Went for a ride in my friends modded Cobalt SS/SC!

**kickflippin1** · 09-05-2009, 10:23 PM

Well, a mechanic at my work has an '07 Cobalt SS/SC, and he recently put a few thousand dollars worth of work into it, and he's still not done yet. So, he just got it back today after having the company work on it for a few days. They used his car as a "test" car, and added all their upgrades on to it with a big discount on all the parts for letting them test with his car.

I don't know all of the exact mods, but he has added a Harrop HTV1320-LSJ Supercharger, full 3 inch exhaust (header and all that), a completely new fuel system (injectors, fuel pump, braided fuel lines, the works), and a really nice cold air intake system (not sure of the brand). He still has a few things left to do, like new axles, rims/tires, and hes going to port/polish the head.

So, as I said, he just got it back today, and we went out and cruised a local street out here where everyone cruises on the weekends (some of the Michigan members might know of Gratiot Ave.). So, before we start cruising, he's like, "You guys ready to see what it can do from a 40 roll?" So, me and my friend are like, "Sure man, lets go." Well, he punches it in 2nd gear at 40mph, and my first reaction was, "Holy SHIT!" This car is freakin' fast, guys. I know a lot of you have mods to your cars, so I know you know what fast is, but I didn't expect that much out of this car.

We ended up running a few cars. One of them was this piece of crap Honda Prelude. We weren't going to bother with him, but then we could hear his turbo spooling up, and asked him to run from a 40 roll. We ended up getting about a car length on him before we shut it down. This thing looked like it was probably worth $1,500 bucks, but it ran like it was worth $6,000 or more.

Another car we ran was a 98-02 Camaro V6 with a 125 shot. He kept purging but we thought that's all it was was a purge. Well, he asked us to take it on the freeway, so we assumed he was for real. Right before we turned on to the freeway, we could see him reaching into his back seat turning on the bottle. Well, this guy apparently didn't know how to drive, or his spray wasn't working, because we blew the freakin' doors off this thing. Ran him 4 times, same result, and on the 4th time we gave him almost 2 sec. head start.

Anyway...I now have a lot more respect for his car. He is getting it dyno tuned on Saturday to tweak everything to perfection, and see how much he is putting down. The company that worked on it told him that he should have the fastest Cobalt SS/SC on stock internals with stock head. They're looking around 350+ HP from what I am told, but I will find out for sure at the end of the week.

Anybody else ever go for a ride in one of these that are modded? Or know anyone with any modded 4 banger that could give any LS1 a run for their money? I'm tellin' you, this car was sick, and I had a blast.

**310stanger** · 09-05-2009, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by kickflippin1

Well, a mechanic at my work has an '07 Cobalt SS/SC, and he recently put a few thousand dollars worth of work into it, and he's still not done yet. So, he just got it back today after having the company work on it for a few days. They used his car as a "test" car, and added all their upgrades on to it with a big discount on all the parts for letting them test with his car.

I don't know all of the exact mods, but he has added a Harrop HTV1320-LSJ Supercharger, full 3 inch exhaust (header and all that), a completely new fuel system (injectors, fuel pump, braided fuel lines, the works), and a really nice cold air intake system (not sure of the brand). He still has a few things left to do, like new axles, rims/tires, and hes going to port/polish the head.

So, as I said, he just got it back today, and we went out and cruised a local street out here where everyone cruises on the weekends (some of the Michigan members might know of Gratiot Ave.). So, before we start cruising, he's like, "You guys ready to see what it can do from a 40 roll?" So, me and my friend are like, "Sure man, lets go." Well, he punches it in 2nd gear at 40mph, and my first reaction was, "Holy SHIT!" This car is freakin' fast, guys. I know a lot of you have mods to your cars, so I know you know what fast is, but I didn't expect that much out of this car.

We ended up running a few cars. One of them was this piece of crap Honda Prelude. We weren't going to bother with him, but then we could hear his turbo spooling up, and asked him to run from a 40 roll. We ended up getting about a car length on him before we shut it down. This thing looked like it was probably worth $1,500 bucks, but it ran like it was worth $6,000 or more.

Another car we ran was a 98-02 Camaro V6 with a 125 shot. He kept purging but we thought that's all it was was a purge. Well, he asked us to take it on the freeway, so we assumed he was for real. Right before we turned on to the freeway, we could see him reaching into his back seat turning on the bottle. Well, this guy apparently didn't know how to drive, or his spray wasn't working, because we blew the freakin' doors off this thing. Ran him 4 times, same result, and on the 4th time we gave him almost 2 sec. head start.

Anyway...I now have a lot more respect for his car. He is getting it dyno tuned on Saturday to tweak everything to perfection, and see how much he is putting down. The company that worked on it told him that he should have the fastest Cobalt SS/SC on stock internals with stock head. They're looking around 350+ HP from what I am told, but I will find out for sure at the end of the week.

Anybody else ever go for a ride in one of these that are modded? Or know anyone with any modded 4 banger that could give any LS1 a run for their money? I'm tellin' you, this car was sick, and I had a blast.

an aquaintance has a 400 awhp 06 EVO MR. freakin car pulls really hard

i would get that cobalt tuned before kicking the snot out of it if i were your friend. its not as big a deal N/A but a boosted car can be trouble

**zxcvbnm** · 09-05-2009, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by kickflippin1

Well, a mechanic at my work has an '07 Cobalt SS/SC, and he recently put a few thousand dollars worth of work into it, and he's still not done yet. So, he just got it back today after having the company work on it for a few days. They used his car as a "test" car, and added all their upgrades on to it with a big discount on all the parts for letting them test with his car.

I don't know all of the exact mods, but he has added a Harrop HTV1320-LSJ Supercharger, full 3 inch exhaust (header and all that), a completely new fuel system (injectors, fuel pump, braided fuel lines, the works), and a really nice cold air intake system (not sure of the brand). He still has a few things left to do, like new axles, rims/tires, and hes going to port/polish the head.

So, as I said, he just got it back today, and we went out and cruised a local street out here where everyone cruises on the weekends (some of the Michigan members might know of Gratiot Ave.). So, before we start cruising, he's like, "You guys ready to see what it can do from a 40 roll?" So, me and my friend are like, "Sure man, lets go." Well, he punches it in 2nd gear at 40mph, and my first reaction was, "Holy SHIT!" This car is freakin' fast, guys. I know a lot of you have mods to your cars, so I know you know what fast is, but I didn't expect that much out of this car.

We ended up running a few cars. One of them was this piece of crap Honda Prelude. We weren't going to bother with him, but then we could hear his turbo spooling up, and asked him to run from a 40 roll. We ended up getting about a car length on him before we shut it down. This thing looked like it was probably worth $1,500 bucks, but it ran like it was worth $6,000 or more.

Another car we ran was a 98-02 Camaro V6 with a 125 shot. He kept purging but we thought that's all it was was a purge. Well, he asked us to take it on the freeway, so we assumed he was for real. Right before we turned on to the freeway, we could see him reaching into his back seat turning on the bottle. Well, this guy apparently didn't know how to drive, or his spray wasn't working, because we blew the freakin' doors off this thing. Ran him 4 times, same result, and on the 4th time we gave him almost 2 sec. head start.

Anyway...I now have a lot more respect for his car. He is getting it dyno tuned on Saturday to tweak everything to perfection, and see how much he is putting down. The company that worked on it told him that he should have the fastest Cobalt SS/SC on stock internals with stock head. They're looking around 350+ HP from what I am told, but I will find out for sure at the end of the week.

Anybody else ever go for a ride in one of these that are modded? Or know anyone with any modded 4 banger that could give any LS1 a run for their money? I'm tellin' you, this car was sick, and I had a blast.

nope but i dusted the shit out of one that was modded

**tep98ws6** · 09-05-2009, 10:34 PM

No matter how gay it looks, you can make any car fast as hell if you have the $$$ and hook ups.

**35th02Z28** · 09-05-2009, 10:44 PM

I almost got one of those SS but it was going to be the newer turboed one but ended up with the Z in the end and probably for the better

**issues** · 09-05-2009, 11:49 PM

cobalts are ok for daily drivers but i wouldnt put any money into that shit

**DrMilhouse** · 09-05-2009, 11:53 PM

My friend sold his Evo. It's a couple of years old. It was more than 500 hp (if I remember right, it was actually more like 600 hp) and they're AWD.

I wouldn't even waste the gas on trying to keep up with him. That car was crazy fast and it drove like it was on rails.

**CJREX** · 09-06-2009, 04:39 AM

The Cobalt SS is nice and all, and your friends' car sounds fast...

But even after all that it's still Wrong Wheel Drive.

**cammed goat** · 09-06-2009, 07:17 AM

Harrop blowers are very popular with the Cobalts and the GTO's. Spool like mad. Hey, Cobalts, IMO, are the F-Bod and GTO's baby brother. Like my shop teacher used to say:

"You can do whatever you want with a car...all it takes is money and dedication."

**kickflippin1** · 09-06-2009, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by 310stanger

an aquaintance has a 400 awhp 06 EVO MR. freakin car pulls really hard

i would get that cobalt tuned before kicking the snot out of it if i were your friend. its not as big a deal N/A but a boosted car can be trouble

The car has been tuned, but not dyno tuned. Is there a difference? I'm not too up to speed on how all that works. He just told me that they were tweaking everything and tuning it at the shop, then having it dyno tuned later this week.