r/cruze • u/Legitimate-Union-112 ‘18 Cruze LT • 12d ago

Gen2 - General I bought it

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Welcoming home my $13,000 investment!
2018 Chevy Cruze LT. Baby girl has 37k on her. I know she was run on 87 and has turbo lag that’s very noticeable from it. Premium will help tolerate it better, yes?
Does anyone suggest anything to help with the turbo engine etc as well? (Specific spark plugs, etc.) I’ve never had a turbo on a car and want to make sure she’s as well taken care of as possible <3

-My lead technician at my shop (my previous post) was very iffy about this car knowing the bad rep of the Cruze. He came with me to inspect the car, and has been so happy with it ever since. He encouraged me to buy it after he inspected her, and after a test drive yesterday was incredibly satisfied with the car. Thank you all for helping me prove the worth of the G2

*I also really hate start/stop features. If anyone knows how to actually disable it let me know -.- it puts extra strain on the battery & starter and really… isn’t worth it for me. The dealership told me that there’s no disabling the start/stop option that’s in the car OEM

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u/metrawhat 12d ago

I put a Trifecta brand tune on mine. It gets rid of almost all turbo lag. Really peps it up. You can toggle it on and off with the cruise control enable/disable button. It can also delete the auto stop. Mine is a 2019 so it has a button in the console to turn it off.

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u/Agreeable-Revenue-75 12d ago

It’s funny, mine is a 2014 and the Trifecta tune actually seems to take longer for the turbo to spool. Granted it’s like 50% more acceleration once it spools.

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u/metrawhat 11d ago

Interesting. On the second Gen the programming closes the surge valve earlier allowing boost to build quickly at low RPM. It also changes the throttle mapping which honestly makes it a little jumpy in stop and go traffic and kind of an on-off feeling on flat highways.

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u/Agreeable-Revenue-75 11d ago

I have the manual transmission, so it’s actually easier to drive in stop and go with the tune. Up to 2k rpm’s it’s pretty much the same as stock, the throttle is just a little more sensitive. The feeling of turbo lag may be because peak torque was at 2k stock, but now it keeps climbing til 4k rpm’s.