StrongIslandBalter

so your pretty much saying the supercharged route would be more reliable,power and cost effective?

Spanky's Monkey

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i never said **** was reliable.

i did say you will break ****. that's something i and every other tuner and wanna-be has learned. **** with your car and something can and will break. and it's always when you don't want or need **** breaking but the desire for more power is an addiction. just my 2cent, personal experience and the fact that i've witnessed many a broken heart and empty wallet.

StrongIslandBalter

well my goal is 200whp. I understand what your saying...I just want to know whats the most reliable route to go supercharge or full bolt on,cams. Iam guessing also the sc route is more cost effective?

NWAE Cobalt

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heck ya lolol, im about to pull apart my engine :P

StrongIslandBalter

are you really why?

06Pursuit

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this thread went way off topic in a hurry. I too am thinking of going the cammed route. Im just not sure of going stg 1 or 2. I use my car as a DD and don't have a back up, so im leaning towards the stg 1

NWAE Cobalt

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probly a good lean lol

StrongIslandBalter

my cars a dd and i want some fun. so its either the cams or sc. its so confusing and hard to choose

NWAE Cobalt

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cam is easier to install, and you can build on it with bolt ons, sc is more expensive to do so cause your verging on max hp for stock internals

StrongIslandBalter

yeah but i feel like its all end to a means like waht happens when you get your intake,tb,header,dp,cat back,pulley,cams,manifold,tune. after that what else is their besides porting and polishing. supercharge your throwing it on and then you can add stage kits, even run meth.

06_ion2

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NWAE Cobalt

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you can do adjustable cam gears, higher compression ratio, stroke it, bore it, n2o, lots of things to do

StrongIslandBalter

what do you mean stroke it? and whats uaje ion?

NWAE Cobalt

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stroking is to change the amount that the piston moves to gain hp, usually you do this by using a diff length rod

StrongIslandBalter

you know what would be a great project somebody dropping a v8 in a cobalt wonder if its anywhere near possible. I know ill be having wet dreams tonight )

06Pursuit

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its been done, an LS1 swap, not cheap though

NWAE Cobalt

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go look up victory red ss....he has been working on it for a while now, but he has had alot of diff problems with shops and stuff... long story but worth it

he has his own website about it to...lets see if it lets me post it

victory-red-ss.ca

StrongIslandBalter

guess you cant have an ls1 and fwd lol wonder what other engines are swappable

NWAE Cobalt

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no lol, he is going lsx i believe and rwd conversion
has been in the process for QUITE a while, he has a DD cobalt too hahaha

StrongIslandBalter

okay nighthawk ? where your at lets say your running 93 octane. does that fgive you any hp what so ever and the other ? is if you use octane boost what does that do?

NWAE Cobalt

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im running 92, no 93 around here lol
and i guess i dont understand the second ? but for the octane boost, its supposed to raise the octain of pump gas, i just use race gas if i wanted that that i can buy local

StrongIslandBalter

okay well why did u go 92 instead of 91 or 92. and waht i mean is why change the octane,and what gains do you get from using octane boost?

NWAE Cobalt

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octane allows for more timing and grabs a couple extra ponies

BlackCobalt707

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if i understand correctly as well, using high octane fuel in a regular unmodded car will do nothin right? and i think someone told me it can be harmful to the engine, correct?

Spanky's Monkey

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in an unmodded car it's gonna burn a little cleaner. won't do **** for power though but I run 93 in my 05 Vue Redline v-tek powered 3.5l anyway. the higher octane full also you to advance spark ignition in order to creat more power. with the right mods you can get a lot outta your little 2.2l.