The Chevy Cruze isn't slated to hit the streets here in Seattle area for another month or so, but I've seen them popping up for sale in various regions throughout the US already.

We've got tuning support for both the 1.4 turbo and the 1.8 NA engine, and we'd like to see what kind of results we might get. If anybody has one of these vehicles, and wants to get a tune for it, please send me a PM

 

I'll be very interested to see this... Good luck!

 

Yep, should be pretty sweet. We've figured out how to turn the boost up. ;-)

 

Very nice!

 

So is this new 1.4L oil cooled, water cooled, and is there an intercooler?

I could see 200 HP out of one of those little engines pretty easily, but i wonder what it can take.

 

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I wanna see how this goes as well! In for results.

 

Yes, it has an air-to-air intercooler. It sounds like it's built pretty stout - it uses a cast iron block, forged rods and hypereutectic pistons with a "thicker crown and unique ring pack" and sports a 9.5:1 compression ratio. It also uses oil jets to cool the pistons.

Conservatively, LNFs typically gain 24% horsepower (at low elevation) with a tune due to GM's factory programming going for consistency rather than maximum power. We might extrapolate a gain like that to this engine which would put it at 172HP/186TQ (crankshaft) conservatively (factory crankshaft rating is 138HP / 150TQ).

 

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I just read about another interesting feature of both engines in the Cruze...

It has electronically (presumably ECM) controlled thermostat to allow different operating temperatures for best economy (or, in our case, performance)... You can program in a "low temperature thermostat"! ;-)

 

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Hey Vince guess who is getting a Cruze???????

 

Haha, nice. Let me know if you want to dyno-tune it! ;-)

 

In for results! Kinda curious

 

I should be getting it in November, since the RS package isn't going into production until Oct 1. Then of course i need to brake it in, though i wouldn't be interested in keeping it, but i would interested in helping out possibly if needed.