Intake Mod for 2.2L Cobalts with pictures!!

[cobalt123]

not sure why, guess cuz the added HP, but i took the silencer out didnt notice anything different in power

 

[Aredtear]

This would all be the same for a G5 with the same engine right?

 

[bbrewbaker]

Yep the same for the G5.

 

[Tom]

You its really odd that the LNF take the same filter as the 2.2!

theres only so many ways to build an air filter? lol

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theres only so many ways to build an air filter? lol

not sure why, guess cuz the added HP, but i took the silencer out didnt notice anything different in power

I think it does nothing, if anything it takes away hp and its a placebo effect....

My logic is
its put there for a reason, not just to baffle sound but channel the air to filter...as opposed to the bulky un even compartment...

If anything(what i did), just remove the 2 baffles from the tube..

 

[bbrewbaker]

theres only so many ways to build an air filter? lol

If anything(what i did), just remove the 2 baffles from the tube..

I was thinking of doing that and leaving the tube.
For now i'll just leave the whole tube on when i install the GM performance intake tomorrow if it don't rain.

 

[cobalt123]

the baffles where easy to break off i did it by acident

 

[matts05cobalt]

just did the mod

it works fantastic my car sounds amazing for the stock 2.2 base model i love it!!!!

 

[dman090]

it works fantastic my car sounds amazing for the stock 2.2 base model i love it!!!!

awesome man! glad to hear you like it!

 

[cobalt123]

awesome

 

[incipio]

Bringing up an old post here, but I took out the airbox yesterday and couldn't find the silencer anywhere.

Is the silencer further underneath of the airbox?

 

[bbrewbaker]

Yea it's under the headlight.
Take the headlight and bracket off and your see it.
I was able to get mine out through the headlight opening also.

 

[incipio]

Alright i'll take a look at it again today. It saddens me that I couldn't find it yesterday. Oh well.

My K&N filter just came in today... I gotta drop that in there anyways.

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Alright I'm actually RIGHT NOW in the process of taking out the headlight. The only shit under the headlight is the headlight holding bracket, and I removed that. under that, theres only a huge open space. wut do?

 

[bbrewbaker]

Sounds like yours is already out then.

 

[cobalt123]

if its not there then woot no more work for you

 

[incipio]

Sounds suspicious.

Regardless, I put in the K&N air filter today.

Someone sell me an exhaust.

Oh - thats what it looked like after I took the headlight mounting bracket off.

 

[YelloEye]

By the picture, you do not have an intake silencer! Congrats!

 

[bbrewbaker]

Yep you got lucky and didn't have a silencer.

 

[cobalt123]

i did and i took it out

 

[bbrewbaker]

Mine is out also. I seem to be getting 1mpg higher with it out also.
My Avg right now is 28.7 before i was getting about 27.2.

 

[cobalt123]

nice