im was lookin into the garrett turbo kit and there are an Essentials Kit and tuner kit the first essential kit is only bout 1900 bucks im guessing thats not a complete turbo kit would anyone be able to help clarify the differences for me thanx

 

I don't know what the "tuner" kit would be since we don't have tuning yet...maybe it uses a piggyback?

 

If you goto there website under cobalt....it will all be all listed what the differences are and what the different kits comes with.

 

i have the gt tuner kit which is a complete turbo kit without tuning. tuner meaning you have to be a tuner to use it . any of the kits below the gt tuner kit are if you are to going to fab up your own charge pipes and stuff

 

I thought it comes with a piggy back?

 

in the future when they can figure out 2.2 tuning then it will come with a piggyback

 

unless they figure out how to really tune the ECM... probably NEVER! but the hope is still there

 

The tuner kit is just a hardware kit with no fuel or ignition tuning included.

When it gets released, the Alpha kit will have tuning supplied via a flash tuner from SCT. There is no piggyback.

 

The tuning that SCT supplies won't support the auto tranny because of the TCM, correct? Or are they working on that?

I'd like a good, solid (i.e. well-tested and reliable) bolt-on turbo kit for my auto... but I'm guessing no one will ever come out with the tuning for it. Whatever market there is for a turbo 2.2, there's probably even less for an auto 2.2.

I know that piggybacking is an option, but I don't want to put that much time and energy into getting the tuning to work (ironing out all the bugs, making sure it's safe for the engine, reliable, etc, etc.).

 

Correct, as of right now it will not support the auto. Someone is going to have to be the ginuea pig....I vote Halfcent! lol

 

A piggy back will do nothing for your trans.

Here is what you do. Buy the kit and install the flash tune. At this point, your engine is done.

Now, go to a tuner shop that has the SCT software package. They can then give you a simple trans tune.

OR, you can use the Shiftplus unit.

 

So its ok to drive the car without the tranny un-tunned? When I was talking to the guy at garrett he said that it would slip if you drove it light or hard without it being un-tunned.