Cobalt SS Turbo Owners - Get Your Intake On!
Written by Corey Mullane Monday, 15 June 2009
Intakes are the gateway mod. They are inexpensive, easy to install, give good performance gains and usually start you on the path to becoming totally obsessed with modifying ever last aspect of your car. But which intake is the one for you and what separates one from the other? In truth, intakes are a very complex part of your vehicle that are tuned from the factory to reduce certain resonant frequencies that your engine produces as well as keep water from finding its way to the filter of your intake all while taking in the coldest and cleanest air possible to help deliver good performance.
We have found that some factory intake systems actually work better than aftermarket systems. Go figure right? We have taken the time to look at a few intakes that give you good power gains and also are made with top quality and fitment in mind. Since many of you have been asking questions about the intake on the “Stage 2” upgrade for the LNF from our blog post here - LNF Upgrade Kit Update – Part 2. Are You Ready?! - we decided to give you some inside info that will help you in your quest to not only match the power of the LSJ stage upgrades, but to potentially surpass them as well.
This is not an easy task and while the factory does a great job at delivering the best of all worlds, some aftermarket tuners think that they can do better than the General and we’re going to list your options with those companies here for you. If you have an intake from one of these companies, throw a comment down below and help your brothers decide which cup of Kool-Aid they should drink from.
In case you are a little green behind the ears with modifying your car yourself, the boys over at AEM have created a PDF that shows step-by-step how to install thier intake in your Cobalt SS Turbo. You can download this sweet little manual here.
AEM
First off is AEM. Advanced Engine Management has been around since 1987 and is a true leader in developing aftermarket intakes that are engineered, designed and tested to deliver a product that is close in design to factory while increasing airflow as much as possible. Their offering to the Cobalt SS Turbo is an intake system that will deliver 17.3 hp and 14.7 lb.-ft of torque.
Injen
Injen has been serving the automotive aftermarket quality intakes since 1998. Injen also has many unique processes it uses while developing an intake system that separates itself from the competition. In the Cobalt SS Turbo intake system, Injen utilizes its patented “MR Technology Step Down” process. This design is meant to keep factory air/fuel ratios in tact to offer a near-factory like driving experience while also getting 15 hp and 14 lb.-ft or torque out of the 2.0L ECOtec (dyno above).
Hahn Racecraft
Last but certainly not least are the folks over at Hahn Racecraft. Turbos are these guys’s middle name and they know them well. In business for over 20 years, there is a reason they are still around today while others are dropping out around them. They offer an intake with the highest advertised gains for the LNF at 29 hp (dyno above). No torque numbers are given but we’re betting that they are close to the hp figure. If any of you have this intake or have numbers on torque, please post them up and we will make it known.
No one wants to see you guys make more power out of your LNF setup than us here at GMTS. We are excited about the Stage Upgrade for the LNF and feel that a review on a couple of intakes will help in taking the dive. Post your comments and questions. As you can see, we are listening and are here to help.
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Now if GMTS was to actually independently test all three of these intakes, then we'd have something to talk about.
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One things for sure though, most of these intakes are going to give you similar power and tq. Some may have better fit and finish etc. We can help explore that as well.
Corey - do you have anything to add here?
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It would be nice to see you take a stock SS/TC and..
1. Dyno it, please include both HP and TQ figures
2. Install new intake from each manufacturer that 'wants to play'
3. Post dyno figures for each.
My question is.. Does installing ANY of these aftermarket intakes VOID the warranty?
Thanks ahead of time for any info..
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If this could happen, and happen soon - I think that would be great for the Cobalt SS community.
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Honestly, I am confused. Clear Image Automotive has been the top Vendor for the LNF engine, and no recognition? They offer the Charge Piping, Cold Air Intake, Downpipe, Exhaust, Tune.
I think that the GMtunersource should hold a chat session so we can discuss a lot of different topics!
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Fair?
Mazdabo1318 - You had an interesting comment about - "GMtunersource should hold a chat session so we can discuss a lot of different topics! "
It's funny you ask this - because we have had a lot of people message us and ask us the same thing. We like the fact that we have opened up the comments here to provide all of you a place to talk and share and ask questions. But we built the V.3 Site for so much more and maybe it's time to open it up for that.
We built it to have a full community combined in the site, which will give all of you a place to talk, live, post, ask, share etc....
Now how does that sound?
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Andy - Sounds great too! We all spend a lot of time on another site but I think we'd all be happy to have another central location to chat about our cars with other GM enthusiasts.
Thank you to both for your quick responses!
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Routs: I agree, we have been wanting this for a long time now.
SideNote: Andy im Taylor, Nice to meet you. Would you mind emailing me? \n This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
I would love to talk to you!
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Great post. I just sent you an email. Get at me.
As for opening up the site for a forum - I think we are really close to do so. We wanted to see how well people would respond to V.3 of GMTS and how they interacted on the site with posts and comments, and as you can see we have had a good amount of success there.
As of having it more open to have owners like yourself talk about Aftermarket and GMPP - that's exactly what you're doing now here with comments etc. Are you talking about having a forum that all of you can sit and hang and share etc? If so - we think that's a very good idea as well. Let me know your thoughts so we can be more clear. Have a great day.
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What do you think? Is the ball rolling?
Has anyone stepped up?
I think we can get these guys to step up. Hell, if I made a product I charged $300 for and claimed dyno gains...I would want to back up my claims....
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If enough of us, as consumers of their products, were to email the manufacturers and request their participation in this UNBIASED testing event who, or where, would we ask THEM to respond. I agree with everybody else here that this would be Earth shaking. And a chance for the manufacturers to pump up their collective chests and show off their stuff. OR NOT!!
For the time being maybe everybody that does invite a manufacturer post that manufacturers replies, if any, here. I have my doubts that many would accept the challenge. But it would be worth the try.
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