ROUSH360R

Nice Cobra Wilkiesr you don't see many of those![sm=smiley20.gif]

illownyr@$$

[:@]coming from a company that owns 20% fiat, 20% Suzuki, 20% Subaru, 42% Daewoo, 100% Saab Chev Pontiac Saturn Opel Hummer Caddy Buick and Olds: not to mention countless engine mod swaps with mitzub. and mazda. the cobalt can hardly be called a crappy tuner, I happen to own a 2007 ss supercharged. it feels like a hell of a lot more than 205hp, I can hit 195km/h in 3rd gear in 8 sec. and governs out at 260km/hr in 5th. (it actually compares closely to my 84 camaro pushing 355ci sb at 431hp 4sp auto)it tops out at 225km/hr and weighs 800lbs more wet). the stats also say that the 0-60 is 6.*sec...when if you step on it in 2nd its more like 4sec.
I'll post 1/4mile times along with the camaro and my fatherinlaws 95 mustang when the castrol raceway opens in may 07

jimSD63

Actually, Those supercharged Ecotech engines are impressively stout from what I hear. I heard of guys getting as much as 1000hp out of them.

Saleen07

I bought one of these Cobalt SS Supercharged and they are not bad cars at all. I dont understand why there is so much hate. Chevy warranties them with GM parts. They are light cars weighing about 2,900 lbs, and the Ecotec motors in them arent bad at all.
See Chevy made this car to appeal to the younger age group and it worked. GM will warranty a stage 2 supercharger belt and pulley upgrade that takes the car to 241 hp and 235 tq-ish. As well as intkaes, headers, and other parts.
I have been reading up on the cars, and for 2005 and 2006, the Cobalt SS Supercharged was and is the fastest time attack car of all. It was the fastest overall car in all drivetrain classes. Yes, fwd, rwd, and awd.
Also the Ecotec motor set a new land speed record for the fwd class cars at some speed of over 250mph.
It is a good little car I live in Arizona and at the Southwest International Raceway, there was a factory stage 2 cobalt ss supercharged there with ingalls torque dampeners (to help with wheel hops) and that was it. He was lined up with a 2007 Shelby Cobra, and he ran faster. He ran something like a 14.4 QM while the Shelby suprisingly ran a 14.9 QM.
I am not trying to flame on the saleen in any way, but there is always a faster car out there. Hell I got my butt kicked to 100 mph by some swapped crx with cheater slicks in my saleen.
As an owner of a mustang and a cobalt, I seriously dont understand the hate involed, it's not like Chevy made this car to come after mustangs lol, they made it to compete and try to dominate in the sport compact class, which it is doing. Sure there are SRT-4's and Cobalts, Mustangs and all kinds of cars. Please do more thorough research and dont hate on things you are not knowledgeable to.

myredgt

No such thing, it's a GT500.

Who the hell was driving? 14.9 1/4? Damn. [&:]

- C

myredgt

Sorry to post again, but I thought about it some more, and the whole 2007 Shelby Cobra and 1/4 time of 14.9 just blew my mind. I mean Saleen07 says;


and obviously doesn't know about the car or it's capabilties. It's a GT500 once again, not a cobra, and 14.9 is slower than most new v6ers run stock. I mean, damn.

Talk about not hating on things he is "not more knowledgeable to". (bad grammar skills as well)

- C

Saleen07

Hmm, thank you for noting two of my grammar mistakes. And yea I was shocked at the 14.9 1/4 Mile time as well. he said he was running mid-high 14's and he had just got it about a month ago. He also said he ordered a new pullet from Ford for it. I dunno, Ill try and take some video of it the next time I am at the track.

ThisBlood147

I honestly have no problem with the Cobalt SS s/c. I only have a problem with the little turds who drive them around town like they're freakin Lambo's. I had a guy at a local meet talkin about all the stuff he was gonna do to his black SS s/c.......talkin about all the cars he's beat on the street. Said he hadn't lost to a new GT yet (as in, he beats everyone that he races).....so I asked him to run me. He refused..........and mind you this was before I showed himwhat was under my hood.

I guess in retrospect the hate ppl feel is more towards the "typical" owner of these kinds of cars..........usually young males who haven't owned anything with any significant torque yet. You give a kid a 200+hp car and they suddenly think they're SpeedRacer, but it's not the car's fault if the owner is a dick.

So in closing.......hate the moronic drivers......not the cars they drive. A Cobalt SS s/c would make a good replacement for my DD V6....if they wouldn't cost 22K+.