Bye bye little Cobalt SS

**01ws6er** · 05-09-2008, 07:32 AM

On my way home to visit family and friends last night and I was just about to get on 476 south at around 10:30 pm when a little blue Cobalt SS in front of me starts revving. That was enough for me

We lined up and went on his 3 honks from a 50 roll (I was in 2nd) and I pulled a car right off the bat, hit 3rd and the gap continued to grow and I ended up shutting it down at 110 with about 5 cars on him. The thing sounded mean as shit and I've never heard a Cobalt SS with that loud of a whining baby before. After the race the guy goes. "dude that things fast as shit." I asked him if he wanted to stop and talk but he said he was on his way to work. Cool guy, and the car seemed pretty fast actually. I think It woulda been closer if I didn't have Lt's and true duals.

**hutch1999** · 05-09-2008, 07:37 AM

good kill, no badges anywhere saying stage 1 or 2?

**01ws6er** · 05-09-2008, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by hutch1999

good kill, no badges anywhere saying stage 1 or 2?

didn't notice any, but he had the little gay mesh stuff in the rear bumper and shit if that is part of a "stage" package...? the car wasn't slow, and I think he was pretty surprised that he lost, which kinda leads me to believe he had some work done. But I don't know all that much about the "stage" kits they have for those cars

**third_shift|studios** · 05-09-2008, 09:00 AM

good kill, brother. Cobalt drives piss me off...factory rice, i don't care if it's a chevy.

**98T/Aformula.** · 05-09-2008, 10:52 AM

Stg twos run right around 13.7s at sea level so my guess is it was stg two seeing how you could hear the S/C wine, stock you cant hear the S/C at all. Good kill.

**hutch1999** · 05-09-2008, 10:57 AM

"GM currently offers dealer-installed performance upgrade packages called "stage kits" that are covered by factory warranty. The Stage 1 kit consists of new fuel injectors and a reprogram of the ECU, and yields up to a 30 bhp (22 kW) improvement. The Stage 2 kit consists of new fuel injectors and the same reprogram with a smaller serpentine belt and pulley for the supercharger, producing a 40 bhp (30 kW ) improvement and 30 ft·lbf (40 Nm) of torque. Both stage 1 and 2 kits increase the engine redline to 7000 rpm. The Stage 3 kit consists of a smaller, 76 mm (3 in) supercharger pulley, a 2-pass intercooler end plate and a customizable replacement ECU. The Stage 3 ECU allows for the use of a 50-shot of nitrous, 100 octane fuel and an adjustable redline from 6750 to 8000 rpm. Stage 3 produces 248 bhp using 93 octane fuel, up to 260 bhp using 100 octane fuel, and much higher bhp with nitrous. Stage 3 is for off-road use only, and to emphasize this, air conditioning is disabled with the Stage 3 ECU."

-wikipedia

**GottaHaveLS1** · 05-09-2008, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by 98T/Aformula.

Stg twos run right around 13.7s at sea level so my guess is it was stg two seeing how you could hear the S/C wine, stock you cant hear the S/C at all. Good kill.

my neighbor has a new cobalt ss and i can definitely hear the whine when we went for a ride. he has exhaust and a pulley though... put 230 to the ground

I didn't tell him that my T/A would probably put 330 to ground cuz i didn't want to hurt his feelings

**1 RedHot TransAm** · 05-09-2008, 12:17 PM

cobalts suck

**Z28_06374** · 05-09-2008, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by hutch1999

good kill, no badges anywhere saying stage 1 or 2?

Fully decked out there only good for a 12.9-13.3.

**01ws6er** · 05-09-2008, 02:18 PM

Thanks guys, and thanks for the GM rice package info Hutch haha. I dunno exactly what it was, again it was dark and I was pretty concentrated on the road ahead. If I had to guess I would say it were a stg 2 cause it was faster than I expected, but not like he even kept up though.

I know another dude that has a "stage 3" with cam and head work, and I think he's running a 75 shot. Swore up and down that it was a low 11 high 10 car, ran 13.2ish with him driving and someone told me (don't know how true this is) that he paid for a "professional" driver to run it in the 1/4, and still only ran a 12.5ish pass...Again, I don't know how true that is, but I DO know that he can't get it into the 12's haha!!!

**Too Fast** · 05-09-2008, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by 01ws6er

Thanks guys, and thanks for the GM rice package info Hutch haha. I dunno exactly what it was, again it was dark and I was pretty concentrated on the road ahead. If I had to guess I would say it were a stg 2 cause it was faster than I expected, but not like he even kept up though.

I know another dude that has a "stage 3" with cam and head work, and I think he's running a 75 shot. Swore up and down that it was a low 11 high 10 car, ran 13.2ish with him driving and someone told me (don't know how true this is) that he paid for a "professional" driver to run it in the 1/4, and still only ran a 12.5ish pass...Again, I don't know how true that is, but I DO know that he can't get it into the 12's haha!!!

This kinda shit makes me laugh out loud. "Says it will run X.xx @ XXX.xx and they get to the track and it the "driver" runs 13.2x on the best run @ "whatever." I am still laughing!

**01ws6er** · 05-09-2008, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by Too Fast

This kinda shit makes me laugh out loud. "Says it will run X.xx @ XXX.xx and they get to the track and it the "driver" runs 13.2x on the best run @ "whatever." I am still laughing!

Are you laughing at me or the asswipe people that do these things...

**Too Fast** · 05-09-2008, 03:05 PM

LOL at the Cobalt "driver". Stupid bench racers....

**4tun8** · 05-09-2008, 03:19 PM

They should have put turbos on those cars. The S/C from the factory option only works on 2 cars, and both of them are Fords.

**hutch1999** · 05-09-2008, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by 4tun8

They should have put turbos on those cars. The S/C from the factory option only works on 2 cars, and both of them are Fords.

2008s have a turbo, 260hp/260ftlbs top speed of 160mph

**Too Fast** · 05-09-2008, 04:04 PM

I thought they changed to a turbo, like the Solstice GXP has. Nice. At least the Solstice (and the Saturn version) have RWD!

**MikeSomething** · 05-10-2008, 10:27 AM

Yea, everything is going turbo now. It's more efficiant. Was thinkin of getting one as a daily "sometimes Civic killing" driver.

**4tun8** · 05-10-2008, 11:15 AM

Meh, Ecotec motors are awsome but I just don't like the Cobalt.

**98T/Aformula.** · 05-10-2008, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by GottaHaveLS1

my neighbor has a new cobalt ss and i can definitely hear the whine when we went for a ride. he has exhaust and a pulley though... put 230 to the ground

I didn't tell him that my T/A would probably put 330 to ground cuz i didn't want to hurt his feelings

Yeah I bet by adding that pulley it made the supercharger louder....My friend had a stock 06 ss and you couldnt hear the sc at all.....