Sold the car in 2014 lmao but it was a flowmaster 40 exhaust that was on the car when I bought it in 2010. Not sure where previous owner got it in Canada I’m sure Summit Racing would have something for ya

I would, but I sold it in 2014 lol. I will have to upload videos of my 99 Trans Am… @liquid_metal_92 on Instagram if you’re curious. BBK long tubes and 2.5 y pipe with a Borla catback, corsa Quad tips. FAST92 intake with throttle body, SLP lid and 3800 supercharged Grand Prix fuel injectors

I did everything for 1300$ lol This is by far one of the cheapest platforms to work on. I have a 99 Trans am now, wanna know how much this work would cost on that? Try 7k plus for a roots style blower kit. All builds in perspective. This is definitely affordable with used parts and kits floating around

I feel you. 08 HHR LS here.

Yep this was all stock intervals, Handled it no problems for over 2 years. I refreshed my block with forged internals AFTER I upgraded the supercharger to a TVS1320 setup. Keep the 07 and under rods under 15psi and they will be fine. My TVS setup on a ported head still pushed 24psi lol which I would NOT recommend stock internals for

@@firehawk97 interesting, I keep hearing 07 amd 08 have piss poor rods and to stay under 5 psi. My current plan is to build a motor over the winter with good rods and pistons. Now trying to figure out if a LSJ head with LSJ stock cams will work on a '07 L61 block. Also, if the '07 L61 has the same crank trigger timing as the LSJ. If so, I'd just do an LSJ bottom wmd swap as I already have it

@@firehawk97 What made you do TVS instead of turbo? Just the cool factor? Can't believe you're here answering questions years later. You're my hero man, lol. Did you post this build anywhere?

@@firehawk97 one more thing, hate to bombard you with questions but I'll suck up all the knowledge anyone who's been there will share. Did you have A/C? I had to remove my low pressure line as it went where the new manifold now resides. Would be freaking nice to have A/C again.

@@tdb19872 the 2.4L has the weak rods everyone fears, and the 08+ 2.2L also has the weak rods. I was going to do a twin-charge setup. Supercharger and turbocharger. Figured out the plumbing and vacuum actuation/balancing... BUT, found my dream 1999 Pontiac Trans Am. Then I ended up moving and sold the Ion locally before moving. Sold the TVS separately and re-tuned to an M62. New owner keeps it clean as a whistle, still going strong here in 2022. I haven't posted my Trans Am yet but definitely should do a walk-through video on that... will be pro-charging it eventually as well.

We listened during the dyno and didn’t hear any slipping. The TVS 1320 setup I ended up doing after this also didn’t slip. Phenolic spacer honestly helps add tension to the whole setup. I also kept the stock alternator pulley which is larger on the L61 than LSJ. ZZP staged belts were too small and would rip. Stock LSJ belts worked great on a 2.6 blower pulley with a stock L61 alternator pulley. Definitely went through some iterations on that

Still going strong lol Sold it in March 2020, new owner keeps it clean as a whistle and brings it to car shows often. I did built engine and TVS1320 install on this car after this dyno video. Sold it with an m62 and meth injection on the built engine setup

Different ECU in that model year. Im not sure how you would tune those

@@firehawk97 I heard trifecta used to but I guess they stopped

@@SimbaUchihaa correct I heard the same. Unfortunately ZZP doesn’t support from my understanding, only the 07 and up L61s. And obv all redline model years 04-07

@@firehawk97 I'll prob stay N.A. and throw some cai or something and call it a day

This setup was all ZZP. 2.5 down pipe with cat. Going into a 3 inch cat back. Eventually did 3 inch catless setup

It's possible in an '04 but there is no pcm tuning ability which means you'd have to use a stand alone fuel system which is both expensive and difficult. His car is an '07 which uses a different PCM that has thning support which makes thing's infinitely easier. It can be done, but you'd be much, much better off selling your car and buying an 07+ or even better just buying a car with an LSJ engine.

As far as tranny work, none is required. The F23 transmission is rock solid,gugs used to run 700 HP through them all day long. Oddly enough it's a much better transmission than the F35 in the stock superchargered cars which break when you look at them wrong.

Zero issues over 6 years now, new owner very happy

You ran 16 psi on stock internals?? And what whp?

@@limitless597 272 whp on the m62 setup you can watch the dyno video on my channel if you’re curious. Did it at ZZP

@@firehawk97 thanks bro!

prob blew the engine ngl. Been 4 years

Wrong, ran strong for 5 years then got sold.