you are 100% right man.. i feel like a bitch not being able to make this decision. im just the type of person that needs to get everything together bofroe i make my final decision, i dont want any surprises in the end, dont want my car to blow up and then have to park it for 5 months to get it all fixed. i also dont want a project that i thought would cost me 5-6 k in the end to end up costing me double that. ive never built a car before nor worked on one myself so i guess maybe you guys can see why im a little worried about this. im just getting so many different opinions that im even more confused than when i initially wanted to start this project. i find the more research i do the more confused i get.

 

The next 3 weeks should see lots of progress on my car. I am hoping for being track ready by the middle of March. If they had a crossed fingers smiley I would be using it a lot.

 

i wish i had as much faith in my balt as you did^^ your project is crazy tho, i cant wait to see it done. on another note tho im not willing to spend that kind of money on a balt, im not knocking your project at ll tho i love this car, but maybe not as much as you do lol.

 

I read about half these posts...

It sounds like you're like me. You know the know-how and could probably afford to make your car a lot quicker with some decent planning, but you just don't want to spend the money to do so.

Car modifying is like a disease, if you catch it early, you can save yourself, if you go all out, you'll end up spending literally thousands of dollars on something you may not really want.

Sit down, write out the pros and cons of staying with just the supercharger, twin charging, and going the turbo route. $$$, $$$$, and $$$$$, respectively, plus tuning a twin charged motor is not going to be easy. Sit down, think about it, if you want to be faster, find a point where you can stop and work toward that goal.

You could easily make the power if you're willing to pay for new pistons and labor, but drive-train upgrades are going to be expensive. Very expensive. Torque dampeners, mounts, softer tires, LSD if you want it. Then, opening up your exhaust so the turbo can spool up.

After all this, you still might not really want it, though you'll have it and you'll be out thousands of dollars.

IF you do twin charge, stay with your stock compression for daily driving purposes.

 

It sounds to me like you have made a decsion. Now you need to sell your Cobalt and buy a factory built 350 - 400hp car. I learnt that there are always surprises doing these things. To be safe, just buy something that is fast enough for you right off the showroom floor. Sell your kit now and put the $$$ in an account for the downpayment on your new factory built muscle car.

 

i already thought about doing that but i need to wait for the new camaro to come out.. till then i need some fun. i cant stand driving a stock car lol, or a slower car for that matter.

 

Sell the kit you'll have more money trying to make it work right than just building an equal amount of power with the supercharger, plus you can sell the kit to fund the supercharger build. If you wan't to be on the safe side only by GMPP items that won't void your warranty. Other wise sell the the FWD and get a AWD since traction seams to be a problem.

 

i hope that if i sell this kit i wont regret it, some days im positive i want to keep it and others i doubt myself so much.

admiral jedi i like what you had to say, your right i might not even be happy after the kit is done but then i always think to myself..."what if i did it and i was happy with it?" if i didnt already have this kit i would probably stay away from it for a while, but having it just sitting around my house looking so sexy is like the devil man, every time i look at it its so tempting... i know i can easily get rid of it too but i just feel so bad sometimes.

 

I personally don't like the idea of twin charging. If you want tried and true power safely go with tuning with the supercharger. A 3.0" pulley with a modified Stage 2 tune and injectors should wok great. Any smaller pulley you might have issues with running lean. Going to larger injectors it's not so easy to tune because the PCM is actually tricked into running properly with injectors larger than it was programed to handle.

 

i have someone interested in taking over my lease so if they take it or someone else does within the next couple of weeks im getting rid of the kit and going another route.