I picked up an s257 builder kit from OTTP. I'm going to be posting pics and updates on my install here so if anybody has any tips it would be greatly appreciated. I know the AC line will be difficult to work with but I should be able to bend it to the firewall.

 

pm me if u got any questions. I did an extensive 257 build

 

Are you there? I sent you a few pm's

 

Feel free to post questions here too. Always good to get multiple opinions.

 

Has anybody ever had issues with their S257?

 

None so far for me

 

Did you watercool your wastegate? From what I understand, it's only necessary if your racing

 

No problems at all with the turbo itself. Ive had mine on 3-4 engines and it outlasts the engine every time.

Water cooling the wastegate is only really necessary if the gate is wrapped up in the manifold runners. Since ours sits right on top, it stays relatively cool. Ive personally never seen a water cooled gate on a cobalt.

 

Nice. That's good to know lol. Here's the kit I got. Don't mine the black thing. It's parts for my shifter.

 

For the intake side, how would one intake? OTTP told me I had everything I needed in the kit to work with my setup lol. Running a Hahn intake. I believe it's 2 inches

 

My bad. I meant to say, How would you attach the intake to the turbo? I'm running a Hahn intake which I believe is 2 inches

 

 

maybe go look at my thread and you will see your first lol

 

ok mike..im definitely gonna write a how to on doing this setup, cause you need it, and so do others. your gonna need a few more parts for this setup buddy. you only have half of it. ill try to do it with pics, but I didn't take many detailed ones of it all coming together. time to get a proper how to, so people can do their setups right and not have their car down while they order more parts.

 

Ah come on, don't make me fell bad man haha. I've got almost everything. I need an intake, 1 or 2 fittings and a coupler for my upper charge pipe

 

 

lol its not ur fault man. its people who don't give proper info