i looked around a bit to see what the most powerful/fastest naturally aspirated l61 cobalt is, didnt find much, i was wondering if anyone knew how far you can push this motor without boosting it? just wondering, thanks

 

2.4 LE5 motor is N/A and will have more HP and TQ. I have heard of people getting these up to 200 WHP without going turbo or sc
As for the l61 I have no clue

 

Look for the dyno thread here

 

Here is the offical dyno link

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/dyno...2012-a-272372/

180whp is top for 2.2 na

 

The reason most people boost is because its more cost effective. 5k to keep n/a would be harder to make the 200whp than 2.5k would do for a 250whp turbo set up

 

now when you say 2.5k for a turbo setup, are you talking about piecing together your own kit? cause i dont think ive seen a turbo kit for the l61 for around 2.5k, maybe im just looking at the wrong places? i just checked the zzp site and it says 2099$ and then once you click on the click to select your options the price changes to 3800$

 

I'm just giving rough numbers. typically piecing together your own kit will save you quite a bit of money

 

I pieced my kit together for under 2k

 

ill definitely take that into consideration, i was just wondering cause i dont have 2k to spend on a turbo kit either at the moment, i figured i might just put a dp, catback and intake on and maybe tune it right now though, im about to start trying to rebuild my grandpas truck though soon and that will take the majority of my money for now