust, to me 3 is a little much on the exhaust unless ur pushing out some power

 

Yeah the guy from ZZP told me 2.5 on the exhaust is what i should get. I don't plan on doing ridiculous mods. I get paid min. wage and work part time lol I don't got the money or knowledge yet to do anything besides this kind of stuff

 

Ya well i got a banging job im actually at work now i dnt do nething but watch monitors checking my patients and getting on the net, but to go with a header back from zzp is gna cost you over 1000bucks, You want the ceramic or stainless wich cost extra, the price you see is just a base header, then you have to consider the cat wich i would delete and run a resonator, and then the dp and the dp back. your looking at over 1000 in exhaust and quite a bit in stage 2 mods, sorry to disapoint but thats the main reason mine is basically stock, its so expensive.

 

well the stage 2 kit installed from ottp is 860 and i just got that money covered. the header/downpipe combo is 700 installed from zzp. i havnt looked into the exhausts yet tho too much. so its expensive but not over 1000 and thats my limit i think

 

Umm now is that header stainless or ceramic coated, go with ceramic coated b/c it takes to heat better, and 700 for a header and downpipe, add another 400 atleast for a catback. and not too mention if you remove cat or go with resonator. FYI you can get the same dp used for 100 on here only 3000 miles on it. I suggest shopping around, dnt make any sudden buys

 

thanks for the advice and it was just stainless header. i dont plan to remove the cat cuz i dont want it super loud i like the muscle sound more than the tuner sound but its still fun. im gonna have to shop around im excited now

 

Ya did you see the price diff in the ceramic? and you want to go ceramic takes better to heat, but shop around on youtube. ppl post there exhausts sounds and setups.

 

yeah for ceramic on the header downpipe its only 70 more i didnt know if it was worth it or not

 

Ya ceramic takes the heat better its coated with ceramic and heat treated so go ceramic

 

alright good deal. i saw a picture on this forum of some guy the stainless was all peeling and it looked terrible. the caption said bought brand new yesterday or something but idk i thought bad luck and i knew ceramic is better for heat and everyone says to get it but getting some personal advice just helps a lot

 

Ya and im still getting advice on my car everyday, stay on the forum and ull have ur balt running just how you want it

 

i know im loving this community. I had a 99 base camaro with 130,000 miles before and was on the camaro forums. The people were likewise nice although I dont think there was as much involvement as these forums and i'm really liking it lots more going on

 

Ya well its night time too these forums get cruising dude, sometimes hard to keep up with the threads, but ya im new to the ss.net too and love it but its like most forums u have nice and decent ppl and then you have the ******** haha

 

i have yet to experience the ********

 

good deal!! hopefully you dont

 

i know. i am hoping to learn about the camshaft. i need to go learn about it. everyone always tells me i should cam my car. and ive seen and heard cars with it cammed and i love it but i dont know anything about those numbers or what they mean and stuff. i went to a site to order a like aftermarket performance cam and i had to chose all these options and i didnt know what anything meant >

 

Ya me either, why are you wanting to cam it? what engine is it again? only cam it if you want real power out of the car, if you want a daily driver keep your mods simple or you will have more problems driving, a heavily modded car daily is not good!!!

As far as your budget, you are going to run out of money so fast your head will spin so slow down and shop around and do research before you start, do it step by step. I just have injen cai, and i just order my drilled and slotted rotors and pads, next month is the zzp 3inch downpipe, after that the other exhaust components

 

oh i know i dont want to cam this car. its the 2.0 ss/sc. i dont have the plans for this car because i wont have the money to do big mods or time to learn cuz going to college and blah blah. eventually i want to find like a mint like 94 camaro or 2002 trans am with no mods all stock. low miles ect perfect condition and make it my toy and start modding it ect. nows a good time to learn tho and get a good idea on how stuff works

 

Ya i planned on getting a z28 the ls1 that is, but honestly the balt is where its at i absolutely love mine and im a honda guy!!!so i like 4cyl but id stick with the balt

 

yeah i love my balt so much i really think it handles so much better than my old camaro but it really was a piece :P i see alot of potential in these cobalts