ill guarantee youll love your badmab if your purchase it. the price you cant beat, or the warranty!

 

i have an auto, and installed the lsj header, and i didnt have any problem at all since well yeah the engine is moved forward so is the downpipe, so theres no problem i dont know why you guys say its a pain in the ass. a badmab will fit even if its auto believe me

 

Yes the exhaust manifold fits fine. It's the downpipe that doesn't fit great. its about an inch shorter than the stock 2.2 auto downpipe. We are talking about the LSJ downpipe being installed with an auto not the exhaust manifold.

 

ok i misread lol sorry

 

No the LSJ downpipe will not fit an auto without being cut. It will hit. Period. A member on here tried it maybe a year or 2 ago. He had to cut it a few times I believe.

Honestly buy a zzp downpipe if your going with a badmab and your an auto car. Its just not worth the hassle and time.

Hell I ran a manual zzp mid length combo on my car and even it rubbed on the swaybar (very annoying)

But to the original OP the badmab is a decent part at a good price and a lot of people have liked it. It can be run with the stock downpipe but you will feel very minimal gains.

 

Sorry its been soo long since i've had the stock parts on my car I had forgot about the auto downpipe issues. And to the op yes buy a zzp downpipe and it'll work with the badmab no problem. Thats one of the shitty things about being a auto you can't use the lsj downpipe if you wanted to as its due to the engine location and the auto tranny and like cordia said it rubs along the sway bar.

 

Ok ill probably go with a Zpp Dp.

 

i installed my bad mab header last week. LOT more smoother at wot, little more power differnece. i think ill be getting trifecta GM stage3 tune and 2.5 zzp DP and call it good. i can keep up with a lightly modded evo right now, so im happy lol

 

Thought i'd bump this thread before there's "Holy" and "Batman" with it.

Was thinking about redoing my catback exhaust to 2.25/2.5 setup. But i'm leaving it as is and focus on the header/dp as they're the most restictive parts.

So will the Badmab or LSJ header will fit my 2010 Lap 2.2 auto with no issue? I heard from Crateenginedepot about the GMPP manifold (ported lsj manifold obviously) not fitting to an auto Cobalt. As for the DP i'm getting the ZZP 2.5" catted version.

 

doesnt matter really, get the manual DP from ZZP some say it rubs against the fsb or whatever, mine was an auto and i never have a problem. if it does rub get a motor mount

 

or u can just get the auto version and do it that way...lol

 

i have no exhaust leak at all. i has bad mab with lsj dp on my 2.2 auto.... dont rub nothin. fits good. sounds awesome

did you still need a sound clip? i was working a lot and forgot all about this thread. lemme know

 

i had bought the ZZP downpipe off another memeber he posted it as auto but looking at it when i got it, it was actually for a manual. installed just fine tho,

 

I am also thinking about getting the bad mad header. i have a manual trans. So there should be no reason for it to throw a code. All the bugs will fit? And with the header a aftermarket downpipe and a gmpp cat back what kind of gains am i looking at?

 

decent gains, better with a tune. I never had any CELs with aftermarket header/downpipe/catback just make sure your carefull with the 02 sensors

 

yea a sound clip would b cool

 

thats the setup i have. gains are noticeable, and sound is amazing. 2.4 intake mods and tune definitely wake it up more. car almost has some pull now. lol

 

What DownPipe do u have?

 

My stock dp doesnt seem to like my badmab header...or vice versa... Have a recurring leak that keeps popping up even after I had given in and had an exhaust shop tighten things up.

 

I just got my badmad last week, complimentary of ss/sc dp and ss/tc catback. love it and dint have any problem with the installation.

 

ZZP 2.5'' catted.

 

This header works great. I have it with a zzp downpipe it sounds deep and has a great tone

 

I offer these up pretty cheap, you can get them here- www.badnewsracing.net

 

not to be a noob, but why does it seem like everyone has a 2.5 dp with this header? if the header has a 3" collector wouldnt air flow be smoother with a 3" dp? or is there some reason every one seems to be going with a 2.5"?

 

3'' DP is to large for a normally aspirated setup. 3'' would cause you to loose power.