hey 'balters...
2 weeks ago i bought my new 2.4 5-speed sport. when do i start to feel ALL of its 171 HP. it has 1200 miles on it now and i installed a gmpp intake about 500 miles ago. it seems "quick", but not fast...yet!

 

when you push the gas to the floor usually

 

what is "fast"

 

lmao!

 

When you buy the SS/TC.




















lol, im kidding!!

 

there is your answer

 

I wouldn't push it too much yet because your engine is not broke in yet. To get it faster you'll need to add a catback exhaust, and also a header down pipe combo. After that get it tuned by hp tuners.

 

you feel the power around the time you put a turbo on it

 

1200 miles sounds broken in to me....

 

i would go more. i didn't start really doing anything to mine until 3000km and even then i only took her up to about 4500rpm and then after 5000km i let her loose on the track.

 

boy...did i open a can of whoop...!! thanks for the ball busting!! what i meant was, is there a time AFTER break in (whenever that is) that the engine seems to be at its full potential. i understand that this will not be as fast as my zo6 vette, BUT, i have felt that other cars seemed faster...with lower hp and same weight. don't get me wrong...i love the car...just curious

 

1,000k how much I waited until I considered mine "broken in".

 

yeah your car is broken in, your just to used to your vette

 

yeah, Z06 Vette > Cobalt

 

still dig my balt' though i guess i will have to start "addin'" things to her...then maybe i can say.."man, when does my zo6 break in, i am so used to my balt'!"

 

maybe your fast is too fast...

 

40,000 miles is usually where the engine will see it's full power potential. Keep on driving.

 

I'm there already 41k on mine.

 

Jesus lol what do you drive across the country every week? I thought 11k on my 07 was bad.

 

LMAO.....no, but my job used to require me to drive over 100 miles a day. But that's not the case anymore. Its a retired mileage ***** now. I've since moved 30 miles closer to work, and I got a few friends a job with me, so we carpool now. I went from driving about 110 miles a day everyday to driving 40 miles a day once every 4 days. I went from driving 550 miles a week for for down to 40 miles a week for work, lol. I'm lovin it.

 

when you buy a faster car

 

be thankful your car is a 5 speed--they are quick. The automatics blow...cry

 

GMPP intake alone doesnt do much (from my experience) but i would imagine that paired with some exhaust work and tune will be quite noticable

 

Are you using 91 octane ?

 

i drove mine 'normally' straight from the factory. no problems. i would just make sure your first oil change is at 3-4k miles. after that i just go by the guage and change it at 20%. this is one of my favorite things about the ecotec engines. get your revs above 5k and feel the vvt. mines pretty fast if you ask me....you just need to drive a slower car for a while, then switch back to the ss.