looks great!
did you get a good deal on the wheels?
Big fan of those.
Some low-gloss black paint wouldn't have done those calipers any harm though!
what rotors do you have? rims are looking good
Are you trying to confuse people? Get ready for the " Is it a turboed cobalt?" questions.
"Project 69'"
1969 Chevrolet C/10, 1/2 ton, 2wd
-Boosted LS1?
-Richmond ROD 6-speed(will get sometime)
-Posi 12-bolt(built w/eaton posi unit and richmond 3.73 gears)
-Disc brake and 5 lug swap
+little extras
so how does that thing run by now?
oldskool wrote:so how does that thing run by now?
I bet he could "take the blower belt off and still run 14's"...
fortune cookie say: better a delay than a disaster
haha with a 9:5 compression 2.0, I dont think so.
It will be confusing as I'm doing the front grill swap from the 08s also. It dynoed 282whp back in october theres a whole bunch of changes since then though. I went up in pulley size as the one I was running was outflowing the head and just causing miserable IATs which was part of the problem last summer. This new pulley runs a little cooler, I've also bumped up the size of the methanol injector to the 550ml/min which I believe is near a M7 injector, pretty freaking big lets just say that. I've set it to come on sooner and reach full flow sooner and more timing is run as a result. I'm changing my methanol brew as well to be a bit more potent. Last but not least I'm putting on a LS4/4.2L throttle body which doesnt do much for top end but shoud get a little more torque which should offset the pulley change. Of course a full retune will be done, I'm hoping to have the work completed by end of month as theres a dyno day locally in April and I'm hoping to exceed 300whp. After these revisions I'm pretty much at the limit of what I can do without doing anything internally to the engine. I also have some heat countermeasures that will be in place hopefully by the bash.
No I havent forgotten about traction either. A new company is making rotated transmission mounts that bring the motor into proper alignment with the axles and prevent wheelhop, it especially helps with lowered cars which I now have with Eibach springs on. With the wider tires on now also I can hold 1st and 2nd gear WOT without breaking loose which was no doubt killing me at the track last year.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edited Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:21 PM
1989 Turbo Trans Am #82, 2007 Cobalt SS G85
Car looks great...would love to own one (well a turbo one not s/c) in black/blue/or silver. Now all you need to do is get rid of the blower and replace it with something in the back.
looks good. just be careful with the rotors cracking around the drilled spots. i like the wheels on there though.
sounds like you've made some really good moves this year, hope it all ties together
Any plans for headwork? It seems like everyone who keeps or upgrades the supercharger on these things overlooks the relatively wimpy ports. Isn't the max exhaust port flow less than 200cfm? Your building heat and pressure because of the bottlenecks after the supercharger...
If I do the head, then I should do the cams too, and if I have that off it makes sense to upgrade the head gasket and the weakest part of the motor which is the pistons, before you know it your out 3-4k. I don't have the funding for that kinda project at this point, however with a built motor how I want it I can run to 8200rpm (the limit of HP tuners) and drop to the lower pulley size and run 27-30psi and make 400-500whp. Its something for the future, just not the immediate future, I'd rather do the audio, clutch/flywheel/axles/drag radials, some exterior touches and coilovers first before adding more power.
Really if I'm going to have a built motor though it seems less prudent to remain supercharged which yes is more power, however I don't think its true to the car. That would be like taking a Buick Grand National and ripping off the turbo and supercharging it. The car's heritage is that its a factory supercharged car, and its somewhat unique in the fact that its one of maybe 3 cars I can think of in recent history in the world thats a factory supercharged 4 cylinder. Everyone and their mother has a turbo 4.
1989 Turbo Trans Am #82, 2007 Cobalt SS G85
very nice, you know what you are doing. cobalt is pretty clean and good luck this summer!
Wow these have to be the best oem wheels ever.
The car looks awesome with the drop and wheels. Very clean ride without the spoiler. I'd just tint the windows and call it a day.
Good luck with the rest.
cops don't like window tint very much around here, its not worth the trouble
1989 Turbo Trans Am #82, 2007 Cobalt SS G85
Silver is one of the best colors on those (besides yellow and burnt orange) It just looks SO clean! And love the wingless look; looks a lot sleeker. I dig it
Flickr Photostream Facebook Twitter
Oh i can definately appreciate the "uniqueness factor", I was simply stating that people spend all this money on throttle bodies, CAI's, heat exchangers, meth injection, pulleys and larger injectors, supercharger porting and larger superchargers when infact they are avoiding the part of the system that is the biggest restriction (the intake mani and the cylinder head)
I disagree that you have to do cams and internals just because you port the head. if you could get away with a junkyard or ebay head, probably just ARP headstuds and the gasket would do it...
If I'm going to go to the trouble of removing the head I'm going to do what should be done. A few companies were supposed to be working on intake manifolds but we have yet to see any results. Hahn has one but its only for Turbo or NA.
1989 Turbo Trans Am #82, 2007 Cobalt SS G85
heres some shots from todays work all taken with the iphone
And my new favorite pic of my car
As for the new throttle body its 77mm compared to the stock 68mm and its touchy as HELL. I'm having my difficulties trying to tune it and learn how to drive with it.
1989 Turbo Trans Am #82, 2007 Cobalt SS G85
nice, the car looks great!
