OK SO IVE HAD MY COBALT FOR ALMOST 5 MONTHS NOW AND ALL I HAVE DONE TO IT IS TINTS..DNT GET ME WRONG THE TINTS MAKE THE CAR LOOK 100 TIMES BETTER BUT I HAVENT DONE ANYTHING TO MAKE IT FASTER..IM THINKING LIKE INTAKE AND EXHAUST JUST TO START OFF..WHAT YOU THINK??? ANY IDEAS PLEASE THROW THEM ALL AT ME...THANKS FOR UR HELP..

 

Well first off, what do you have (2.0, 2.2, or 2.4), and yes, a little tint never hurts a balt, makes it look good.

EDIT: Whoops, sorry, its in the 2.4L section: GMPP Intake, and GMPP Sport Cat-Back, you'll be fine.

 

I Got The 2.4

 

Buy a GTO, apparently it's the fastest car ever.

 

Read my edited post.

 

Ya Prob Guna Go With The Intake And Exhaust..gota Start Somewhere Thanks

 

Learn how to drive it man then you'll be happy I think our cars are under rated and have plenty of vroom vroom, its all a matter how you put the pedal down and manage the gears.. Don't worry be happy

 

intake first because that let's the engine breathe and gives it a decent hp/tq gain and its under 300

next you should either do catback or header, OR header then catback
maybe some motor mounts to get that power to the flooor

 

gmpp isn't a true cai. get the injen. looks the best!

 

get all the boltons,then a tune.

 

DER? Just because the tube is short does not define it as not a CAI it still sucks air from outside the engine compartment. Actually it goes one better and provides a hood seal for a hood scoop. Also unlike the injen it has fewer bends which makes for less turbulant air. shorter length just makes for better throttle responce. That being said the gmpp filter sucks so i recomend replacing it with the AEM Dry flow filter part number 21-203D its washable and flows almost as good as a K&N but its not an oil filter so it won't booger up your sensor.

 

They make one for the GMPP intake?

 

Get the blower from a wrecked 2.0 and that should fix the problem.

 

I agree get all the bolt-on's and then the tune. But start out with the Injen cold air intake then corsa sport exhuast you will be happy with that.

 

HAHA

 

^^^^ what they all said...cai and catback exhaust system.....is a good start

 

ARK exhaust is sex on the SC dont know about the 2.4...

 

whitessbalt has the ark catback on his.....2.4 ss...

 

the 21-203D filter dosent have that weird gmpp offset but dimentionally it fits nicely and does not mess with hood clearance. I have one in my balt it gets a noteable gain over the red peice of crap filter. Not huge mind you but you can definantly feel it.

 

link or price?

 

Make a power goal and figure out how much money you plan on spending on performance parts.

Read this: http://www.ecotecforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=842

 

That is the realest thing I have ever seen. Every word of that is true. Make that a thread or something because a TON of people need to realize this. I was also lectured on a similar note to this once and which is why my Cobalt will be staying N/A for life. Once I am finished with bolt-ons and a tint my car will be complete. I imagine this will cost me under $1000 and I can save up and invest the rest of the money I get.

 

I think I posted it up here but it's not a sticky. I stickied it on ecotecforum though.

I'm glad you took the time to read the thread.

Oh ****, I posted the wrong thread lol

http://www.ecotecforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2435

 

It says the same thing basically just with more technical planning.

 

lol yeah

The first one was just more of a real life experience.

I wrote that when I was homeless and typed it when I was in a public library...so **** don't get no realer than that.