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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 06:44 PM
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I have $3000 grand from my taxes and i want to spend some of it on my cobalt ss/sc 07.
i have installed a stage 2 kit(my pulley has 77.9 mm stamp on it)and CAI. im only pushing 15 on boost. what do you guys recommend me to purchase from the list below: or if you have a better idea im all ears!

1. Headers (don't know what kind)
2. 60 lbs injectors
3. Down Pipe
4. cooling accesories.
5.Tune (i live in LA, do you guys know any good place?)
6. whats the next smaller pulley i can put without changing the belt.

thanks in advance
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 06:45 PM
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get an exhaust!!
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 06:47 PM
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a header dp combo

cti or zzp seem to be the most popular
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 06:59 PM
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oh i forgot! i have a GMPP Cat and EXHAUST
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 07:02 PM
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ummm... GMPP catback you mean?
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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coilovers or koni or ss/tc struts
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 07:07 PM
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coilovers
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 07:11 PM
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I have more or less what u have, and I'm going with a H/E next!! infact there's a gb at the moment!!
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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get a jbp header...its sex
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 08:14 PM
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put some in savings for children/emergency b.c. this economy is in shambles...

after that...a header...imho
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by rcorona8
I have $3000 grand from my taxes
You got $3,000,000??????
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 08:22 PM
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Kill 2 birds with one stone...

Get items 1 and 3 on your list with the Vibrant header/downpipe/high flow cat setup... Very nice quality, and it is a complete kit...
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by rcorona8
I have $3000 grand from my taxes and i want to spend some of it on my cobalt ss/sc 07.
i have installed a stage 2 kit(my pulley has 77.9 mm stamp on it)and CAI. im only pushing 15 on boost. what do you guys recommend me to purchase from the list below: or if you have a better idea im all ears!

1. Headers (don't know what kind)
2. 60 lbs injectors
3. Down Pipe
4. cooling accesories.
5.Tune (i live in LA, do you guys know any good place?)
6. whats the next smaller pulley i can put without changing the belt.

thanks in advance
I'd strongly advice at the bear minimum strut tower bar, rear sway 2nd
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 08:29 PM
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stage 2 belt will be good down to like 2.6 or something i think???? could be wrong htough
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 04Redline
I'd strongly advice at the bear minimum strut tower bar, rear sway 2nd
I thought that a strut tower bar doesn't really do anything in our cars.
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 09:37 PM
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You have $3000 grand? Holy ****, buy a ferarri dude.
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by NOvelociti
I thought that a strut tower bar doesn't really do anything in our cars.
exactly. our strut towers are already so close to the bulkhead that the bulkhead itself prevents flex. the strut bar is just "bling" pretty much
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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3000 grand is a **** ton of money! how much did you make last year? 4 billion dollars?! :P
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 04:57 PM
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The more you make the less you get. must have a brandy bunch going on to get that kind of cash
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by NOvelociti
I thought that a strut tower bar doesn't really do anything in our cars.
i notice a huge difference... i feel like the car hold corners alot better in the front end... especially on verticle roads.
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I have more or less what u have, and I'm going with a H/E next!! infact there's a gb at the moment!!
where is this group buy?
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 02:41 AM
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Originally Posted by eurochevy
stage 2 belt will be good down to like 2.6 or something i think???? could be wrong htough
i started slipping after a 2.9, but i know some run a 2.7

as for the strut bar...yea...it really doesnt do a whole lot. If youre gonna do something suspension related, sway bars are the way to go
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 02:44 AM
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nice dude
Ive been lookin for an oil cooler but dont know who would make one for cobalts
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 06:14 AM
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Buy a header and cat-back, front mount H/E, dual pass, and OTTP STG 1!
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 01:14 PM
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The stock downpipe is the single most restrictive part of the exhaust system. That would be one of the first things i would do. Next would be a heat exchanger or dual pass .
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