i gotta friend that jus picked up an 06 lt balt. i gave him a pat on the back but joked around about how the local SVT Focus was going to eat him up. well he fires back with a few plans. they ranged from a long term turbo plan to a really half baked plan:

"found a power programer for about 400 bucks that gives me 90 ponies and 125 fpt without having to modify the engine whatsoever. I'm lookin into stuff man, dont worry,lol"

seems to me a thot like that could be put on the long list of "famous last words"

so before he goes and blows even a dime on anything, any advice?

 

Probably the easiest way, would be to do the simple boltons.

Cat-back exhaust, intake, DP, header.

It just depends how far you want to take it I suppose.

I mean you have to start somewhere right?

 

yeah thas true. hopefully i can get him off of this whole "chip" idea.

this is what he's going for now is:

http://www.slrmotorsports.com/?gclid...FQS7sgod-y0rRQ

the one before was from something called "Hot Tools"

 

*smacks with a rolled up news paper*


No, no

 

LOL

well now i know im not just being an ass when i tell him he's gotta do some research on cobaltss.net before throwing money down the drain.

ha, i just looked at our convo when he initially bought the car.

i didnt realize ricers like us could be so dumb

 

I piloted a decent roflcopter after I read this.

It's true though.

 

Yeah what he said, and dont let you boy buy that junk off ebay. Go with name brand stuff. Spenf the money right the FIRST time.

 

lol i wish it was that easy, talk about a scam.... they're selling the cae ship for every make/model of car.. UMMMMMM.... let see....


+1 get bolted first, then once he has the $3500 or so for the turbo and install he can easily resell his boltons and upgrade if needed... thats wha ti plan on doing, will probablly take me the better part of a year.

 

Tell him to go with bolt on first such as: intake, header, down pipe, exhaust, 2.4 mani swap, mounts, suspension work...

but if try's the chip i'm curious on how well it works so if u could let me know that would be cool but personally i am going to turbo so yeah...

 

It's nothing more then a fancy boxed resistor. Those people make **** tons of money selling 1.50 in parts for 70 bucks.

Let him know if it was that easy to add 50+ hp we all would have one.

Like stated start with the bolt ons, then save your money. If later down the road it's not fast enough, then splurge on something big (The proper way)

 

header, dp, catback, intake, tranny mounts, motor mount, trifeca tune and he will be set

 

Focus SVT: 15.9 @ 90.2 mph

cobalt 2.2: 16.37 @ 87.60 mph

really, that's not that much of a threat, if i drove a 2.2, i wouldn't be all that scared of SVT focus'

 

dude in svt must not be able to drive

 

15.9?
Thats fast enough to race someone without them even knowing.

 

Speaking of 2.2 mods what should i do next?
My sig say everything i have done or is gonna be done next week just wait for it to arrive.

Any ideas?

 

springs.

 

get a header and dp...vibrant, zzp, something long tube...then get tuned, cuz that maniw will rob you of low end

 

Tune definitely but i need to find a place in cali that can first...
But header and dp i dont think i'm gonna get because i'm just gonna turbo my car when the turbo kit for the 07 model comes out...
My car is an 07 and my ecu if different the the older models...
Thanks for ideas though any thing else you can think of?

 

hes going to get eatin up by any SVT Focus thats not bone stock even after he does bolt ons so good luck

he should be the one here posting though, sounds like he needs to do alot of research after that chip comment.

 

video games have corrupted this poor bastards mind. DAMN YOU NFS Most Wanted Damn You

i told him all about this site, and to a lesser extent the .com site. but he says he has it all figured out. hopefully ill talk some sense into him. cuz from what i see in these 2.2 threads, a LT really is worth modding. ya just gotta keep a moderate sense of reality