iLLmaTic3s

hey guys i was looking at chevy's website. they are currently coming out with a intake for our car.

http://www.chevrolet.com/pop/cobalt/2007/acc/air_en.jsp

thats it...wont a air box mod work, isnt it just really the same thing? any guys have that mod on our car? if so cudnt u just place a new filter in the pipin and leave it open to the air/heat soak? is this a good idea..need help

BlueThunder2006

The GM intake appears to actually be sealed-off from the engine compartment. If you look at the pic, you'll see a 'baffle' around the cone filter, with a rubber seal at the top. That seal contacts the hood when closed, keeping air from the engine bay out of the filter-box. It mounts on the lower portion of the stock air-box, and draws air from the stock 'scoop' in the fender-well.

tonio5555

This is my issue with the GM intake. If it is designed the way it appears to be designed, its merely a conical filter attached the the stock plastic "piping." It doesn't appear like the GMPP intake will provide much of a power gain at all. Unless maybe the intake will come with a less restrictive air box then maybe the design makes sense, but as of yet no one knows.

NJHK

It looks like any aftermarket intake to me...

BlueThunder2006

The only 'stock' parts kept with the GM intake appear* to be the lower half of the stock air-box and its associated silencer/resonator tubing. The throttle-body adaptor, intake tube, and filter are all replaced. The tube from the filter to the TB adaptor is smooth metal, which will reduce some restriction. I'd think that a resonator delete along with this intake would yield results similar to other aftermarket intakes.

*- Since I've only seen the pic on the Chevy website, I'm ASSuming this is the way it is set-up.

tonio5555

Same here, hopefully it is released soon and we can see real pictures of it.

iLLmaTic3s

cant i jsut do a airbox mod and not use the top of the stock airbox?

IonNinja

looks like a short ram with a heat shield...shouldn't be any better or worse than another short ram intake

NJHK

DITTO

iLLmaTic3s

what would be better...that gmpp intake or the airbox mod some people have on there cars?

rally

If i remember right the airbox mod is simply the top of the airbox cut off to fit a cone filter correct? If that is the case you will be sucking in the hot engine air and hurt the "performance" the intake. Unless you can find a way to seal the air so its cooler I would just buy an intake

LewiSS

For a pic of the system installed, take a look over on the 2.4 board:

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/2-4l-le5-performance-tech-46/gmpp-intake-29339/