Drakonen2000

im no expert, but for your head....im gonna shoot for about 400 bucks...maybe more?

06black

"more about go, rather then show"

yet you bought a 2.2?.....hrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Drakonen2000

lol...you should hop in my SC sometime bro, then you will be like "daaaym...thats what i shoulda got!" ...but i have to give you props...for a 2.2 you are rollin a perdy rad ride...

cakeeater

depends on the shop. Just call and ask, no hurt in asking. If you really want to get sneaky, find the specs on a nice ported and polished head from a race shop, take those specs to a machine shop and have them replicate. Will cost you half the price and be the same thing if the machine shop knows what they are doing.

blk ss/sc 1

alright and i was giving you my opinion.. how isnt it a consturctive one?.. i believe it is just a better idea to mod a car a manual so u can get the most gains from it. I believe with performance mods its hard to actually get the gains u expect with an auto IMO, but like u said if the auto fits u best then so it be but no need to call me a douchebag

Hstn Wytt

ok, it seems as though youve dont alot to your 2.2 auto, i also have a 2.2 auto, were would you recommend for me to start?

Bumblebalt

Page 1, and look at what he has. The basics include stuff like Intake, Header, DP, Exhaust, Shiftplus, suspension, and **** like that. To shrink it down. Id say do an intake and exhaust as basic and if u can afford throw header on there too.

CobaltFan06

Yeah, for one, I got my car for 13k. Two my insurance isn't rape. So instead of hating, just move along.

Alright my bad, I just want to limit the trolling. If you don't approve please move on, thats all I'm saying. Forgot to hit the sarcasm button I guess :/

cobalt_driver

bc for what u spent on ur car, (the almighty 2.0 ss/sc) we can see another 200+ hp gain at the same amount of money.

i'd say port n polish will b 300-400 bucks. i got a quote from a guy n he said 325. soooo. also, nitrous is good if u use it sparingly. don't just spray all over. save that for when ur internals can handle it ummm port n polish n cams is ur best bet for now for ur price range.

CobaltFan06

Alright and after the cams n port/polish i guess next is NAWZ.

Stock internals should hold a 75 shot fine with a step colder plugs and 93 octane I think... I'm just really on the fence, since its not HP all the time, and the risks are so great if its not done properly...

Drakonen2000

T....U.....R....B...O!!!!

CobaltFan06

Yeah but then I gotta throw out my intake and header... seems like a waste to me.

WhiteSSBalt

Why do you have a stage 2 clutch on a 2.2 w/ only an intake as a power mod? Just wondering.

CobaltFan06

Anything else gentleman?

Could I do a throttle body?

RA080424

2.4 intake manifold?

CobaltFan06

Thought of that. I thought in the dyno results it took away hp/tq?

RA080424

I think that was an 06 Cobalt, the 07 they tested it on had negligeble torque losses at lower RPMs but a gain of 13 hp and 2 ft/lbs of torque past 4.5 grand.

Just realized yours is an 06, you should probably wait till the 2.2 tuning is ready to go before you buy the intake mani. I think the reason the 07s are doing better than previous years with the intake mani. is because of the new ECM and more aggressive factory tune.

XM15

That was me, it was an '05. And it was worse than that, but I don't feel like beating a dead horse.

Have you thought of handling mods? They are pretty cheap, and they really change the way the car feels. I highly recommend looking into getting the Progress Rear Sway Bar. I couldn't believe how much of an effect it had.