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

[ottawaP5]

It could be possible...remember these things come with launch control.

 

[oaklandopen]

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)

Someone told me it was cuz the company that supplied the SC did something to try to rip off GM and that's when they decided to use a turbo from someplace else

 

[lil_red_wagon]

i think that GM finally decided to go with a turbo instead of a SC because of the fact that EVERY OTHER CAR COMPANY HAS A TURBO FWD NOW. even ford gets to lay small claims on the ms3 since the american version was extensively developed by FMC (anyone who doesn't believe that or doesn't want to believe that just needs to talk to a couple of the engineers at ford).

as for the cobalt SS being that fast, it might be. the absolute heart of the ricer mentality is thinking that their car is the fastest no matter what. no one here wants to be ricers, so go out and prove that your car is faster rather than just trying to debunk some claims that another car is that fast without doing anything about it. if you do find a faster car, don't just give excuses. either live with it or do something about it.

 

[zim]

I know this guy that broke the record. we're good buds and he just got that car maybe 6 months ago. he's a good driver. also, the car is stock

how can the OP be that ignorant and call it a slowbalt? don't be such a b****

 

[Circle9]

I think its possible, I know of factory freak Si's pulling off low 14's stock, while others can't do any better than mid 15's. I've seen videos of stock MS3's doing 13.7, so I imagine its possible for a Cobalt too.

 

[Alexsered]

I know this guy that broke the record. we're good buds and he just got that car maybe 6 months ago. he's a good driver. also, the car is stock

how can the OP be that ignorant and call it a slowbalt? don't be such a b****

I'm being a b**** because this isn't real. I've seen SRT-4's and Mazdaspeed3's with launch control with awesome drivers not get close to that. I would believe 13.8s and mayber 13.7's, but launch control and no lift shift will not break a stock cobalt into 13.5's, sorry to burst everyone's bubble.

 

[Alexsered]

this isn't a thread about me being jealous, anyone that thinks that we should be jealous of the cobalt ss should sell there car now. This is me just poking fun at a guy claiming 1/4 mile times that I don't see possible for a stock cobalt. The best I've seen of any review for the cobalt has been 14.0s, I heard of people breaking into the 13.9's but nowhere did I see anyone come even close to 13.5's stock.

 

[Circle9]

Like I said, could be a factory freak. I've seen it happen, Si's dynoing 35 more hp to the wheels than other ones.

Lil' off topic but, I think it was C&D that claimed that if the used the no-lift-shift feature on the Cobalt that it would have beaten the MS3, the SS did a 14.2 vs the MS3's 14 flat. Has anyone tried the 1/4 with just that WOT box on the MS3? I think me likey his mod!

 

[Alexsered]

Like I said, could be a factory freak. I've seen it happen, Si's dynoing 35 more hp to the wheels than other ones.

Lil' off topic but, I think it was C&D that claimed that if the used the no-lift-shift feature on the Cobalt that it would have beaten the MS3, the SS did a 14.2 vs the MS3's 14 flat. Has anyone tried the 1/4 with just that WOT box on the MS3? I think me likey his mod!

I would like to know if it is a factory freak, I'm just more suspecious that there are mods on the car such as intake and tune that nobody can really see.

I was looking at the WOT box, but I don't know if I like the launch control, from what i've been reading, is that it's pretty nasty on the transmission.

 

[RC08MS3]

whats the elevation of the track? whats the temp? all this takes into account what he claims he ran stock 13.5. Im not trying to take sides but i mean, what if you went the same day he did, ran in the same temp, and ran the ms3 at a 13.5 or even better? the SS is around 200-300 pounds lighter, with a little less claimed HP and Torque, so anything is possible. and maybe its not stock, maybe its as simple as he put a drop in filter or even just cut up the stock airbox, idk. in that case it wouldn't be stock, but no need to down the car. Trust me, i think the SS is an ugly POS, i wouldnt buy one for the world if i had to, just a well performed car is a well performed car.

 

[squidmotion]

heheheee.... here is my take on the cobalt...

waking up every morning with mazdaspeed in driveway ... "hooray! i get to drive to work today"

waking up every morning with cobalt in driveway ... "hooray. i get to drive the rental car to work today... oh wait, it's in the shop"

i looked at these... wasn't impressed... sure it was fast... but SERIOUSLY lacking in the interior and refinement areas.... at least they took that stupid ricer wing off of it...

 

[GoFast]

heheheee.... here is my take on the cobalt...

waking up every morning with mazdaspeed in driveway ... "hooray! i get to drive to work today"

waking up every morning with cobalt in driveway ... "hooray. i get to drive the rental car to work today... oh wait, it's in the shop"

i looked at these... wasn't impressed... sure it was fast... but SERIOUSLY lacking in the interior and refinement areas.... at least they took that stupid ricer wing off of it...

true but that has always been what american muscle is about. raw, unrefined power. to me they are just sticking to their roots with the ss

 

[Alexsered]

true but that has always been what american muscle is about. raw, unrefined power. to me they are just sticking to their roots with the ss

I read somewhere that the biggest reason the Cobalt ss handles so well around the track is because of the rims and tires that come on it, not because of anything great that GM did. Does anybody know anything about this?

 

[GoFast]

I read somewhere that the biggest reason the Cobalt ss handles so well around the track is because of the rims and tires that come on it, not because of anything great that GM did. Does anybody know anything about this?

ehh i think thats a crappy logic. they said the same thing about the MS3 when it came out too. THe reality of it is that chevy built a quick little 4banger that handles pretty damn good.

 

[Alexsered]

ehh i think thats a crappy logic. they said the same thing about the MS3 when it came out too. THe reality of it is that chevy built a quick little 4banger that handles pretty damn good.

that could be, but the forged alloy upgrades that you can get through mazda for the mazdaspeed3 made a pretty big difference in the Road & Track mazdaspeed3, was an improvement 0-60, 1/4 mile, and the g's it pulled. So I think there is some logic to it. THe cobalt comes with wider, lighter, forged alloy rims, with wider and stickier summer tires. So maybe there is more logic to it than previously thought?

 

[GoFast]

that could be, but the forged alloy upgrades that you can get through mazda for the mazdaspeed3 made a pretty big difference in the Road & Track mazdaspeed3, was an improvement 0-60, 1/4 mile, and the g's it pulled. So I think there is some logic to it. THe cobalt comes with wider, lighter, forged alloy rims, with wider and stickier summer tires. So maybe there is more logic to it than previously thought?

well of course there is some logic to it. stickier tires will equate to better handling than non sticky tires. yes we can get parts to make ours handle better or accelerate faster, but guess what, so can they.
so while i agree that there is some logic to that argument, it hink it is a crappy argument. The cobalt stock handled better than many other cars stock. thats it

 

[coololddude]

Oh Yea, lets see how the cobalt does with a 50" HD TV in the back!!

 

[chief_wiggum]

Oh Yea, lets see how the cobalt does with a 50" HD TV in the back!!

game, set, match.

 

[clos561]

i just wanna race one, ive tried racing a black srt4 caliber but he didnt go(scared?) i never mind a loss cuz i dont always talk s***. car is good and bad just like ours. but the older models, too much plastic for my taste inside the cabin. havent seen the inside of the new ones

 

[robin2660]

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

"unlocks learning feature of ECU" so that mods are automatically recognized and adjusted for.