hey guys just wondering what i can do to get more power out of my 2.2 that doesnt cost a fortune and is easy to do i have a aem cold air intake but thats pretty much it under the hood.

 

buy a faster car, just kidding lol idk man im a ss/sc guy i have no idea bout ur car! good luck!

 

header, dp, exhaust,

trifecta tune

2.4 intake manifold...

there's a few options

 

header, dp, exhaust, intake mani, tb, cams, tune, lightweight crank or alternator pullies

 

do a cat back

 

exhaust, header, blah blah...ur not going to end up getting a ton of power out of this car unless u do a turbo or supercharger set up, even then, ehh, "power" is debatable. maybe u should just start on some appearance mods instead.

btw, i have a 2.2 as well, lol.

 

thats not true...you can get a decent amount of power n/a...it just takes more time and money

see: my build thread :
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/2-2l-l61-performance-tech-45/toms-build-d-155396/

 

the 2.2 was built to give u great gas mileage not hp gains from mods...so really anything u do unless its forced induction or a shot is not gonna really give u the gains ur looking for.

 

i would love to just get the sc or even tc!!!!!!

 

y in gods name are u running catless? thats retarded...u dont enough hp or tq as a n/a car to do that. ur loosing hp b/c of that now

get one then bro...the t/c are crazy with how fast u can get to 300 hp and tq...i mean i got the s/c cobalt but i plan on getting a turbo one too cause thats just how i roll.

 

we will see about that
the 2.2 was built...blah blah blah
the sc or 2.4 or tc were built buy someone too, and when you replace the majority of the parts you can then say "it was built by the factory for __________, but I have rebuilt if for _______" thats part of doing a full engine build...doesnt matter what it came like at the factory, matters what it does when you get done

talked with both my tuner and dan of clear image auto (and tod in his shop) and they stated that it really didnt matter either way, these cars (being n/a) dont need a heck of alot of backpressure at all and that this wouldnt hurt anything.
that and it was cheaper and the day i was getting it installed i would have had to wait for the shipment of cats to come in...so i opted to go without

 

you gotta do a little more reading on exhaust tuning.
the only downside to running catless is 1) its illegal, and 2) it doesnt sound very good on our cars

 

ive posted a vid, it sounds good , needs a few min to warm up first but its beastly

 

Nitrous!! It's cheap easy and effective. The best bang for the buck by far.

 

ya bang is right...as in boom

 

lol ^

even if overstated, lol anyway.

 

lots and lots of nitrous!

 

whats the most nitrous ran on a stock internal 2.2? 100 shot wasn't it?
Andrew i would go with the cat back, with a header and dp, then look at a 2.4 Intake manifold, and i think somone said the 2006 2.2 have the same connectors as the 2007 2.4 so you can prob plug and play the 2.4 throttle body. then get the tune.
your car is a 2006 so im sure you can use HP Tuners, so James at raven autosports can do your tune.

 

75 shot safely, 100 shot is pushing it

 

Since when, I have never heard of them releasing it. I thought all we had to date was trifecta???

 

it hasnt been released, nor are there plans to release it. He was just misinformed

 

I say nitrous, it's a risky power adder some say, then again, so is turbocharging/supercharging. And, it's way cheaper.

I would recommend bolt ons and a tune, but in my opinion, they were a total waste of time and money.

 

i was told from a local shop that they can tune the 06 with the hp tuners, maybe i was wrong i dunno.
i do know sometime in the next few months there will be HP Tuners for my car

 

Turb0

 

nice nice thanks guys