[Dannyn01]

Lets give this a shot!

March 2022, was looking for a comfortable economy car. Happened to find this 2011 Cruze RS with 148K Miles, for ~$4K.

While the fuel economy was great ~33mpg highway ~28mpg city, I quickly began to realize the lack of "guts".

Down the rabbit hole I went, nothing crazy, but enough to make the car more drivable... Based off what feels like limited info, id like to shoot for about 250HP at the crank.


Engine ;

• Custom SRI (Heat soaks like crazy)
• ZZP downpipe
• Gutted midpipe
• ZZP FMIC
• NGK BKR7E spark plugs
• ZZP ignition coil
• Forge wastegate actuator
• Trifecta Elite Tune
• GTX250 Turbo (to be installed)
• Ported intake manifold (to be installed)
• BNR intake manifold spacer (to be installed)
• Cruze Fixkit V3.4 (to be installed)
• Deatschwerks 460CC Injectors (to be installed)
  

Suspension ;

• Eibach Pro-Sport lowering springs
• Bilstein B8 Front struts

Exterior ;

• ECO grille
• Tint
• ECO wheels
• Trunk badges removed
• LED reverse lights
• 215/55R17 Michelin CrossClimate2
• Front license plate removed

Interior ;
- Tan leather seats swapped in

Photo dump incoming....

 

[Dannyn01]

 

[Dannyn01]

Nice car, especially the color

That's an interesting air filter. What brand is it?

Thank you sir! It’s a Honda S2000 OE air filter.
After doing hours of research on aftermarket air filters like KN for example, and flow VS filtering capacity, I’ve determined an OE style paper filter is probably the best route.
Ill be ordering an Injen CAI soon, even then I’m tossing the supplied filter and using one of these.

 

[Dannyn01]

Did some maintenance yesterday.
Oil change done, leaking water outlet replaced with another plastic one, Pre ordered the RacerX unit, ETA November…..
Also installed the Injen CAI, piece of cake! Wasn’t able to use my S2K filter since it’s huge compared to the Injen filter. I’ll run it this way until it gives me a reason not to.
First impression, seems to idle better, and power delivery seems more linear/smooth. So far I dig it.

 

[Dannyn01]

I like the shiny intake! It looks like that blue coolant line is pinched 👀

Close to it, I need to order the factory formed hose, this was a temporary fix. If I made it any shorter it would completely kink.

 

[Dannyn01]

Boredom strikes again. Had some of this DEI Gold reflective tape laying around, figured it can’t hurt IATs. Only wrapped half the intake, I don’t believe the lower pipe will have any issues with heat due to its location.

 

[Dannyn01]

Took advantage of BNRs extremely discounted Ultra Racing rear lower bar. For $50, Why the hell not. Super simple install, took all of 5 minutes.

 

[Dannyn01]

Quite the deal! notice any difference?

During my usual route, I felt no difference. We’ll see once I go out for a good ride. The bar itself is extremely light (it’s hollow), can’t imagine it will do much.

 

[Dannyn01]

Update : After a week of driving, I can actually tell the difference the rear bar has made around corners. Seems to be less boaty, still need to get my rear shocks to keep the rear end from lifting awkwardly around corners…. IF THEY EVER GO BACK IN STOCK 😐.

After my 10min drive home from work, doing pulls from every stop for funzies… probably fine. I think.

 

[Dannyn01]

That manifold is way too hot! You running rich? 🧐

Could be, I don’t have an AFR gauge. I should probably invest in one, or at least the Bluetooth OBD2 dongle for the Torque App.
Smells rich sometimes but I just figured it’s from being catless.

 

[Dannyn01]

Is it tuned? Make sure they know it is catless.

Yes, tuned through Trifecta, they know.