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Old Jul 27, 2007 | 10:09 AM
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We were cruising at about 50mph going down the road i saw him but did not think anything of it, apparently he did though. He rolls down his window and asked me if my car was fast, i told him to find out, he said well mine is. Needless to say from 50 to 70 i had 2 cars and pulling hard i had to let up due to traffic. The look on his face was priceless he was like holy **** what do you got in that (cobalt ss/sc) i told him it was supercharged he obviously must not of known about it gave him props on his car, he said he was stock i told him i was not so stock. cool guy though gave him a thumbs up and went on our ways
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Old Jul 27, 2007 | 01:03 PM
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well for one 50 mph is a dead spot for the ls4. its bottom of second gear. find another and run from a dig or 30 mph or 70 mph. it will be a totally different story
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Old Jul 27, 2007 | 03:08 PM
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Was it an LS4 or LT1?
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Old Jul 27, 2007 | 04:02 PM
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haha nice kill.those cobalts are pretty quick on the freeway. i lost by a car when i raced his. also had stage 2 on it. what mods do you have?
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Old Jul 27, 2007 | 07:31 PM
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ls1 kid you do make a valid point. but im gonna go out on a limb and guess he means the newer ls4.


chef. vs a stock cobalt ss/sc you should be able to take one.

though im not sure yet why the monte's being the lightest seems to run the slower times out of the ls4.
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Old Jul 27, 2007 | 07:49 PM
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Yeah 50 on those is too high for 1st and too low for 2nd. (assuming they have the same 2.9 final drive as other w-bodies)
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Old Jul 27, 2007 | 08:17 PM
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ls1 kid you do make a valid point. but im gonna go out on a limb and guess he means the newer ls4.


chef. vs a stock cobalt ss/sc you should be able to take one.

though im not sure yet why the monte's being the lightest seems to run the slower times out of the ls4.
haha he had stage 2 and he only had me on the freeway. i ran him from a dig and had him by 2-3 cars.
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yeah lets say i have about 40 more hp to the wheels then stage2 gives you and it was a newer one he said it really moves out at a 60 roll, any roll would not have mattered though a dig would have been a different story
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