Aftermarket for 2.4 Cobalts
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Aftermarket for 2.4 Cobalts
How do you guys think the aftermarket for the 2.4L SS Cobalts will develop? It is the newest of the three engines, and has the largest displacement of the three. Since it is so new I realize there aren't too many mods out for it yet, but in the future do you see either turbo or supercharged 2.4L ecotecs going against the 2.0 S/C which is the king of the hill for now?
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The first major development that needs to happen for the 2.4 is a VVT controller.... without that running a F/I setup could be a major headache... once a device exists to harness the power of the VVT we could see some major gains.
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Originally Posted by articzap
this isnt a vtec. its not a honda. there is nothign to harness. it does it self. it knows wats best.
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This car isn't a Honda Civic. There will never be a billion parts for it. There wasn't for the Cavalier or Sunfire either. Instead of Average Joes Shop making exhaust, springs, internals, euro tails, hoods, and the like, I think it'll be more actual accedited tuners. I also think that the GM Performace Division will steadily release more parts. GM is finally realising the tuner market. A tad late, but better late than never. They have a great base to work on, especially with the SS models. I think you'll see many good quality companies making solid components for the s/c and n/a. Likewise, people will also figure out easy swaps. Like 3.8 Monte guys can use Northstar throttle-bodies. Weird **** like that. Someone will figure out a way to make mad power cheap. It's been done before, and will be done again.
For the comparison though. If you put a superchager on the 2.4, I think it'd kill the s/c. It's a stronger engine (I believe), as well as the obvious .4 increase in displacement. Plus, it has the added benefits of the VVT. I find turbo to be very fun, but the supercharger will provide full-range power.
There's my pennies.
For the comparison though. If you put a superchager on the 2.4, I think it'd kill the s/c. It's a stronger engine (I believe), as well as the obvious .4 increase in displacement. Plus, it has the added benefits of the VVT. I find turbo to be very fun, but the supercharger will provide full-range power.
There's my pennies.
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For the comparison though. If you put a superchager on the 2.4, I think it'd kill the s/c. It's a stronger engine (I believe), as well as the obvious .4 increase in displacement. Plus, it has the added benefits of the VVT. I find turbo to be very fun, but the supercharger will provide full-range power.
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Isn't a s/c just basically a smaller version of the 2.2 block that's just built with heavy duty components? The n/a is a bigger displacement engine, a whole new engine it's self, has the VVT technology, things like that. I'd say that it's a pretty safe bet that it'll have more power. If you took the n/a and only put a blower on it and intercooled it, like the s/c's... Power would certainly be better. It just makes sense.
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Theres a few things to bring up here. First I think all ecotec 4's are the same block, but I'm not positive. Reasons why they S/C the smallest block, they needed to dedicate a motor to just s/c because it needs different internals to support the F/I. The 2.0 also has a much lower compression ratios then the 2.4. You couldn't just slap a S/C on the N/A block without running small PSI or replacing all the internals.
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I know the internals can handle the boost but not with the high compression ratio. I'm thinking it can only handle around 5 intercooled. Maybe I'm wrong but I know with higher compression ratio you can't run as much boost and I deff. don't know excatly what internals are in the motor. Does anyone know what internals we got?
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Originally Posted by Cobalt443
i still will never understand why gm would put a s/c on their smallest ecotec
you'll notice that the high power ecotecs are 2.0 liters, and that the upcoming 2.0TC ecotec retains that philosophy.
there's a reason why it's the better motor, do some research...
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Originally Posted by articzap
I know the internals can handle the boost but not with the high compression ratio. I'm thinking it can only handle around 5 intercooled. Maybe I'm wrong but I know with higher compression ratio you can't run as much boost and I deff. don't know excatly what internals are in the motor. Does anyone know what internals we got?
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Originally Posted by Vita
reduced compression, altered boreXstroke, make it the smallest displacement. it's technically not smaller though.
you'll notice that the high power ecotecs are 2.0 liters, and that the upcoming 2.0TC ecotec retains that philosophy.
there's a reason why it's the better motor, do some research...
you'll notice that the high power ecotecs are 2.0 liters, and that the upcoming 2.0TC ecotec retains that philosophy.
there's a reason why it's the better motor, do some research...
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well, say we turbo a 2.4 liter ss at 7 psi. so stock they make what maybe 160whp? then each psi we add to that should be about 10whp. 160 + 70 = 230whp... now that is enough to at least tie or beat a ss/sc cobalt. The other thing is i have heard that the 2.2 cobalts have succesfully gone to 250whp on stock internals. which makes me think that the 2.4 could do that as well so 7 psi is being very conservative. 9 psi may just be possible which would most definately beat a ss/sc. please correct me if you think any of this is wrong and have a reason why. thanks
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i mean since we dont know these motor well yet i cant make a fact, but imho, 9 psi is gonna be way to much. 7 is goin to be pushin it. but that is just an opinion. until we know the exact internals we wont know wat the motor can handle.
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yes we do, we even have the oil squirters as well, the info is out ther ive seen it before but cant remeber where try doing a search and u will see we have some nice internals
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