Ok I have a stage 2 GM kit for my SS/SC....What do I have to get now in order to upgrade to the GM stage 3 kit???
Thanks.

 

a lot of guys just stay with the stage 2 and just get a nitrous kit with a 50 or 75 shot and haul ass

 

pulley,60's,and tune!

 

order the stage 3 kit from CED, install, go to dealer get tune = done?

2006-2007
http://www.crateenginedepot.com/stor...P1689C196.aspx

2005
http://www.crateenginedepot.com/stor...P1724C196.aspx

stage 3 questions and answers
http://www.crateenginedepot.com/stor...s-W57C196.aspx

I also recommend the option B which will work well with the stage 3 dual end pass
http://www.crateenginedepot.com/stor...P1838C196.aspx

 

I'm stage 2 also.
I'm gonna go with zzp stage 3 though seems like a good deal. Not too expensive, $400.

http://zzperformance.com/cobalt_ion/...1055&catid=188

 

If you hgave gm stage two get someone with hptuners, get a pulleu and injectora and hopefully you have a aftermarket h.e and so forth.

 

You could also get a custom dual-pass + option B setup from most of the reputable vendors here on ss.net:
http://www.ottperformance.com/store/...ate-11p889.htm
http://www.zzperformance.com/cobalt_...ts1.php?id=855
http://www.ottperformance.com/store/...Kit-11p924.htm
http://www.zzperformance.com/cobalt_...ts1.php?id=980

A 2.99 from the classifieds or smoothflowpulleys:
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/sear...y=2.99+OR+76mm
http://www.smoothflowpulleys.com/Stage2.html

and the GMS3 tune from Trifecta WITH A/C unlocked and HPT accessibility using your stock PCM:
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/2-0l-lsj-performance-tech-47/trifecta-stage-3-faq-214518/

 

oh yes many options but I was feeling lazy :/ Although the trifecta/hpt stage 3 tune is bad ass so you can keep AC

 

lol indeed it is

 

Amazing post.. Well done sir! Especially the CED Q&A link. Thank you again.

I am GM Stage II also.

 

better to go with the zzperformance stage 3, it comes with a tune as well and saves you a couple hundred

 

zzp's and ottp's kits arent like the GM stage kit. BUYER BEWEARE do your own research into those kits.

 

Well i am in the same spot you are but have decided to go this way. I am getting the 76mm pulley from ottp for 50.00. Then when trifecta comes back on the 15 of August i will be doing the stage 3 ecu flash + Trifecta tune. Also buying the HP Tuners Suite.

That should net me some pretty good gains. Dont have a CAI or exhaust yet but will be adding those in about 15 days after i do this.

I was told that the stage 3 + Trifecat tunes brings 20 to 30hp on top of what stage two puts out. Waiting for Vince to get in touch with my local tuner.

Best of luck in whatever you choose to do.

 

Stage 3 from Trifecta is the same as Stage 3 from GM, with the exception of being able to modify it with HP Tuners and use your A/C.

GM rates S2 at 241hp, and S3 is rated at 260hp with HOM enabled (GM never rated it with HOM off, but its somewhere in the middle). Its not a major increase in power, but then again its not a major decrease in pulley size either, so its good for what it is.

If I were you I'd go ahead and drop down to a 2.90. The leaner mixture of GMS3 allows for a little more injector breathing room and you'll definitely make more power.

 

Care to elaborate?

 

What GM calls a "Stage 2 Kit" is not the same as what OTTP and ZZP call a "Stage 2 Kit". They are different setups.

 

wow thanks alot guys so yah i decided to go with the GM stage 3 kit. Im just gonna upgrade the "hptuners, get a pulleu and injectora " like everyone says. Thanks for the help!

 

What's so different?

 

Injectors are different. Gm = 42 ottp= 60's plus it has the 2.8

 

So OTTP stage 2 would be better than GM? What about ZZP?

But the GM does not require cooling mods.. Correct?