Cobalt SS vs MKIV Supra & 335i
05-28-2011, 12:57 PM
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Cobalt SS vs MKIV Supra & 335i Supra
Was headed home from the gym(so cliche.. I know..), getting ready to turn right and the light had just turned yellow as a beautiful wingless, red MKIV Supra, with gold rims was aggressively braking to stop. I thought "Damn, not gonna get a chance to lose, oh well!" Turns out, the dude was heading in my direction as he aggressively got in behind me to get onto the on-ramp to the hwy. The on-ramp is a two lane road that eventually merges but is rather long.
As we turn onto the on-ramp, the passenger in the Supra waves me on. Sooo I got about 4 car lengths ahead, stayed in 2nd gear and watched in my side mirror for some kind of indicator. Sure enough, his front end lifted and I went WOT, spinning... which allowed him to gain back two cars, quickly. Hit 3rd nicely and was trucking along as the Supra slowly crept up to my door. By the top of 3rd we were door and door, until I NLS into 4th and barely nose ahead and the Supra shuts her down, just before the lane merges.
Right after I had slowed down, the Supra got beside me and both guys were looking at my car like "WTF?". Neither said a word but I waved and smiled. Found out after the race from talking with a buddy that it's a full bolt on (BPU) auto. I will definitely acknowledge that had we have started off even, he would have walked away from me by a good 3+ car lengths.
Cliff notes: Auto, wingless, BPU Supra gets a bit cocky and is unable to make up the distance. Unassuming 4 door prevails.
335i
Coming home from the gym (How ironic, another encounter after the gym...) and headed to my moms house to meet up with my wife and daughter. As I come to a light, I see some pretty intense HIDs coming up on my left side. I figured it was going to be some base level BMW or Merc due to the area I was in. At a quick glance, it was a good looking silver BMW. Light turns green and the BMW takes off pretty aggressively and definitely got my attention as I see the 335i badge
Luckily for me, there was a car ahead of the BMW that was getting into a turning lane, which allowed me to stay in 2nd gear and get along side of him. Soon as I did, he went WOT and I quickly followed suit. Hooked really well in 2nd, surprisingly and we were door to door with me getting ready to pull away. Went for a quick 2-3 NLS to seal the deal and missed it
This caused me to drop back to his bumper but I quickly recovered. Gained back my car length and proceeded to pull another 1/4 car. NLS into 4th and continue to pull another 2-3 cars, until we had to shut down due to traffic in his lane, coming up fast!
We come to the next light and he's in the left turning lane and I'm in the middle lane. I roll down my window as does he and the first thing he asked me was "Is that the supercharged one?" I told him no sir, it's the turbocharged model. Told him I was getting ready to come around him until I missed 3rd. He was completely flabbergasted because he looked at me funny and said "Wow man, that's nice". I asked him if he was stock and he said "No, it's got intake(s) and tuned". I told him that I was also tuned and held up my laptop. I then proceeded to complement him and told him "Even if I have the faster car, yours is MUCH nicer." I think he was still a bit shocked because he repeated himself and said "Dude, wow. That's a really nice car". Told him to have a good night and continued to moms.
Cliff notes: Intake and Tuned 335i goes down to the unassuming 4 door from 40-125ish by about 3 cars. SS misses 3rd but quickly recovers.
Was headed home from the gym(so cliche.. I know..), getting ready to turn right and the light had just turned yellow as a beautiful wingless, red MKIV Supra, with gold rims was aggressively braking to stop. I thought "Damn, not gonna get a chance to lose, oh well!" Turns out, the dude was heading in my direction as he aggressively got in behind me to get onto the on-ramp to the hwy. The on-ramp is a two lane road that eventually merges but is rather long.
As we turn onto the on-ramp, the passenger in the Supra waves me on. Sooo I got about 4 car lengths ahead, stayed in 2nd gear and watched in my side mirror for some kind of indicator. Sure enough, his front end lifted and I went WOT, spinning... which allowed him to gain back two cars, quickly. Hit 3rd nicely and was trucking along as the Supra slowly crept up to my door. By the top of 3rd we were door and door, until I NLS into 4th and barely nose ahead and the Supra shuts her down, just before the lane merges.
Right after I had slowed down, the Supra got beside me and both guys were looking at my car like "WTF?". Neither said a word but I waved and smiled. Found out after the race from talking with a buddy that it's a full bolt on (BPU) auto. I will definitely acknowledge that had we have started off even, he would have walked away from me by a good 3+ car lengths.
Cliff notes: Auto, wingless, BPU Supra gets a bit cocky and is unable to make up the distance. Unassuming 4 door prevails.
335i
Coming home from the gym (How ironic, another encounter after the gym...) and headed to my moms house to meet up with my wife and daughter. As I come to a light, I see some pretty intense HIDs coming up on my left side. I figured it was going to be some base level BMW or Merc due to the area I was in. At a quick glance, it was a good looking silver BMW. Light turns green and the BMW takes off pretty aggressively and definitely got my attention as I see the 335i badge
Luckily for me, there was a car ahead of the BMW that was getting into a turning lane, which allowed me to stay in 2nd gear and get along side of him. Soon as I did, he went WOT and I quickly followed suit. Hooked really well in 2nd, surprisingly and we were door to door with me getting ready to pull away. Went for a quick 2-3 NLS to seal the deal and missed it
This caused me to drop back to his bumper but I quickly recovered. Gained back my car length and proceeded to pull another 1/4 car. NLS into 4th and continue to pull another 2-3 cars, until we had to shut down due to traffic in his lane, coming up fast! We come to the next light and he's in the left turning lane and I'm in the middle lane. I roll down my window as does he and the first thing he asked me was "Is that the supercharged one?" I told him no sir, it's the turbocharged model. Told him I was getting ready to come around him until I missed 3rd. He was completely flabbergasted because he looked at me funny and said "Wow man, that's nice". I asked him if he was stock and he said "No, it's got intake(s) and tuned". I told him that I was also tuned and held up my laptop. I then proceeded to complement him and told him "Even if I have the faster car, yours is MUCH nicer." I think he was still a bit shocked because he repeated himself and said "Dude, wow. That's a really nice car". Told him to have a good night and continued to moms.
Cliff notes: Intake and Tuned 335i goes down to the unassuming 4 door from 40-125ish by about 3 cars. SS misses 3rd but quickly recovers.
05-28-2011, 03:36 PM
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Yea I saw that video, was pretty sweet. My "mods" are 3 BAR map sensors, my own HP tuning and 1:1 E85/87 octane or E48. I make as much and some times more than full bolt on cars (through the curve and peak) that run on 93 octane. 311/360 SAE and 322/378 STD.
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05-28-2011, 07:29 PM
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These cobalts have always interested me and I really find the 4-door models like yours with the turbocharger ideal for what I would love to have in a commuter car. 300fwhp+....? Check. 30mpg highway....? Check. Beating BMW owner's on the way to mama's house...? Priceless.
05-28-2011, 08:32 PM
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Good runs OP, do you know if he was 6 speed or automatic? What that owner was saying is damn near the same thing I said the first time I ran a tuned balt.
Yup, was definitely surprised at how well those balt roll. Screw warranty, go e85 and tune with HP tuners and call that a day.
That made me laugh. The sick thing about those cars as DD is that it doesn't take a whole lot to make them deceptively quick. Tune and a couple bolt ons is all you need for a good dd that can run with the pony cars (from a roll anyways).
These cobalts have always interested me and I really find the 4-door models like yours with the turbocharger ideal for what I would love to have in a commuter car. 300fwhp+....? Check. 30mpg highway....? Check. Beating BMW owner's on the way to mama's house...? Priceless.
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you just say massive torque? 
just messin with ya.
nice kills. I'm gonna line up with hugger and willizm (bmw) here sometime soon and see what happens. I like the cobalt SS and will be fun to see one run that is modded. I'm a diehard bowtie guy, so anything fast and GM is good in my book
might have to talk him into bringing out the camaro and doing a dig race
just messin with ya. nice kills. I'm gonna line up with hugger and willizm (bmw) here sometime soon and see what happens. I like the cobalt SS and will be fun to see one run that is modded. I'm a diehard bowtie guy, so anything fast and GM is good in my book
might have to talk him into bringing out the camaro and doing a dig race
05-28-2011, 10:28 PM
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Hah, what's the new plate say? Thanks for the props bud. Hit me up when you're ready for that tune.
Thanks bro. Seeing that beautiful GTO makes me miss mine. Great touring car!
That's great man, haha. Definitely priceless. Time to find one
Dude was ripping through the gears! Definitely six speed.
LOL. Massive torque for a little 2.0 
Thanks man.
Thanks bro. Seeing that beautiful GTO makes me miss mine. Great touring car!
These cobalts have always interested me and I really find the 4-door models like yours with the turbocharger ideal for what I would love to have in a commuter car. 300fwhp+....? Check. 30mpg highway....? Check. Beating BMW owner's on the way to mama's house...? Priceless.
you just say massive torque? just messin with ya.
nice kills. I'm gonna line up with hugger and willizm (bmw) here sometime soon and see what happens. I like the cobalt SS and will be fun to see one run that is modded. I'm a diehard bowtie guy, so anything fast and GM is good in my book
might have to talk him into bringing out the camaro and doing a dig race
just messin with ya. nice kills. I'm gonna line up with hugger and willizm (bmw) here sometime soon and see what happens. I like the cobalt SS and will be fun to see one run that is modded. I'm a diehard bowtie guy, so anything fast and GM is good in my book
might have to talk him into bringing out the camaro and doing a dig race
Thanks man.
05-28-2011, 10:51 PM
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nice kills. I'm gonna line up with hugger and willizm (bmw) here sometime soon and see what happens. I like the cobalt SS and will be fun to see one run that is modded. I'm a diehard bowtie guy, so anything fast and GM is good in my book
might have to talk him into bringing out the camaro and doing a dig race
05-29-2011, 10:24 PM
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Hah, I said the same thing to my wife. Asked her to talk to a friend of hers who owns a custom labeling company.
Want it to be large and be placed on my rear window that says "Think it's slow?"
My luck... I'm only going to instigate people that will either freight train me OR it will be a bunch of dumb ricers/young kids weaving in and out of traffic.
Want it to be large and be placed on my rear window that says "Think it's slow?
"My luck... I'm only going to instigate people that will either freight train me OR it will be a bunch of dumb ricers/young kids weaving in and out of traffic.
