pics of the 2 cars!
10-03-2010, 08:57 AM
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pics of the 2 cars! 
I just picked up the cobalt from the shop on the 1st.
Its very low on power right now with the stock ported Blower/ stock pulley!
I still need to dial in the tune and get it to idle at a decent rpm with the cams and break the motor in it has 210 miles on the new motor.
Here are some videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKam5b9-6AI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ioWI6mC2gY
An idle clip. The car is idling around 1600 rpms i want to bring it down to 1100.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFaLGE1l1jM
10-03-2010, 11:55 AM
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It is defiantly sad with how much money there is in parts alone but its been this long sense i drove it last and i can wait a little bit to make big power down the road! I believe its a stock pulley record for corrected whp the car makes a little more hp then a stage 2 car or a 2.8 blower pulley car with supporting mods but the ported head is killing the torque with factory boost the car only see's 8-9 and slowly grows to almost 15 lbs bye 7800 rpms.
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10-05-2010, 01:56 PM
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Yea they can be pretty fun cars it had been over 4 years sense the last time i drove it when it was close to stock i ran a 13.60@ 102.5 with the same balding all seasons.
10-13-2010, 04:26 AM
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there 9 inches wide...
Update on the cobalt! Headgasket is junk and has been sence build car is back at the shop im not paying to fix something that was built and paid for once... this car has been a battle!
Update on the cobalt! Headgasket is junk and has been sence build car is back at the shop im not paying to fix something that was built and paid for once... this car has been a battle!
10-14-2010, 04:28 AM
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thanks!
The cobalt will be faster once all the kinks are worked out (and a different power adder). Im looking for 550whp the motor is good for 800. I only had the car for 2 weeks before i brought it back to the shop the new motor has very little miles. I never hammered on it was hoping to put 3,000 miles on the new motor before bringing it back to the track! Best time was 13.60 @ 102.5 mph but that was 4 years ago on a stock motor and a few bolt ons...
We will find out once the Head gasket fiasco is settled and the motor is broken in.
The cobalt will be faster once all the kinks are worked out (and a different power adder). Im looking for 550whp the motor is good for 800. I only had the car for 2 weeks before i brought it back to the shop the new motor has very little miles. I never hammered on it was hoping to put 3,000 miles on the new motor before bringing it back to the track! Best time was 13.60 @ 102.5 mph but that was 4 years ago on a stock motor and a few bolt ons...
We will find out once the Head gasket fiasco is settled and the motor is broken in.
10-14-2010, 09:51 PM
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thanks!
The cobalt will be faster once all the kinks are worked out (and a different power adder). Im looking for 550whp the motor is good for 800. I only had the car for 2 weeks before i brought it back to the shop the new motor has very little miles. I never hammered on it was hoping to put 3,000 miles on the new motor before bringing it back to the track! Best time was 13.60 @ 102.5 mph but that was 4 years ago on a stock motor and a few bolt ons...
We will find out once the Head gasket fiasco is settled and the motor is broken in.
The cobalt will be faster once all the kinks are worked out (and a different power adder). Im looking for 550whp the motor is good for 800. I only had the car for 2 weeks before i brought it back to the shop the new motor has very little miles. I never hammered on it was hoping to put 3,000 miles on the new motor before bringing it back to the track! Best time was 13.60 @ 102.5 mph but that was 4 years ago on a stock motor and a few bolt ons...
We will find out once the Head gasket fiasco is settled and the motor is broken in.
10-15-2010, 08:28 AM
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well it made 250 with a blown head gasket and i found out last night why the head gasket blew a stud pulled out a stud that had been over torqued before so now im looking at either pulling the motor out and sending to the machine shop to have threaded sleeves pressed in or hoping just to pull the head and bring the whole car to the machine shop and see if they can do the work like that..
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I like the Cobalt. It's a shame GM never put much faith in it as a SPORTS (vs. Economy) car ... more emphasis on SS (or hopped up like a GTO). It seems as though GM spends lots of R&D to come up with a new car model (and new name) ... then disposes of the product in a few years. Bummer!
My son was looking at a Cobalt SS in 2007 ... went with a MB C230 Sport (black / black / 6 speed) ... but the Cobalt SS would have been a nice choice as well!
My son was looking at a Cobalt SS in 2007 ... went with a MB C230 Sport (black / black / 6 speed) ... but the Cobalt SS would have been a nice choice as well!