Slowbalt SS trying to claim he's running 13.5's stock...

[Alexsered]

I normally don't care about videos on youtube, but this one struck a nerve because a stock cobalt is not going to be able to run 13.5's, and this guy is trying make people believe he is running 13.5's stock. I had to laugh at some of these people that believe him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHxW6WAr848

(lol)

 

[Babyface13]

LOL maybe on a 1000 ft track like NHRA is using now. HA HA HA but then I couldnt see him trapping 104 either if he was stock

 

[mckraut]

Could be a factory freak.

 

[FrequentFlyer]

Great, so he's proved that maybe even fugly cars can be fast. Who cares?

 

[mazdasp33d]

i raced an 08 cobalt from a 40 roll. with mods in sig. but i didnt have the test pipe in... i pulled on him then he won

 

[954_ms3]

i beat one from a 40 roll when i was stock by a half car, he had the camerman in his car and i was riding solo.

 

[mazdasp33d]

yea im pretty sure this concludes that 08s and 09 have different maps. because my buddy who use to have an 08 beat him the same way

 

[CnoTataymo]

i beat one from a 40 roll when i was stock by a half car, he had the camerman in his car and i was riding solo.

That camera man hurt him then.

If the Cobalt pulls away at top end, it's because the car is 200-300 lbs lighter.

 

[GoFast]

i believe he ran the time and trap speed, i just dont believe that it was a 100%stock car

 

[Alexsered]

I'm not big on racing my speed3, mostly because I put alot of miles on it, but when I raced a Saturn sky redline and a solestic GXP, I pulled away from them bad, and thats not me talking trash, that was me being surprised that I could pull away from a car so closely rated to ours.

I know that the saturn and pontiac use a truck transmission and the cobalt doesnt, but I figured the only differences would be transmission and FWD over RWD. I don't think the no lift shift helps that much, but I can see how the launch control is useful.

I would say that cobalt needs at least 280 WHP to break in the 13.5's

 

[Alexsered]

i believe he ran the time and trap speed, i just dont believe that it was a 100%stock car

yeah, I'm arguing the stock portion of it, not the time.

Also, I just saw a video today that there is a factory remapping for that engine that will give a 30 HP bump to 290 hp and up to 340 tq as a way of remapping the computer. If so, than stock for stock, the cobalt should easily win now, and that could be what the guy in the video has.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPwVCYTof2c

jump to 3:00 in the video

I know they are referring to the solestic and sky, but it's the same engine as the cobalt ss.

 

[eg6motion]

dunno, a perfect run could maybe be 13.5...s*** happens. Maybe they aren't running stock tires...could be slicks or something tackier anyway...suppose that wouldn't be stock either though.

 

[clos561]

maybe its stock but turned up boost, technically its still stock just running more psi. i find this hard to believe cuz its not like u can powershift to gain more time like in our cars, mags ran 13.9 already doing powershift and 2step, our cars ran 14.0? without 2 step launch and no powershift. usually thats how drivers shave off the extra time , by powershifting (cobalt already does this)

 

[RC08MS3]

i raced an 08 cobalt from a 40 roll. with mods in sig. but i didnt have the test pipe in... i pulled on him then he won

soo.... all you had was an intake then correct? well from a roll that's the only advantage you had? how bad did he win? like he ripped ass passed you or did he creep?

 

[Nismothecat]

yeah, I'm arguing the stock portion of it, not the time.

Also, I just saw a video today that there is a factory remapping for that engine that will give a 30 HP bump to 290 hp and up to 340 tq as a way of remapping the computer. If so, than stock for stock, the cobalt should easily win now, and that could be what the guy in the video has.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPwVCYTof2c

jump to 3:00 in the video

I know they are referring to the solestic and sky, but it's the same engine as the cobalt ss.

the GM stage kits are not out yet for the SS/TC. early next year they say.

 

[my3needsaname]

If the Cobalt pulls away at top end, it's because the car is 200-300 lbs lighter.

No, it's because GM couldn't afford to put in the 200-300 extra pounds of parts that hold it together.

 

[oaklandopen]

if that's the cecil county drag strip in md then it could be true. I've heard stories of times being better on that track for some reason. The main one I hear is it's closer to sea level, but who knows

 

[FrequentFlyer]

if that's the cecil county drag strip in md then it could be true. I've heard stories of times being better on that track for some reason. The main one I hear is it's closer to sea level, but who knows

Because it's down hill.

 

[wanna3]

No thats not cecil in md, as for the ss i can KINDA believe that it ran posted time based on the how the driver raced and the fact thats turbo cobalt. Just my .02

 

[SubieKiller3]

i didnt even know they were making them now with a turbocharger untill last week when i saw one at a meet. this guy came out to a meet i was at last week with one and i thought at first that maybe the dude had taken off the supercharger and put on a turbocharger himself. suposedly they do the quarter a 10th of a second faster than us. i wonder why GM decided to make a change like that to the car (from supercharger to turbo)(uhm)