Well after lurking around CSS for the past three years and "gathering information" it is official that I am doing a M62 build on my 08 2.4. I will try my best to post pictures of my progress, no promises though. Currently I am cleaning everything up and painting it, also I had my endplate drilled and tapped for dual pass "Poor man's version"
Here is some of my stuff at the moment:
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Hopefully I can start installing parts on the engine next week sometime.

 

Cool have fun.

What pulley, fuel inj, he, exhaust is going to be in your setup?

 

3.06" Pulley, Siemens 60#'s, Cobra Heat exchanger, I already have a Vibrant Cat back, and LSJ Manifold, For Downpipe Im fabbing my own

 

Nice work cleaning everything up.

Looks good.

 

Is it just me or is that dual pass fitting going to have a problem...

 

Thats just a test fitting, to make sure the threads were right. I will be putting a 90 degree fitting in there.

 

Oh gotcha, just checking

 

Alright a little update, as of today I received my injectors, maf extension, gaskets, 6-8pin throttle body harness, upper radiator hose. Stilling waiting on my 2.5 bar tmap sensor, heat exchanger, and intake. All of which should be here by Tuesday

 

Well another update: I am making some good progress hoping to finish up by the end of the week. My EZ-Flash cable arrives friday
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BTW I know in Beck's build he stated that the lower intake manifold mount bracket needs to be bored out to 8MM, on mine I had to bore it over to 10MM, and the two bolts that thread into the engine block are M10x55x1.50.

 

I didnt use the lower mount. Ill get you bolt size when im home

 

Progress...
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Looks like good progress!

 

Well its all together and running, been babying it alot for now to break the blower in a bit, and to get some logs for daily driving. Ill see if I can get some vids of power runs in the next couple days. Also its pretty neat to hear the slightly altered exhaust note

 

And the Promised video, I ran 35-75 so I didnt burn out lol
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35-75mph Pull - YouTube

 

Love the valve cover. Do the same color for the fuel rail man

 

Haha thanks I did it on my own at school, I think I'm going to design up a cool fuel rail cover on UGnX and water jet it out in aluminum and then powder coat that.

 

Where would it be mounted? Only mount points are at where the valve cover is secured and where the fuel rail is secured.

 

I suppose I willhave to decide when I actually start designing the part, I could either make a bracket that runs accross from where the fuel rail bolts on and just have two holes tapped on said bracket and design my cover to mount to that, or I could just have it mount to the fuel rail bolts too, because my thoughts are if Im taking the cover off Im probably going to be working with the injectors/fuel rail, or blower anyways.

 

Looks good.

I will be starting my 2.4 M-62 build soon, auto trans tho. I got the last $300.00 in parts sitting in my ZZP cart just waiting to get that cash up to buy them.

Yours in a manual trans and a Cobalt? What tuning did you do?

I'm doing my HHR 2LT Panel, I was thinking on starting a Thread and posting a bunch of pics of the parts I have been slowly buying over the last 14 months.

Anyways Nice looking and sounding install, just wanted to post and follow along.

Thanks

 

You can tell hes auto, so hp or trifecta is who you'll need to be tuned by.

 

car sounds really good man. what other supporting mods do you have?

 

All I really had was a vibrant cat back that carried over from NA to SC, I do enjoy the cars tone a lot and I took it for an extended drive yesterday and averaged 39mpg (calculated). I have a CAI on my SC'd build now too. Yes it is an auto, and just a couple tips: 1) before you bolt the blower down , set it on the manifold and mark out where the pulley is with a sharpie and cut that metal out with a cut off tool, that way you can put a belt on with out removing your blower and if you don't when u brake hard it will rub and make a terrible noise. 2) USE a relay when installing the intercooler pump, otherwise you risk throwing a P1681 cel. If you need any help along the way you can just ask me or pm me for my phone number.