Another SS.

[BullDog71ss]

Well, yesterday morning I picked up by brand new car. It's a Rally yellow Cobalt SS and dammit, I love this friggin car. Chevy could'nt have done much better on these cars.

My only complaint is the wing blocks most of the vehicles that are about 20 yrds back. Ah well.


I've also got a kill with it already. A good kill at that. My buddy has a modded Civic Si (1992ish i think) with an engine swap, cams, intake, full exhaust w/ header and it's 5 spd. He thinks it's puts out somewhere near 190-200 N/A HP to the crank. So the buddy with the Si shows up to the little shindig we were having lastnight at my friends house and sees my car. He admires it for a bit and says "you wanna race?." My reply is "Sure. Why the heck not?."

Anywho, the first race we started from a 1st gear roll at about 10-15 mph. We didnt honk it off or yell to eachother so I just waited for him to gun it. When he did I followed suit, I put a half car length on him through first but completely missed second gear and he blew by. I could hear our buddies on the side of the road laughing cause they thought I got be real bad (which technically I did). After this little mishap I also realized the A/C was on, so I figured it wouldnt hurt to turn that off for the second time around. I yelled out the window to him that I missed second and had the A/C on and wanted another run. He was happy to oblige.

Second race started the same way the first did. I was about half a car length on him while we were cruising so I waited for him to jump it. He nails it and I wait for him to get to my front bumper before I nail it. I put about a car length on him for each gear up through 3rd at about 65-70 which puts me about 3-4 lengths ahead at the end. I was really surprised at this as I had figured he'd pull me the entire time.

Damn, I can't express how much I love this car. What a kick ass daily driver it makes.

Now I really can't wait for the Camaro to be operational again.

[ZackKVtec]

sounds sick man, you going to mod the cobalt at all?

[-The Stig-]

missed second and had the A/C on... sounds like excuses.

And, why are you racing the car when you just got it? Isn't there a break in period?

[BullDog71ss]

Planned mods are as follows:

-K&N CAI
-SFP blower pulley (not sure how many more lbs yet)
-Magnaflow catback
-Water/methonal injection
-30 lb injectors (give or take)
-Greddy emanage piggyback (depending on how well they work out on other's test vehicles)

That's all I've got for performance for now. I may look into the GM concept body kit if they are in fact going to be selling it as well.

[BullDog71ss]

Yes, I couldnt help myself tho. I'm bad, I know.

It did at least have 200 miles on it before I got on it though (I did a lot of driving yesterday). Also I didnt take it passed 5400 rpm, so at least I wasnt redlining it. That's all for my shinanigins untill 1000+ miles.

On another note it's get's awesome gas mileage. 30+ on average, way better than the 10-12 my truck was getting...woohoo

[Redcivic3]

the cobalt is a very quick car ! nice purchase.
it puts down something like 217 FWHP stock.
my only complaint is the value feel of the interior, minus the seats.

[BullDog71ss]

Originally Posted by Redcivic3

the cobalt is a very quick car ! nice purchase.
it puts down something like 217 FWHP stock.
my only complaint is the value feel of the interior, minus the seats.

Thanks alot man.

As far as the interior goes, I have no complaints. I've been in many sport compacts that are in my price range and in my opinion, the cobalt's has been the nicest overall. Just one man's opinion though.

Another thing I love about it is the stereo. No other sport compact that i've seen has a stereo that comes even close to the Cobalt's Pioneer system. For having just one 10 inch woofer in a small box, that thing rocks!

[chevytrucks92]

Sounds nice man. The Cobalts are pretty cool lookin little cars.

[TatII]

theres nothing wrong with the cobalt interior. the cobalt and the ford 5 hundred are a relevation in american car interior standards. very very nice indeed.

[BullDog71ss]

I can also vouch for the fact that it's a revelation in American fwd handling. It's scary how well it corners. Can't wait for aftermarket sways now.

I've also found one more thing that irks me about the car. It gets it's peak power at around 6200 rpm. But the damn limiter is set around 6800 rpm. So you're in the peak powerband for way too little time. You can tell it wants way more revs than the 6800 limit too, but you get cut short. I'd really like to have that stock limit bumped up about 500 rpm or so. Just not sure if it's safe on that ecotec. Feels like it could handle the extra revs tho, so I dunno...

Oh yeah, it's too slow now...I NEED more power!!!

[-The Stig-]

Already pounding it... barely a few days old...

Poor Cobalt...

[BullDog71ss]

I figure if I grenade it before the 34k warranty I'll be alright

J/k..just cause i've messed with how it handles and done some slow rolling accelerations don't mean I'm beating on it. I'm being gentle as a lamb(for the most part)...averaging 25-28 mpg in city in fact. If you drive like a maniac you get maniac gas mileage. And that is definetly not maniac gas mileage


A friend did that with his z24 cavy tho. It was an auto too. I dunno how he blew that shit up. GM actually replaced the thing. Lucky him.

[Rally Sport]

Damn man I think you should've atleast wait a week to get used to the car, you're jumping on the thing. Ya know..calm first, psycho later!

[Drifty]

nice car just take it easy i still havent seen one of those cars in my area

[CBFryman]

New Zo6 > All domestic performance as of yet

505hp...going to eat the viper...