Has anyone taken their base model cobalt and threw the 2.0 SS tranny and motor in it and continued on with there day?

Just getting ideas before i bunch of money into sc/tc my 2.2 balt...

 

Doubt it. It'd be cheaper to build the 2.2 or just buy a real ss.

 

buy a real ss

 

Thats not what i was asking.. Why buy one of those when i can buy A salvaged ss that has hail damage for 1800... Anyways back to my topic..

 

bump for answer^^^

 

alright sorry, well the way i see it is that it would be way to complicated to swap the engine into your balt, it may sound as easy at a motor swap but then u need to swap ECU's all the wiring harness have it all programmed and blah honestly its probably not worth the time or money to do it and have it work correctly

 

not worth it...buy the hail damaged car and have it fixed...way more worth it then swapping over to a 2.2

 

and tom knows best lol

 

"Clone" cars arent what they used to be. Its not like turning an old camaro into an "SS Clone". It will just be more trouble than its worth unless you have a lot of extra time and money to dump into it.

 

I saw one for sale where a guy did this, he bought a totaled SS and swapped everything over. Seats, motor, trans suspension, extrior lip parts. Seems like a waste when you can build up a sleeper turbo car.

 

Buy it for $1800, sell your base. Use money from getting rid of your base cobalt to do the body work and fix the SS.

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Otherwise it pretty much requires stripping your car and the SS and putting all the SS stuff in your shell. Then you are left with WTF to do with an entire cars worth of base model cobalt parts kicking around and the shell of an SS car.

 

I'd like to see this salvage tittle SS with hail damage for 1.8k

 

seriously! I would snag that in no time and either fix it or part it..ethier way thats a steal!!!!

hey...you lol..stfu
I like my car for what it is...and it is no ss clone :P

 

haha i mean like ur a G with the 2.2 and well balts in general lol

 

lmao
now if only I could get ahold of an SS and pull the parts I wanted to off...not everything..but there are def some items I could use :P

 

lol want my rear doors??

 

here's my take on it. swap in an eaton supercharger kit, get a tune, slap on the ss bumpers, rims, etc.
might cost somewhere around 2-3k, idk.

but of course then u still got base model seats, probly grey carpets and uppholstery, u need the boost gauge, ss gauges, subwoofer,

and then theres the fe5 suspension, i think the brakes stay the same..

 

Im just afraid if i supercharge it with the 2.2 that i will blow the motor up.. Cause id like to make it a stage 2

 

From what I have read the 2.2L L61 motor is a tough motor, I think the rods and pistons were good to 250ish in the L61 block. I think the 2.2L motor is a boss and I cant wait to build mine but I have a 240sx that needs building first! back to the point I say supercharge your 2.2L if your looking for mild power because that's what I plan on doing down the road.

 

I have ZZP stage 2 SC kit on my 2.2. It runs strong no signs of the motor blowing anytime soon.

 

then that is what im doing! s/c build coming this winter

 

Dont push over 12 pound of boost or say bye bye to ur piston rings

 

Mine's fine, spikes to 14 holds 12.

 

Your lucky!!!!

 

I know lol that's a good day on warmer days it will spike 13 and hold 10.