you don't have to exsplain your self to anyone bro. Some of these cobalt members are alwasy on the defensive. Pay some of them no mind.

 

true darksun, but i'm not here to fight, i'm here to learn. Unfortunately, everytime i sign on, all i see is threads on the injen intake, i've read enough about your intake, i wanna see more. Someone on this site has to want more power.

 

I completely agree, our performance section is a bit lacking...

 

as much as i hate on twincharging being the end all answer for us cobalt owners, That guy twincharged is atleast putting his time money and effort into bringing something better and different to the LSJ community. Thats why I never bash him needlessly, only subjectivly post my feelings on certain aspects of the twincharged set up when the topic comes up.

 

Keep an eye on halfcent.

 

yeah man that guys really scrapping to become fast. My hat off to him.

 

someone wanna send me a link? i'd be interested to see what he is doing.

 

You do realize it took a little over 2 years for the srt to develop any type of aftermarket right. It wasnt really until after the mopar kits came out that other vendors did as well. Give it another year and well be right there with you. Everybody makes parts for GM cars. There is more aftermarket for a cavalier than there is for a first gen neon.

Dan

 

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/pictures-videos-64/halfcents-2005-turbo-coupe-12849/

 

maybe as far as aftermarket companies go, but there were plenty of parts that would make the car go faster. All the welfare mods and spring mod. Plus there were companies already producing the basics for the car, motor mounts, springs, struts, sways. AGP was already working on a turbo kit within the first year the car hit the market. So i dont totally agree with your statement, but i understand where you are coming from. But again look at the RSX-S. I followed that car pretty well, and i'll tell u that within the first year they had broken 12's N/A. You guys are boosted, that should give you the advantage. I'm starting to feel this car is another mazdaspeed; great chassis, but poor aftermarket support with a weak gearset and motor thats hard to tune.

 

That was a 95, weighs over 4K hence the name

 

Now that comment hurt! Had to bring up the old man joke!


Seriously,

Here is the MAIN factor holding us back, some of you hit on it as well, the gear ratios SUCK! The rpm drop between gears is horrible made worse by having to short shift the car at the lame 6500rpm limit. PCM tune, (NOT GM's) will be nothing short of amazing the results we will see.


My comment about HP not coming easy was meant towards bolt ons. If you want to get serious, it will take internal mod's, ie; head, valvesprings, pistons, cams, etc.

This engine is built pretty darn good from the factory and it is hard to improve with just some quick bolt-ons



As for Twincharged, he has his car up for sale so don't expect much from that.
This is my belief, if you want to add a turbo, TAKE THE SC OFF and do it right! Do you see a twincharged set-up in the ECOTEC BIBLE!? NO!
You'll be way ahead in both money, time, and headaches! Plus make more power!

 

How far away are we from being able to reflash our pcm's?

Also twincharged is MAYBE putting it up for sale. He wants to take his Ram off of commission sale so he can trailer his drag srt-4 to the track and attempt LOW 9's. He said he isnt sure yet if hes gonna sell it or not last I heard. But either way the twincharged tuning will be completed before it goes up for sale.

 

Stop taking shots at every turn, it is starting to get a little old, even for me. I don't even have the energy to fight with you anymore.

The car is going up for sale because he has a racecar that he wants to tout around the east coast, and you can't pull a 28ft enclosed trailer with a redline, no matter what horsepower its pushing.

Stop telling people to do things right. What is wrong with twincharging? You get the best of both worlds with instant spool and big hp up top. And as far as the cost, I don't think there is a huge cost difference between the twincharged setup and a full turbo kit, but there would be if you have to pull the supercharger off, rerout all the piping and fabricate an intake manifold.

Stick to what you know, and if you are a master twincharger (had to refrain from the master-debater comment) then please fill us in on some of the technical aspects of why it is WRONG.

I'm glad you guys are putting on the show though, because it is only fueling us to get cracking on getting to the track. Hope to have stage 2 on the strip next week. See you there.

 

 

Umm no. We already tried it and it made less power due to the turbo had to spool. The computer still limits you to guess what... 12psi.

 

Okay guys Okay, Im sorry. lol. GOSH!

 

Cool, competeition is good, as for a show, from what i hear from the SRT guys, you do a pretty good job yourself over ther as well

 

If you tried it on an 04, no wonder it didn't work. Those pcm's are the worst of the bunch unfortunately.

 

Blah, SRTs are easy, it's the DBW that gets complex with these newer cars. As a matter of fact I am just bolting my SRT back together this week and i'm going to put it up on the dyno. We did a GT40 on the stock block and we are pushing 30psi through a fully built 3 speed auto with locking convertor. With the old setup we broke 11.6 and i'm hoping to get even better with this new stuff. We'll see.

 

Cool! Keep us uptodate!!

I had an 87 T-Type ,bone stock longblock back in 2001 that i pushed to 30psi with a little PT51 turbo. Kept pushing the dipstick out of block!

 

Do I see the tension breaking.LOL Keep up the good work guys. Both companies are doing a great job keep the parts coming. Tiny It was nice to meet u saturday night. I had the silver balt. I should be down soon to dyno.
Joe

 

I know I cant wait for my stage 1. However, this was done on an '05 so I don't think the PCM was the problem.

 

So were you running the boost bypass or not? 16psi on a 2.7 is way low you should be up around 20+ iirc.

 

Yup, note to forum, don't mess with Joe, he's a big dude!

I'll let you know, but once we get stage 2 on we're all going to take a ride to Atco, so maybe we can all hit the track.