What does everyone think of this intake for cobalts im interested in buying just want to make sure this is decent cuz i do not know that much about cars.



http://www.cavalierextreme.com/cobaltper.html

 

thats my car with the intake on it, get it, it sounds great and cavalierextreme.com is a great place to deal with, the only problem is that the computer has trouble realizing you have a new intake on and you have to have it reset. which i have yet to totally figure out, and it is not a cold-air just a normal short ram intake

 

does this intake work with the turbo kit they sell since i did not see a filter element in the picture of the turbo kit, looks like it could work

 

Thanks guys.

These are our kits

The intake does not work with the turbo kits. The kit includes everything you need except for the downpipe and filter.

 

thats not a cold air intake.... its a Hot air intake





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yea im having some trouble with this intake and the CEL, really starting to bug me now

 

I'm not sure it's because it's "our intake." I'm thinking it's because they're 2005 Cobalts and the computer has problems reading new things. Don't worry, we'll figure this out...

 

well I know its not your intake but... I made my own and put everything in place correctly and got the CEL... tryed to do us all a favor and go get the code read. However for some unknown reason prob the computer might be different but the OBD2 reader from Autozone would not read the car. So SOL for now untill someone else figures it out. Till then the stock intake is back on.

 

put some black tape ove the CEL light & shut up



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A cold air intake is an intake that mounts the filter element in the fender well of the vehicle, allowing the cold air to get to the engine easier. When you mount the intake system in the engine, it is known as a ram air intake. These are less restrictive compared to the stock intake system but, they do have a tendency to get heat soaked and don't perform as well as they should. Your check engine light might be coming on due to the fact that the stock intake was so restrictive, that there may be to much air coming in. Do you plan on doing any exhaust work? If you do, I would go ahead and do that first and then take it to a performance shop and have it flashed with the new settings. This should do the trick. Good luck on whatever you decide to do!

 

I would just ignore it if it wouldnt bog down so bad after I hit the gas

 

so re did it and took it out today for over an hour and no ce light. At first the car will bog down every time u tap the gas but then it goes. Towards the end of the drive the only time I felt a power loss was right at the shifts. Other then that it screams but I dont like the boging down still.

 

exactly my problem, just doesnt feel good

 

^ I was under the impression that this is how most intakes performed. Right around the shifting, they feel like a loss of power. They take getting used to (especially for the car), and I also think it takes more mods for it to work a little bit better (exhaust, etc.).

 

there is a difference in slight power loss which can be expected..... but not the feeling like there is no gas going to the motor. It almost feels like a bad misfire.

 

I'm not surprised to hear that it's not just OUR intakes that are having these issues. I still say that the car needs to get used to the new intake and amount of air flow...

 

no something is definitly wrong, its too bad of an issue to expect the car to fix itself, if just the light was coming on i might think the same way, but if its making the engine perform like that somethin is wrong

 

i thought GM made these car for Racing/tuneing... but when you throw a CAI on it it screws up the car....





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have you tried disconnecting the negative battery terminal from the battery before you started the car up? Remember, the car now has to relearn how much fuel to bring in to compensate for more air and/or compensate for air velocity as well. I have a CAI on my ION with no issues, but I heard that the cobalt's computer is a different beast than the one found in ions/redlines. Fun times, I'm sure.

 

Yep i dico'ed the battery for 30 minutes. Hooked it back up and the light was back on a hour later. Wonder if I can switch to a cavalier sensor, because this is just plain dumb.

 

me too, jim said he has the problem fixed on his intake comin out soon, took him like 15 tries repositioning the sensor to get it right without throwing codes

 

Me and a friend made a warm air intake for his 2.2 5 speed cobalt and at first had issues with it not idling and stumbling bad but no CEL then we made sure everything sealed good it turned out to be the ribbed portion of the stock airbox wasnt sealing so we made an inch or so metal pipe piece to put between that and the rubber coupler we made for the sensor and once everything was sealed properly there has been a few days of running perfectly so if your having problems try making sure everythings sealed well and make sure the sensor is positioned no deeper then it was in the stock pipe and in a pipe no smaller then 3inches or it will not work as its a MAF sensor. No intake should ever cause bogging down problems.

 

Dang, sounds like a lot of trouble. I guess I might as well fork over that rediculous amount of around $200 for a piece of metal pipe. hehe... just to stay legit.

 

post some pics

 

It cost us about $32 for the one we made