I over heard someone at the dealership talking about a super charger or something to that effect that you can add to the Cobalt that will still keep the car under warranty... Am I hearing things or is this something real...

 

Its true at my dealership we actually put superchargers on some trucks and other things cause it doesnt void the warrenty

 

Yah they are the GM 2.2 Ecotec Superchargers, factory warranty. Not out yet and about 3k from what I heard.

 

Why would it take the "warrant" away anyways...??? that makes no sense, I guess maybe it would be odd if it didnt void some engine problems, but in order for something not to be covered the upgrade has to be proven to be a direct cause...

You cant just lose your whole warranty... they cant be like ohh you have an intake we cant fix your AC...

 

The way it works (FROM A GM SERVICE REP)

"The only way anything voids your warranty, is if whatever happens to the car, is caused by your modifications. Say you put a body kit on your car, and your transmission goes out, Obviously that's going to still be covered. But say you put a S/C on, and your motor blows, I don't think they will warranty that, unless its a GM S/C and installed by a GM Technician."

 

Actually you can install the kit yourself, you just need to *tow* it in to the GM shop and get the install checked out and the PCM reflashed by the GM service dept.

So you could save yourself some labor costs.

 

thats cool, i wouldnt mind having that... only thing is, youll want to have lower compression, which means you wont be spending whatever : S/C 3,000+ and probably 1,000 labor, and 1,000+ for internal upgrades to lower compression and increase torque... plus anything else. then add tax...

lol, then when you think you are done, youll have a powerful motor, but the car wont look as good as an SS still, and uh, you get where Im going.

 

the supercharger kit currently available from GM Performance Parts is only applicable to the 2.2L Ecotec in the 2003-2005 Cavalier and Sunfire and certain 2002's with Delphi fuel injectors. They do not support it for use on the Cobalt. It may fit on a Cobalt, but as far as GM having a PCM calibration for it, it doesn't exist and probably never will because then people wouldn't want to buy the SS/SC Cobalt when they could just slap a SC on their 2.2 or 2.4 Cobalt and make more power for the same or less money.

also, as i was told by the folks at GM Racing, "As long as the kit is installed per instuctions, no additional modifications are made, and the PCM is recalibrated by an Authorized GM Dealer, the warranty is maintained." and the internals do not need to be upgraded to run this SC. however, it is important to run 93 octane fuel to get the full power potential (little to no spark knock).

 

The GM tuner guide seems to point to the S/C install being a 35hp gain and one user on here who looked into it for their 2.2L was provided a price tag of upwards of $3,000 for the install. I believe it was Zinner who remembered seeing a smaller blower while at the small car bash which could backup the claims made by GM in the build guide...there is no way they would create a build guide for the 2.2L Ecotec, put a picture of a Cobalt in it and then never release the part, that just doesn't seem to make any sense to me.

If it were a 35hp upgrade that would bring our non-ss models up to 180hp which still leaves us shy of the SS. On top of that you would have your labour costs if you don't wish to do the installation yourself. I think even if GM released the S/C for the 2.2L engines they will still sell more than enough SS models due to the differences besides just the S/C engine, and a lot of people may not want to deal with an aftermarket install and losing their cars for at least a day if not more .

As for slapping it on the 2.4L, I believe with the miniscule price difference between the SS and SS/SC, they would be spending more money in the long run after purchase and installation, so its' in GMs best interest to release it to potentially make more money .

Permafried-

 

Alrighty then.......works for me.....

Thanks for the heads up!

 

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