Hello everyone!

just bought a 2010 SS fully loaded and unmolested with only 30k on it.

I'm not the kind of guy to keep a car stock so after reading through these forums iv come up with this list of parts. anything im missing? anything I could swap out to save money?

one problem I cant find a solution to is the tune. how do you find a good tuner? im in Toronto Canada and would prefer someone who can actually see the car but if email tune is only solution so be it. but how do i find someone? lol

 

Welcome to the forum a lot of good people and a lot of good info on here too.

List looks good to me, Your on the right track.

Email seems to be our only option, There are people like zelinsky but i have heard mix things, Unless someone comes out of the dark that only seems to be it man.

 

You need the drop in k&n filter to use with that intake tube

 

And you can find tuners here on cobaltss.net

 

if you have HPT, there are a handful of renowned LNF tuners on the forums. Terminator2, Blue, but i don't know if he does a lot for others, 09cobalt(i believe). have them tune remotely, they'll send you tunes to upload and tweak from their ends after you log via HPT.

 

Your on the right track you can also contact kmo43 for tuning idk how far your from him but he is in canada

 

so this filter will not work? ok will find the drop in.

Thanks

 

Welcome to Cobalt land, Once you enter there's no escape.

 

You could do the air box mod and I think you can use that cone filter

 

Get the real K&N intake. Not individual pieces.

Also you'll need the 3bar sensors with pigtails to complete your package.

Besides what you've listed I'd throw in a rear sway bar. Really changes the feel of the car.

 

GM Stage 1 Sensors

these?

btw thanks so much for the help everyone!

 

I would also throw in some trans mounts the stock ones are bad Nevermind with all the extra power you will be making. Ottp or Powell would be the best options for those. Stops wheel hop and helps keep those wheels from wondering under power.

 

tuner = kmo43 does great Tunes

 

Get 3 bar map sensors and a treadstone intake.

 

3 bar maps are not a necessity for a stock turbo car. If you're going the route of the stock air box, do a search for ZZP's "how to" for the modded air box. I'd suggest going after the K&N short ram if you enjoy turbo noises

Good luck man

 

I agree about the 3 bars on the stock turbo, I ran my car without them for 1 yr plus and I only got them because I did a turbo swap and I'm running alot more psi now

 

We do have a guy in Oakville who did many Ontario cobalts, and there are others in and around our area too

A local guy in Burlington just bought a solstice and needs a tune maybe we can Kevin to come out for tune day, I would be interested in getting a little more aggressive tune myself. I'll pm you Kevin's email

 

Check out John Powell parts for our cars, they are not cheap but I quite enjoy mine

 

Kevin doesn't have to come out and tune, u do it over email. U do a read of ur ecu and send him stock tune file, then he will do a primary tune, then send it back and u flash it, do a run and data log, and send that to him, and back and forth till ur good. Called remote tuning

 

You could do that, or you could come out and have it tested on the dyno and then refine it and test it again before you leave with a smile on your face for your short drive home. This is what I did, SSKev is a good tuner IMO. Remote tuning is an option, this is another

 

I personally wouldn't pay for the dyno time to get the tune dialed. I would street tune then after it's dialed then dyno. It also doesn't matter if the tuner is in the car or remote tuning. The only advantage of having the tune there is they can help with mechanical issues if the car has any.

 

That ^ the only other thing I can think of is that in person tuning is a bit faster than with remote tuning but results are the same I strongly recommend kmo43