Sorry for not being patient BUT......

[OneBadRS]

What is the status on a aftermarket Turbo kit? Last I heard Vince from Trifecta was looking into one and something was prototyped for a Cruze. Now I know the Sonic is still new and quite a bit of HP and TQ can be gained via a tune,air intake,exhaust but I am still wanting more to be available for when I buy my RS later this year.

Anyone have any info???

Thanks

 

[doreo]

i hate to say it but i think sonic needs to visit this post

 

[SSpeckerwood]

What is the status on a aftermarket Turbo kit? Last I heard Vince from Trifecta was looking into one and something was prototyped for a Cruze. Now I know the Sonic is still new and quite a bit of HP and TQ can be gained via a tune,air intake,exhaust but I am still wanting more to be available for when I buy my RS later this year.

Anyone have any info???

Thanks

your complaing about parts not being available for a car you dont even own???? :sadbanana::sadbanana:

 

[doreo]

and a kit for a car that comes with a turbo? tho i can be wrong he may just want a upgrade kit but this info is well out there

 

[laborsmith]

You can not imagine how frustrating it is to have a 2012 Sonic HB, desiring to do some simple mods, and all I can find are body vinyl kits, lowering coils, short ram intakes, a variety of performance exhaust systems, shifter upgrades, rims of various sizes and colors, spoilers, body kits, sill plates, performance clutches, and at least two, and possibly more, companies offering ecu and/or tcu performance flashes.

Oh, where is the after market with products we want and are convinced we need? How can any body modify their own chariot given the extreme lack of such parts? Oh well, I guess I will have to practice being patient any maybe something for my Sonic will be developed.

Laborsmith

 

[d.p]

Labor: i see what you did there lol

The problem with upgrading the 1.4 turbo is that you cant go with a bigger turbo and I believe the BNR guys know where I am going with this... If you look at the turbo setups you will find that the exhaust housing of the turbo is built into the manifold... When I was looking to see if the 1.4 setup would work on the 1.8 I noticed this...

For guys going with 1.8s, I'm waiting for my warranty to expire before I look at going turbo... our flanges and the space available is very similar to Honda's B series motor... I think we could possibly take a Full Race B series manifold and make it so that it will fit to our flange... I think this would be far more cost effective than getting a custom manifold made...

Hell I might start fabbing one before my warranty goes if I get bored....

 

[doreo]

im hoping to go turbo but i cant justify 4k when the cobalt was 2k

 

[d.p]

kit i was putting together for my balt was getting close to the 4k marker...

 

[OneBadRS]

Really whats with the bashing????

your complaing about parts not being available for a car you dont even own???? :sadbanana::sadbanana:

Freedom of speech bud, ever heard of it LOL. I'm waiting on a RS which is not out yet

and a kit for a car that comes with a turbo? tho i can be wrong he may just want a upgrade kit but this info is well out there

Yep just a upgraded kit for the 1.4

You can not imagine how frustrating it is to have a 2012 Sonic HB, desiring to do some simple mods, and all I can find are body vinyl kits, lowering coils, short ram intakes, a variety of performance exhaust systems, shifter upgrades, rims of various sizes and colors, spoilers, body kits, sill plates, performance clutches, and at least two, and possibly more, companies offering ecu and/or tcu performance flashes.

Oh, where is the after market with products we want and are convinced we need? How can any body modify their own chariot given the extreme lack of such parts? Oh well, I guess I will have to practice being patient any maybe something for my Sonic will be developed.

Laborsmith

I never said the Sonic was a POS or that its aftermarket support was non existing just trying to determine what the status of the once before mentioned Turbo kit on Trifecta FB page

i hate to say it but i think sonic needs to visit this post

I don't know what that means but tell the Moderator to come on in. I'm not bashing the Sonic nor any of you. Although I feel the sarcasm in this thread when all I'm asking for is a answer.


Why are all of you so sensitive? Its Friday relax

 

[SSpeckerwood]

Freedom of speech bud, ever heard of it. I'm waiting on a RS which is not out yet

i sure have, notice when i execute my right to free speech it aggrevates you. opcorn:


its not friday till i pop the top on my coors light

 

[OneBadRS]

i sure have, notice when i execute my right to free speech it aggrevates you. opcorn:


its not friday till i pop the top on my coors light

No not aggravated just dumb founded by all the sarcasm. If you read my signature I obviously like modding vehicles.

That's what's wrong with you....you a Coors Light drinker LOL

 

[Eric Smit]

Nobody cares about an upgraded turbo for the 1.4T because nobody has maxed out the engine as-is. There's your answer.


-Eric Smit

 

[SSpeckerwood]

No not aggravated just dumb founded by all the sarcasm. If you read my signature I obviously like modding vehicles.

That's what's wrong with you....you a Coors Light drinker LOL

Now wait a minute.


I love pabst blue ribbon, corona w/ lime, Coors, labatts and MGD. Lol.

Budweiser or bud light won't touch my lips.

 

[laborsmith]

Yep, I can be a little bit sarcastic, and I believe this thread, needed a healthy dose of a reality check. (Sometimes called sarcasm.)

No Coors light in this house, as you might imagine from my handle.

Today its Bud Platinum but I do the wheelhouse, Canadian, Mexican, Bosten and of course vareities of Budweiser.

Oh, and Maker's 46 when an occasion calls for it.

Laborsmith

 

[MGDavis]

Yep, I can be a little bit sarcastic, and I believe this thread, needed a healthy dose of a reality check. (Sometimes called sarcasm.)

No Coors light in this house, as you might imagine from my handle.

Today its Bud Platinum but I do the wheelhouse, Canadian, Mexican, Bosten and of course vareities of Budweiser.

Oh, and Maker's 46 when an occasion calls for it.

Laborsmith

Have Shiner Black, Warstiener, Guinness Extra Stout in fridge, Yamazaki 18, Oban 14, Death's Door & Nicholas gins on the shelf (not counting the various mixer vodkas, liquers, etc. I take my booze pretty seriously.

 

[laborsmith]

I take my bourbon seriously, so it's Devils Cut, Makers 46, and Southern Comfort (New Orleans attempt at bourbon) for those who drop by and can not stand bourbon.

Also often have Four Roses Small Batch in the cabinet but that takes a drive to Kentucky to replenish, which I do once a year.

My thinking is if the deities had wanted us to drink whiskey from Scotland, they would have figured out a way to distill it in Kentucky. Oops, my bad, it is distilled in Kentucky but instead of calling it Scotch we know it as Bourbon. The elixir of life.

Laborsmith

 

[doreo]

i like the direction this thread has headed, far more productive then the original subject, but im a cheap drunk who hates beer so i stick to vodka and by good buddy jose

 

[LS1notFOUND]

Jim Beam and always a fan of Crown. Jack always gives me "life realization" dreams after drinking it that when you wak up make you wonder "wtf".

Soco Manhattans are good drink to go with diner, and with the 100 proof SoCo sneak up on you for how easy they go down.

Yuengling Canadian New Castle are my favorite Beers, Labatt Blue/Lt is the back home in Buffalo Standby.

 

[OneBadRS]

So no turbo kit news then......???? LoL. I'm a Sam Adams guy. Love all there seasonal brews. I have one of every Sam Adams beer lining a quarter of the way around my garage. BTW now I'm off from work and time to enjoy a few cold ones.

 

[OneBadRS]

BTW this thread went way off track