captain howdy

You'll find that there is always more aftermarket support for the larger engine no matter what kind of vehicle you are talking about. Aftermarket manufacurers figure if a person is interested in the power of their engine then you'll start with the biggest engine available and not the littlest. A perfect example would be Mustangs and Camaros. While there are plenty of performance parts for the V6s there is like 100 times more stuff for V8s. Not to mention a lot more manufacturers of parts for the V8s. I don't think you are going to find much in the way of performance for the 2.2. You should have opted for the 2.4. From another board I have found out that the governer shuts you down a lot quicker with the 2.2. With the 2.2 it will shut you down at about 105 MPH while the 2.4 doesn't kick in untill 126 MPH. The 2.2 wasn't designed for performance. It was designed to be a reliable daily driver engine that is good on gas milage.

HHR DLYT

I saw the RSM Racing supercharger in the HHR at SEMA in November. The price sheet was around $4000 projected for the kit at that time. Here is a photo of it that I took.



I also have photos of it mounted on the engine on an engine stand.....If anyone is interested.

Becky

HHR DLYT

I also found a picture on my pc of the rear disc brakes from SEMA on the RSM HHR...

jaydogg

here is the pic of the RSM Intake. This will work on the 2.2 or 2.4 per RSM.

SIHHR

Wow that's so hot. I want one.

inarmywpride

ya but that filter is so close to the eng that will just suck in soooo much heat. it needs to be more by the air inlet

Skatetheglobe

I know jack and I'll admit that but couldn't that be routed to a ram air hood?

inarmywpride

this looks like crap cause i did it in 2 sec but i think this would help out with not getting as much heat

SoCalHHR

The thing you're not gettting is that the runner length and direction plays a huge part in the overall performance the intake will provide on a given engine. You can't just decide to move it somewhere else without changing the performance values.

The intake we had AEM prototype will mount in the rear also - it's a straight shot with the optimim runner length. This is also the area with the most room for a filter in the HHR engine compartment. Difference: AEM's intake will have a baffle plate to keep the hot engine air away from the intake element!

inarmywpride

ya i understand what you are saying in moving it. But if you can route cooler air into it. Instead of hot air that comes dir off the eng. You will have over all better power. Or you could fab up a cold air intake from the fender where the air hole is already