Cold Air Intake for an SS
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From: Florida
ChevyGuySS- I have a K&N aircharge pipe kit for sell in the classified section on this site. It's a nice kit and is only 3 months old. This kit will not void your warranty, if you still have one. I'm asking $130 for the kit. You can see pictures of the kit at: http://nwga.craigslist.org/pts/2411294570.html.
oh wow! why so cheap? why are you selling it? i will definitely think about it, i really appreciate the offer
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It was like 20* outside...was driving for only a few minutes...was in 2nd gear gave it about 3/4 throttle at about 21-23psi and car backfired loud as hell, lost all boost, limped it home and popped the hood only to find what you see in the picture. The next morning I was gonna drive it straight to the dealer...happened on a Sunday...car would not idle....air/fuel trims were totally screwed up so I had it towed to the dealer and they ordered and installed a new pipe.
The stock piping is prone to cracking/breaking under the harsher conditions that the increased boost pressures give. The stock intercooler also has plastic endcaps which are subject to the same. Both will get the job done and many choose for something to go wrong before they replace them. I ran my stock ones for a long time.
The stock piping is prone to cracking/breaking under the harsher conditions that the increased boost pressures give. The stock intercooler also has plastic endcaps which are subject to the same. Both will get the job done and many choose for something to go wrong before they replace them. I ran my stock ones for a long time.
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Lemme know when you are selling your SS so I can stay away from it. Doesn't appear to be normal use with results like this (more like beating the ever living piss out of the thing). The HHR SS is by no means a "supercar". Ever hear of something called ZR1? May be a better solution if you need performance without problems relating to an economy "sport" SUV. Everything has its limits; you just have to understand the contexts that each falls into. I feel sorry for this machine...
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ATLsilverSS - I saw where the posted about my kit, thanks again for your help.
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where and how did you tune it for the charge kit? i would like to do that to mine but i just dont know what to do
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I never tuned mine after installing the kit. Mine already had the stage kit before I bought my car. When I put the kit on the car it was a big noticeable difference in power, but the computer started relearning some things, so a tune would be the way to go.
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Lemme know when you are selling your SS so I can stay away from it. Doesn't appear to be normal use with results like this (more like beating the ever living piss out of the thing). The HHR SS is by no means a "supercar". Ever hear of something called ZR1? May be a better solution if you need performance without problems relating to an economy "sport" SUV. Everything has its limits; you just have to understand the contexts that each falls into. I feel sorry for this machine...
Because you don't see it posted here much doesn't mean its not happening. The pipe blowing apart has been documented more frequently on the Cobalt SS forums, this forum is a drop in the bucket compared to active members over there.
Thus more accounts of broken stock UICP and intercoolers along with other issues on the LNF engine. It would be the equivalent to having a larger sample size in an experiment, more samples more results.
I haven't found the limits to my HHR SS yet and I'm one of the most heavily modified HHR SS's that are active on forums.
Its all in modding your car right and not doing a half ass job of it.
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hell mine was sold with a cracked ic pipe lol. congrats newguy. imo charged piping should be the first priority. if yours crack,waiting on stock replacements may take awhile as the car isn't produced anymore. next i was go with a tune. i have a trifecta and love it. next go for your exhaust. 3inch dp no cats (unless you are in cali) then if you have the money, a more stout clutch will be needed because your stocker will start to slip. or you can go with the bigger ic. before you go past 22 psi upgrade the clutch. my current mods put me at 342 to the ground on the stock turbo. have fun!!
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Lemme know when you are selling your SS so I can stay away from it. Doesn't appear to be normal use with results like this (more like beating the ever living piss out of the thing). The HHR SS is by no means a "supercar". Ever hear of something called ZR1? May be a better solution if you need performance without problems relating to an economy "sport" SUV. Everything has its limits; you just have to understand the contexts that each falls into. I feel sorry for this machine...
im not selling it. im going to put a built motor and tranny in it with a borg warner efr turbo and beat the ever living piss out of it....doing rolling burnouts down your neighborhood streets
