I am trying to browse thru 1500 pages of stage 2 info from this site......

Does the s/c come off during the stage 2 install?
and do i need any new gaskets?

thanks

 

yes and no ... when you purchase the stage 2 from gm there is a step by step which has 24 steps and like 38 illustrations

 

Yes it does come off. No new gaskets are needed. Its possible you might damage the intake gasket by tearing off the SC really fast but any mechanic with brains will be gentle.

 

ok thanks
my dealership hasnt done one yet but a good mech is doing it so i wont order a new gasket

 

Thats good. Make sure you keep all your parts and if they replace the gasket ask for the old one.

 

will do thx

cant wait till friday

 

The dealership I took my car to, to have the stage 2 installed has no clue what they are doing. I dropped my car off wednesday morning to have my stage 2 that I waited almost 2 months for installed. Called them wednesday afternoon to see if I could pick the car up and they said they needed a gasket that did not come with the kit. They said they would get one and it would be done the next day. Called back this afternoon (Thursday) they still dont have the gasket and dont know when they are going to get one. I asked them what they needed a gasket for they said they had to take the supercharger off to change the pulley and had to have a new gasket to put it back on. Did some research on the forum here and it seems nobody else needed a gasket, so now I don't know what to think of them...

 

Does he work for a dealershit? I'm pretty sure it says GM stage 2 WILL NOT void your warentee IF YOU GET IT INSTALLED AT THE DEALER. I don't know if its the same with a non-gm mechanic.

 

Ya I am lost here as well. My delaer said they would do it, but quoted me 500 and like 5-6 hours of labor. I dont know what to do. I am underway till friday and want to get it indstalled when I get back.

 

sorry i worded it funny.....my dealership has not installed one yet, but one of their top guys is going to install it tomorrow at the dealership

 

The S/C shouldn't come off. No reason for it when installing just injectors, pulley, and a belt.

 

the instructions are cut and dry to the point where anyone can do it if they have the time

 

no it needs to come off explicitely stated in the instructions

 

There is no way that the stock pulley will come off while the blower is still attached to the car. There isn't even close to enough room.

 

make sure your dealer is compitent.... i do not have a stage 2 as of yet cuz i barely trust my dealer with an oil change.

the supercharger must come off. period.

 

On a RL you're correct - but there's no room under the Cobalt hood to accomodate the puller without damaging something else

 

This stage 2 kit looks like a lot of problems. It sucks that the dealers don't have a clue!

 

We had to use a press machine to get that SOB pulley off. Try to fit that on without taking the blower off.

 

I just got word that my Stage 2 has finally arrived. So I call various dealers in the area for appointment dates and quotes for the install. One dealer told me that they couldn't do it and they would ship the install out to some aftermarket installers (sounds like no one at this dealer is boned up for this install). They also told me I would have to wait until 36,000 miles because the Stage 2 would void my warranty even though it's A GM part. Now I know my SS/SC has a 5yr/60,000 mile POWERTRAIN warranty... is going on here??? I may have to take it out of town just to get Stage 2 installed...

 

sounds like some BS

 

they used the pully puller and it bent the lip of the stock pully....it was on there soooo dam tight that they had to use the press machine

 

Yeah mine got bent in the process. My SC got scratched up too but for some odd reason it didnt bother me once the install was done.

 

thats bullshit talk to someone else

 

Same here. Had the 12 tonne press maxed out when it popped. Scratched the blower a bit and the original pulley is NFG. A few scratches but no biggie. Runs smoother and torque is better down low.

 

I just got quoted the same time for labor, but $415. I thought I read somewhere on here that it should only be $100 and an hour of labor...