ok my big question running around in my head is what stage should i get? Well i know gm has like 3 stages now well i at least know they have 2. But then i went to cobalt addiction and saw they had alot more stages to chose from and produce more horses for cheaper. But im jus confused on which one to get ill have about 800 dollars to do with this possibly more i jus wanna get the best quarter mile time i can

 

stage 3

 

Well if you care about your warrenty, get GM STAGE II. You'll be happy you did. IF you want more power and don't care about warrenty go with a kit from another company. I would recommend the Rebel Autowerks stage kit.

 

The stage kits from other sites claim more power, but be careful because you'll void the warranty for those specific parts, anything you leave stock will be covered still. That's the big advantage of the Stage 1 (236 HP) and Stage 2 (241 HP) kits from GM. You can get the GM Stage 2 for about $550 from Crate Engine Depot, which is where I got mine, and it's the cheapest I've found, and then use the extra $250 for other things.

The stage 3 is nice too, but even though GM provides it, it voids your ENTIRE warranty (I think it's stated that way at least, correct me if I'm wrong anyone )

If you don't care about the warranty, by all means go with the stage kits that Cobalt Addiction or another site offers. Just make sure you do your homework first (I have the GM kit, so someone else who went with the stage kits elsewhere will have to tell you how they like it).

 

Allright man lol i mean theres 26000 miles on this bad boy now and i only have the basic warrenty there will probably be 30000 miles on it by the time i do it and i mean im about my warrenty and the good thing is i heard the gm stages were made for the cobalt and wont blow ur engine up but i havent heard anything about the cobalt addiction kits so i dont know if the engine would hold it do u kno?

 

It all depends on what you want to do with the car cause there are going to be soon procharger kits, twinscrew kits and turbos kits so a stage kit will be a waste of money if you wanna go big

 

yea but i dont wanna bu a new turbo i like the supercharger more lol i kno its not as much power but i love the wine u kno

 

well the twinscrew supercharger has a hell of a wine and plus they are rating it up to 350hp

 

The engine should do fine unless you go nuts on it, I know some other members are running those aftermarket stage kits, I doubt most of them would blow up your engine or really ruin it. Yes, the GM stage kits were tested and approved by GM, but the LSJ is sufficiently strong enough to hold more power than the GM stage kits make. One weak spot is the pistons (If I remember right, GM recommends swapping them for forged ones if you start pushing 300 HP, but I hear that's playing it safe). We also have an odd downpipe, changing that out has worked well for people.

Just some food for thought while you're pondering a stage kit, have fun!

 

Once you start modifying you can't got back, you'll want more and more. Thats why we are all here

 

how much is that gonna cost

haha i bet i still cant get enough

 

aint sure look under rebalautoworks on here as a vendor they are making it

 

Im guessing these will be aftermarket stages?