As some of you may or may not know i own a cobalt ss/sc that is one of the more modded ones around. These are my mods as it stands.





2.5 pulley
intense hub
machined snout
ported blower
60 # flowmatched inj
ls4 tb
r.a.w. 3 " intake
devils own progressive meth inj
2.5 gallon tank trunk mounted
poly tranny mounts
poly control arm bushings
dss stage 2 axles
cti long tube header
cti 3" catless dp
cti 3" catback (Not installed yet)
hurst sts
bully stage 4 full ceramic 6 puck clutch
dynotune wideband 02 sensor
dynotune wideband gauge
dual gauge color matched pod
voxx 16" wheels (for the track)
nitto 555r dr (for the track)
dual pass h/e ran in line with the stock one
custom brackets i made for mounting
dual pass intercooler endplate
option b (extra surge tank)
custom mounting brackets for it i made
auto lite copper step colder plugs
ss under hood blanket
8k hids
hpt custom tuned by me


Now for the little faster part. I have been selected by harrop to test a new blower. Im sure many of you are fimiliar with the tvs series blower from eaton. For those that are not the ZR1 uses the r2300 blower. I will be testing out the 1320 series. I am one of ten people in the world testing this out so im pretty pumped. The major difference is in the rotors, my current rotors have three lobes and have 60* twist around them. The tvs rotors have four lobes on each rotor and 160* twist as well. So in short i am looking to make close to 350 whp on this bad boy, i will keep you guys updated as i should be recieving the blower within the next week.

Pics


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Nice! You should be haulin a** real soon!

;)

Hopefully so, im very interested to see how far i can push this thing. Best thing about it is my car looks stock besides the huge wing

There's nothing wrong with a sleeper...Especially since the new Eaton's are very quiet.

Yeah supposed to be quieter than the m90 (gtp) blower. Im going to post beofer and after results on the dyno and any tuning info (iat's timing afr) im also writing the install on it.

ohhhhman ur car is gonna be a beast, i love it

Still gonna run 14's just at like 115 now lol. Im going to the track with my buddy and his 01 cobra in early april and im going on a tire this time so we shall see how it does.

Which track do you plan on going to?

ORIGINAL: MrRogers

There's nothing wrong with a sleeper...Especially since the new Eaton's are very quiet.

Sounds like a bad thing to me. If I had an S/C I'd want my **** to be screaming. I'm talking about as soon as I crank it up it's out of control scream(/end ricer rant lol).

ORIGINAL: 99GTvert

Which track do you plan on going to?


lapeer, i figure if other people can run decent times there so can i with some practice.

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ORIGINAL: MrRogers

There's nothing wrong with a sleeper...Especially since the new Eaton's are very quiet.

Sounds like a bad thing to me. If I had an S/C I'd want my **** to be screaming. I'm talking about as soon as I crank it up it's out of control scream(/end ricer rant lol).



lol, its going to be a small pulley on there a 2.75" and the 3" intake will most certainly wake it up. I will post dyno vids for you guys before and after so you can hear the difference.

nice ass sleeper. your car is pretty modded!! let us know how it goes

i will man, ps i love your sig lol

Oh yea gratz on the S/C. I take it that everything is free? Or not?!?

Haha i wish that would be a dream come true, a good discount but not free i can't say on the net for obvious reasons but a good discount

Good deal brudda.. [sm=hail.gif][sm=hail.gif][sm=hail.gif][sm=hail.gif][sm=hail.gif] That thing's definitely going to be beast.. Sounds like you have a kick-a$$ setup going there, it's definitely gonna be good shiznit to see what it can do with the new blower. I'd be willing to bet you run lower than 14's though.. just a llliiiitttttllllleeeee bit lower.. LOL J/K You more than likely would smoke me pretty hardcore.. Let us know when it's up and running brudda.. :D

I will update for sure, lower should be out to me by the 17th or 18th at the latest, it will go on once i have a few other things on then before and after dyno's. I should specify im looking for 350whp on a dyno jet. Im dynoing on a mustang dyno so its going to be lower but its cool becuase i can still see the gains. my brother dyno'd his h/c/i full bolt on ls1 auto there and did 362 rwhp so its low reading.

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

Haha i wish that would be a dream come true, a good discount but not free i can't say on the net for obvious reasons but a good discount

Ah still I'm sure it's a pretty good deal;)

Update us when you dyno it/get some vids of it[8D]

Will do man, i can't wait for this thing.

13s here you come!!...haha j/k

SWEET man...that thing is going to be rediculous...

Congtratulations man! Let us know what kind of power you make with the new blower!

you bet man, i can't wait to get it on the dyno and to the track

whenever your ready let me know and I will put the car to the test.

im thinking early april at lapeer as long as the car is all tuned in i will be going then.

Damn man your car is only getting faster, now just be sure to get that power to the ground. Thats pretty badass how you're testing that blower for them, you're pretty lucky. Good luck with the whole thing.

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

im thinking early april at lapeer as long as the car is all tuned in i will be going then.
I used to visit a cobalt forum and I heard that the ecotec in the SShas a problem above 300 Hp, Rings or something failing. Is it an issue and if yes, have you addrerssed it? Just curious because you should be making some nice numbers. Congrats and good luck with it.

congratz. when it is done post dyno sheet and track times.

What is the most power you can reasonably push on the stock engine? Just curious.

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

Will do man, i can't wait for this thing.
350WHP from a front driver...a glamorized Cavalier really. This read has really changedmy dirction as to how to go fast. Not the way I want to go about it, just who I should fear...nice work and please keep us posted. You FWD monster. It's not enough thay I have to besurprised by you FWDmodders on the top end which is expected, but right outta the pit has me guessing now. All I can say is, FY[:@]...

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ORIGINAL: IWHINE

im thinking early april at lapeer as long as the car is all tuned in i will be going then.
I used to visit a cobalt forum and I heard that the ecotec in the SShas a problem above 300 Hp, Rings or something failing. Is it an issue and if yes, have you addrerssed it? Just curious because you should be making some nice numbers. Congrats and good luck with it.


most of the issue people run into is heat, most people blow the number four pistons becuase of lack of cooling mods and heat. They also tend to beat the **** out of there car. We have a few turbo guys on stock interals pushing 380 whp. Though if they do go i have a back up plan.

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

Damn man your car is only getting faster, now just be sure to get that power to the ground. Thats pretty badass how you're testing that blower for them, you're pretty lucky. Good luck with the whole thing.



any suggestions on a good dd tire. im thinking bfg kdw 235's?

ORIGINAL: BicketyBam

What is the most power you can reasonably push on the stock engine? Just curious.


people are pushing close to 400 whp on stock internals but that is the limit, you are pushing it with the pistons at the point as they are not forged.

ORIGINAL: Baddog

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

Will do man, i can't wait for this thing.
350WHP from a front driver...a glamorized Cavalier really. This read has really changedmy dirction as to how to go fast. Not the way I want to go about it, just who I should fear...nice work and please keep us posted. You FWD monster. It's not enough thay I have to besurprised by you FWDmodders on the top end which is expected, but right outta the pit has me guessing now. All I can say is, FY[:@]...



lol if your worried just get a ls1 or a ls2 and you can beat me, i hear they never lose.

that thing's going to be a BEAST!!! keep us posted on the progress!

Thats a will do, little update. The blower should be here either march 17th or 18th. I will be running a 2.75" pulley and also have a 3.35" pulley

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

ORIGINAL: BicketyBam

What is the most power you can reasonably push on the stock engine? Just curious.


people are pushing close to 400 whp on stock internals but that is the limit, you are pushing it with the pistons at the point as they are not forged.


What kind of times are those guys running with ~400 whp?

Couriously enough they have never went to track yet since its winter and the tracks are not open. I would assume high 11's on a tire at 118 or so.

if you touch 11ET one day, then bluebeast should ring you up for a rally of "the battle of the blues" hehe, would be a great match. fwd compacts in the 11's. you guyswould def. earn some respect from the muscle world with those numbers IMO!![8D]

lets hope i can do it, maybe i will fly vlue to me so he can go 11's with my car lol

Atleast its not a Honda. i actuallly like your car.

lol it does have that gay wing though, but i've come to live with it

Update: blower should be here tomorrow or wednesday. Will post pics when it arrives.

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

As some of you may or may not know i own a cobalt ss/sc that is one of the more modded ones around. These are my mods as it stands.





2.5 pulley
intense hub
machined snout
ported blower
60 # flowmatched inj
ls4 tb
r.a.w. 3 " intake
devils own progressive meth inj
2.5 gallon tank trunk mounted
poly tranny mounts
poly control arm bushings
dss stage 2 axles
cti long tube header
cti 3" catless dp
cti 3" catback (Not installed yet)
hurst sts
bully stage 4 full ceramic 6 puck clutch
dynotune wideband 02 sensor
dynotune wideband gauge
dual gauge color matched pod
voxx 16" wheels (for the track)
nitto 555r dr (for the track)
dual pass h/e ran in line with the stock one
custom brackets i made for mounting
dual pass intercooler endplate
option b (extra surge tank)
custom mounting brackets for it i made
auto lite copper step colder plugs
ss under hood blanket
8k hids
hpt custom tuned by me


Now for the little faster part. I have been selected by harrop to test a new blower. Im sure many of you are fimiliar with the tvs series blower from eaton. For those that are not the ZR1 uses the r2300 blower. I will be testing out the 1320 series. I am one of ten people in the world testing this out so im pretty pumped. The major difference is in the rotors, my current rotors have three lobes and have 60* twist around them. The tvs rotors have four lobes on each rotor and 160* twist as well. So in short i am looking to make close to 350 whp on this bad boy, i will keep you guys updated as i should be recieving the blower within the next week.

Pics


http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s125/slobalt123/img060.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s125/slobalt123/img063.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s125/slobalt123/img064.jpg


Your axles are going to be pretzels/toothpicks. :eek:and you're going to have serious Torque steer.

i have dss stage 2axles they will be fine. Tq steer is played up to much the car is fine just keep your hands on the window

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

lol it does have that gay wing though, but i've come to live with it
Cars as fast as yours need that big wing for HIGH SPEED DOWNFORCE!:)

lawl, it actually does provide down force but in turn slows you down up top. But i don't plan on doing 150 ever so i think im good.

damn, iwhine that car is running to its limits right?

very much so, i think i may blow a headgasket. Blower will be here tomorrow at 11 am according to ups

good deal! let us know how it goes. gonna be a nasty car

yeah, lets hope so only time can tell.

its hereeeeeeeeeeee
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LOL... brudda you sound like a little kid sitting under the tree waiting for Santa to get there at christmas.. lol :DDefinitely cool though, that S/C looks pretty mean... Hopefully it doesn't blow anything up! lol ;)

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ORIGINAL: Sarge_13

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+1:D

ORIGINAL: Subotai_95

LOL... brudda you sound like a little kid sitting under the tree waiting for Santa to get there at christmas.. lol :DDefinitely cool though, that S/C looks pretty mean... Hopefully it doesn't blow anything up! lol ;)



I think my headgasket is going to go, i believe the blower is going to do around 25psi very effeciently so i may be in trouble

It's beautiful. You'd better get some vids posted after the install. That's gonna scream. [sm=smiley20.gif]

when is it going ONN!?

you better call me bro! :D

I'll get a vid of her on the dyno and take some highway cruising vids for you guys, no worries :)

ORIGINAL: mustangcat

Congtratulations man! Let us know what kind of power you make with the new blower!


damn mustang cat, i was seriously ROFLMAO to your sig

nice job on that for sure!!!


how much does the car weigh?

3000 with me in it

ORIGINAL: Morbid Intentions

when is it going ONN!?

you better call me bro! :D

I'll get a vid of her on the dyno and take some highway cruising vids for you guys, no worries :)


I think we will be doing it thursday i will give you a call though for sure

I think we will be doing it thursday i will give you a call though for sure, may take a little time to get it tuned in with the meth and what not

looks pretty nice there man.

700whp here we come, lol!

ORIGINAL: IWHINE


I think we will be doing it thursday i will give you a call though for sure, may take a little time to get it tuned in with the meth and what not



I have all the time in the world on thursday, nothing planned at all... standing around shooting the sh!t sounds like a good time... I'll be sure to have the camera charged, how my camera works I can't send the files to other people so I'll have to upload it under my name and then post it here

I'll be in touch, looking foreward to seeing how the new blower sounds :D

ORIGINAL: fazm

looks pretty nice there man.

700whp here we come, lol!



lol cut that in half and im happy

ORIGINAL: Morbid Intentions

ORIGINAL: IWHINE


I think we will be doing it thursday i will give you a call though for sure, may take a little time to get it tuned in with the meth and what not



I have all the time in the world on thursday, nothing planned at all... standing around shooting the sh!t sounds like a good time... I'll be sure to have the camera charged, how my camera works I can't send the files to other people so I'll have to upload it under my name and then post it here

I'll be in touch, looking foreward to seeing how the new blower sounds :D



Should be interesting, i will be calling you with updates on what is going on

That's awesome!

so are we now expecting a low 14 @ 125 rather than the low 14s at 115? ;)

i kid i kid...:D

lol yeah probably on street tires. Blower is going on today pics and vids tonight only reving though becuase its damp out

i bet that if we raced today, my DSM would tear you up....


(as long as its still raining...)


:D

hahahahhaha thats good man. It would to my car does not like anything to do with dry pavement let alone wet. If its dry tomorrow then some flyby's

so i have to ask...if you have DSS shafts, and all that engine work...then why dont have you good tires?

I have nitto's mounted to 16's for the track, for street tires i need new ones as my stock ones are shot.

when you ran at lapeer, what tires were you using then?

street tires becuase i did not have the radials back then, i got them at the end of the season last year.

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

I have nitto's mounted to 16's for the track, for street tires i need new ones as my stock ones are shot.


burn em down till they're slick!:D

They are almost

that's the way my civic is, lol. it actually hooks pretty good they way they are:D

yeah fwd blows but i still love the car

agreed, lol.

Wednesday night Bump. Haha i want to see the #s

ORIGINAL: njdanmustang

Wednesday night Bump. Haha i want to see the #s


+1

id like to hear that lil' supercharger scream!!!

I leave you with pics for now

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To be honest with you guys the thing is a beast it pegs the map and the maf by 6200 rpm's. Its running out of fuel on 60# inj with a 12.0 afr, my redline is 7400 to. Boost numbers has to be around 25 or 26 i can't say for sure becuase the car can't read past 23.88, and it was flowing 45 lb/min through the maf at that point. So its making some decent power

hey, are you gonna keep it iwhine?

it looks 10x's better then your old one!

pegs your maf...........DAMN, lol! :D

hell yeah its staying on, i have a 3 inch intake being shipped rate now and im putting a ls4 tb on it when that comes to compenstate a little to slow down the maf hz, i also will be running the meth to so hopefully that can help out fuel a little

very cool, nice to see someone doing the right things to there car.

hope it all works out for you good, and the engine holds ;)

It looks a lot better than the stock blower. I can't wait to see what kind of numbers it's going to produce and how fast it'll be.

The engine should be fine the head gasket may be a different story lol. I will keep you guys updated as more tuning is done to finalize this thing

Hmm, I thought the Cobalt SS/SC engines were pretty much bullet proof? I guess they are with the stock S/C and bolt ons, but that S/C is much bigger than the stock one. Please get a dyno vid, vid of you racing or cruising the streets and some dyno #'s. kthxbye.

where do you go to get it tuned? Livernois? I dont know of any except alternative walsh and livernois.

ORIGINAL: stangman94

where do you go to get it tuned? Livernois? I dont know of any except alternative walsh and livernois.

I think he does it himself with HPTuners. That's what he said in another thread the other day when HPTuners was brought up.

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

Hmm, I thought the Cobalt SS/SC engines were pretty much bullet proof? I guess they are with the stock S/C and bolt ons, but that S/C is much bigger than the stock one. Please get a dyno vid, vid of you racing or cruising the streets and some dyno #'s. kthxbye.



give it a week for the tuning and what not, me and morbid will probably race his gto and me. The engine is ok its just 25psi is a ton for astock headgasket to hold

ORIGINAL: stangman94

where do you go to get it tuned? Livernois? I dont know of any except alternative walsh and livernois.



Nope i would never let anyone touch my car at a shop.


T is right hpt is what i use to tune the car. The tuner is my bro though

if you guys run around clinton township let me know you can run mine and a blow 03gt if ya want:D

If you guys want to lets go to the track together i prefer it this way as i don't get my licsesne suspended becuase i already have 9 points lol.

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

Hmm, I thought the Cobalt SS/SC engines were pretty much bullet proof? I guess they are with the stock S/C and bolt ons, but that S/C is much bigger than the stock one. Please get a dyno vid, vid of you racing or cruising the streets and some dyno #'s. kthxbye.



give it a week for the tuning and what not, me and morbid will probably race his gto and me. The engine is ok its just 25psi is a ton for astock headgasket to hold


Just upgrade the headgasket and you should be good to go. I know the rest of the engine is bullet proof and should be able to hold whatever you throw at it.

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

If you guys want to lets go to the track together i prefer it this way as i don't get my licsesne suspended becuase i already have 9 points lol.


Damn Bro 9 points? Was it the Cobalt or another car? I've gotten 2 speeding tickets and a failure to use reasonable care ticket and I still have 0 points on my license, LOL.

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

Hmm, I thought the Cobalt SS/SC engines were pretty much bullet proof? I guess they are with the stock S/C and bolt ons, but that S/C is much bigger than the stock one. Please get a dyno vid, vid of you racing or cruising the streets and some dyno #'s. kthxbye.



give it a week for the tuning and what not, me and morbid will probably race his gto and me. The engine is ok its just 25psi is a ton for astock headgasket to hold


Just upgrade the headgasket and you should be good to go. I know the rest of the engine is bullet proof and should be able to hold whatever you throw at it.



When the head gasket blows its all getting rebuilt. Ported head, cometic gasket, head studs,cams, valve springs,tit retainers,neutral balance shafts, 9.5:1 forged pistons, ported intake. SO i really want this to last becuase i don't want to drop all that money just yet

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

If you guys want to lets go to the track together i prefer it this way as i don't get my licsesne suspended becuase i already have 9 points lol.


Damn Bro 9 points? Was it the Cobalt or another car? I've gotten 2 speeding tickets and a failure to use reasonable care ticket and I still have 0 points on my license, LOL.



all in the cobalt, 4 speeding , 1 for assured clear distance, i got out of the biggest speeding one and got no points on that becuase it was a reckless, but the others i had to bend over and take it

Well it seems you have yourself a nice plan there. And atleast you got the money to rebuild the engine when the gasket goes, you must not have many bills like the rest of us, LOL. :D

lookin good man, when u wanna race :) lol

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

Well it seems you have yourself a nice plan there. And atleast you got the money to rebuild the engine when the gasket goes, you must not have many bills like the rest of us, LOL. :D


no i do, everything besides rent becuase i live at home. I just dump everything into the car lol

ORIGINAL: fazm

lookin good man, when u wanna race :) lol


sure run me on 87 with 10* timing and 5 psi so we can make it fun lol. You fix your rear yet?

damn boys, some one has a loaded wallet :Dloaded wallet ftw

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

Well it seems you have yourself a nice plan there. And atleast you got the money to rebuild the engine when the gasket goes, you must not have many bills like the rest of us, LOL. :D


no i do, everything besides rent becuase i live at home. I just dump everything into the car lol


LOL, exactly my point, besides having a few CC's because most people do, I have a food bill, water, electric, a $345 car payment, a $575 car payment and an $800 per month house payment. So no mods for me for along time!! :(

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

Well it seems you have yourself a nice plan there. And atleast you got the money to rebuild the engine when the gasket goes, you must not have many bills like the rest of us, LOL. :D


no i do, everything besides rent becuase i live at home. I just dump everything into the car lol


LOL, exactly my point, besides having a few CC's because most people do, I have a food bill, water, electric, a $345 car payment, a $575 car payment and an $800 per month house payment. So no mods for me for along time!! :(



yeah my bills are pretty easy, 335 car payment, 180 month insurance, 45 cell phone, my credit card is like 400 with gas food and other crap, i help pay for cable, and i also pay for my gym membership which i never use. Thats about it though, i can tell you though i have saved a ton doing the installs and not paying labor. Im 6k deep into it rate now

yup new rear end is fixed, along with the new control arm that snapped in half lol.

how bout 91 octane, 8 degrees of timing, and 9psi. thats the minimum my car will run (lowest boost setting, lowest octane, and lowest timing)

ORIGINAL: cacimar

damn boys, some one has a loaded wallet :Dloaded wallet ftw


Yeah i wish, i have a spare head that i can port myself and get decked at a shop, the cams are 300, the springs and retainers are 450, balnce shafts are 380, i will port the intakemyself, pistons are 650, cometic gasket is 100, and so are the studs. I also have to get my rods honed for the pistons so so more cash. But hopefully not tell next year or two. I want to start saving for a house or condo.

ORIGINAL: fazm

yup new rear end is fixed, along with the new control arm that snapped in half lol.

how bout 91 octane, 8 degrees of timing, and 9psi. thats the minimum my car will run (lowest boost setting, lowest octane, and lowest timing)



Im still seeing taillights lol. Its all good though. What are you going to do about the control arms? do i want to know how they broke?

question for the boost whores

what do u guys mean by running x amount of timing? I do not understand [:'(]

Maybe Mom and Dad will let me and the Wifey move back in, I couldnt imagine having over $1000 to spend on my car per month, LOL.

ORIGINAL: cacimar

question for the boost whores

what do u guys mean by running x amount of timing? I do not understand [:'(]


Ignition timing in an internal combustion engine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_combustion_engine) is the process of setting the time that a spark will occur in the combustion chamber (during the power stroke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_stroke)) relative to piston position and crankshaft angular velocity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_velocity).

from wiki, basically there is a happy point when you run race gas or meth were your car will stop making power you like to find that and keep it around there on high octane. It will make more power this way.

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

Maybe Mom and Dad will let me and the Wifey move back in, I couldnt imagine having over $1000 to spend on my car per month, LOL.



well im not that loaded i take home about 1400 a month, but i also put a couple hundred in stocks and 401k that is taken from my check automatically. So i have about 2k in the 401k and 1k in stock

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

Maybe Mom and Dad will let me and the Wifey move back in, I couldnt imagine having over $1000 to spend on my car per month, LOL.



well im not that loaded i take home about 1400 a month, but i also put a couple hundred in stocks and 401k that is taken from my check automatically. So i have about 2k in the 401k and 1k in stock


Thats pretty good money for your age. And its good you're putting money into stock and 401k, it is well worth it. Between me and my Wife we bring home about $4200 per month, but the bills are what kills us. We have too many CC's and a couple personal loans out.

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

ORIGINAL: 1BAD3V

Maybe Mom and Dad will let me and the Wifey move back in, I couldnt imagine having over $1000 to spend on my car per month, LOL.



well im not that loaded i take home about 1400 a month, but i also put a couple hundred in stocks and 401k that is taken from my check automatically. So i have about 2k in the 401k and 1k in stock


Thats pretty good money for your age. And its good you're putting money into stock and 401k, it is well worth it. Between me and my Wife we bring home about $4200 per month, but the bills are what kills us. We have too many CC's and a couple personal loans out.



Yeah well my employer best buy has unbelieveable stock options and 401k is good to so my dad said you need to do this so i put 5% of my check to one and 5% to the other. With the 401k i put in 5% they match 4% so its actually like i almost put in double what i put in and stock i get to buy at the lowest selling point either at the begining or end plus 15% below that. So its a win win, becuase even if it is lower at the end i still get 15% off and if it was higher at the end say it started at $30 and ended at $40 i buy it for 25 and make instant cash

Yeah thats what I used to do when I worked at Walmart. I loved their stock and 401k. Plus with their 401k, you were fully invested after 7 years of working there. One of my good friends used to work at Best Buy but only part-time, he said he enjoyed it, and I enjoy my CC from there, LOL.

Yeah me too lol, im fully vested now weird.

If you blow the head gasket, I would pull the head, have it ported, then install a copper shim/gasket, with ARP Fasteners.


[8D]


I built a 10.2 second Nissan 240 , and a few other imports. Its very easy to make them fast as hell, but performance parts are marked up too dam high for smaller cars.

The main problems were broken pistons,blown head gaskets, spun axles ,smoked clutches in the tranny and warranty claims denied.

yeah thats what i plan on doing if or when it goes

Do you plan on going to Lapeer when they open up soon?

Yeah as long as i get this thing tuned in, but looks like we have some snow coming. This thing is not touching anything but dry salt free pavement.

That 240 I built ate up Vettes from 0-180 mph, and was very scary to be in.

The guy that drove it was nuts, but had $$$ cash , so I installed his turbo, piping, intercooler, ECM,manifold, and upgraded axles.

He was low on gas on the way home , didnt pull over, ran a lean spike and melted 1 &3 pistons to the block.

Ever see a 45 year old man cry:(, was his DD.

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Yeah as long as i get this thing tuned in, but looks like we have some snow coming. This thing is not touching anything but dry salt free pavement.



Damnit, I saw that in the weather forecast too...eh. Should be the last of it, and I think we are expecting some rain after the snowfall to clear up the roads.

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That 240 I built ate up Vettes from 0-180 mph, and was very scary to be in.

The guy that drove it was nuts, but had $$$ cash , so I installed his turbo, piping, intercooler, ECM,manifold, and upgraded axles.

He was low on gas on the way home , didnt pull over, ran a lean spike and melted 1 &3 pistons to the block.

Ever see a 45 year old man cry:(, was his DD.



lol nope i hope i don't

ORIGINAL: 99GTvert

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

Yeah as long as i get this thing tuned in, but looks like we have some snow coming. This thing is not touching anything but dry salt free pavement.



Damnit, I saw that in the weather forecast too...eh. Should be the last of it, and I think we are expecting some rain after the snowfall to clear up the roads.




Yeah then hopefully dry weather and warmer weather

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oh wow! nice job man! that thing should be hauling ass now;)

oh nice, sounds good. now go get some video and wear a coat when it is cold outside like that. you gonna kiel yourself[8D]

btw: your link is kinda messed up and not clickable. i had to copy and paste the address. I will help everyone out:

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dude, you looked like a serial killer walking to your car after you set the camera down... fumbling in your pockets, walking fast and looking to see if someones following you FTW [8D]

lol people want that blower they could do anything for it i know i would haha.

Very Nice! So what are your track goals/expectations now traction pending?

high 11 at 117~120

ORIGINAL: aode08

That 240 I built ate up Vettes from 0-180 mph, and was very scary to be in.

The guy that drove it was nuts, but had $$$ cash , so I installed his turbo, piping, intercooler, ECM,manifold, and upgraded axles.

He was low on gas on the way home , didnt pull over, ran a lean spike and melted 1 &3 pistons to the block.

Ever see a 45 year old man cry:(, was his DD.


Jesus...what kind of turbo and how much boost? I sure hope you upgraded everything... What a retard too.

hm, looks like i have to go with a return style fuel system, idc's are 130% at 6200 rpms on a 11.8 afr, maf lb/min is 52, timing is 16*. I am waiting for my intake still and i will run another stock maf as i think the one i have is fried. Meth to come soon along with 25* of timing and more power

its cute that your shirt matches the car...was that planned? :D

nope lol i was on my way into work and had to post a vid for the impatient people. I work at best buy

which best buy, if you dont mind my asking? hall road?

yes sir

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nope lol i was on my way into work and had to post a vid for the impatient people. I work at best buy


I just bought a $950 washing machine from Best Buy. The saleslady didn't have to do squat - I walked in and said "I want to buy this." I bet that was an easy commission for her!

Looks good, dude.

they don't get commision lol, they should have mentioned that.

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they don't get commision lol, they should have mentioned that.


It doesn't bother me one way or the other. People have to make a living - I hope they pay well then. If anything, I didn't hold her up long, so she could help other people. :D

appliance people are never busy, well at least not at my store. If they are line level mayb 9~10 if they are a sup 16~18

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ORIGINAL: MrRogers

There's nothing wrong with a sleeper...Especially since the new Eaton's are very quiet.

Sounds like a bad thing to me. If I had an S/C I'd want my **** to be screaming. I'm talking about as soon as I crank it up it's out of control scream(/end ricer rant lol).




+1 haha. Blower whine = sex

yeah it's a little quieter than my old setup, but its still there

Good video. Cant wait to see what you'll run. I hope your launching on good tires at the track to get the most out of that new blower.

yeah i'm going to see how the nitto's do at first if not i will switch to hoosiers

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yeah i'm going to see how the nitto's do at first if not i will switch to hoosiers


Do they make MT's for your rim size?

yeah a 255 im thinking about picking them up

quieter could always be better if you think about it.

rev your engine at a stang or something, they will just shrug it off, then you whoop that ass [8D]

nope my car sucks from a dig or a roll, have to be doing dangerous speeds to get traction. So im gettingt new tires lol

That vid is awesome!!! Can't wait to see it in action. Good luck!

I took a forum member for a ride today, he hada few words about it lol

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yeah i'm going to see how the nitto's do at first if not i will switch to hoosiers

Don't snap your front axle :D

i upgraded them to driveshaft shop stg2 axles. I thought about that

Sounds good... I will say that it's nice that we have domestic 4 bangers that can whoop up on the import ones... I was really getting tired of that scene for a while...

Should be nice when you can get a nice run out of it at the strip.. I know the motor is good for a little bit, you've upgraded your axles, and you're worried about your head gasket... but what about the tranny and clutch? How are those rated/upgraded?

There's a guy that lives here in town with a slowbalt with the license plate "IWHINE." I thought it was jew. His is red with black stripe type things on it.

I was gonna try and run him in the car I just got for my gf and just hope he can't drive. I may even do a pulley swap on it. Those new Grand Prix's run fairly well.

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Sounds good... I will say that it's nice that we have domestic 4 bangers that can whoop up on the import ones... I was really getting tired of that scene for a while...

Should be nice when you can get a nice run out of it at the strip.. I know the motor is good for a little bit, you've upgraded your axles, and you're worried about your head gasket... but what about the tranny and clutch? How are those rated/upgraded?



the tranny should be fine, but its all up in the air for now. Im not to to worried about the head gasket for now

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There's a guy that lives here in town with a slowbalt with the license plate "IWHINE." I thought it was jew. His is red with black stripe type things on it.

I was gonna try and run him in the car I just got for my gf and just hope he can't drive. I may even do a pulley swap on it. Those new Grand Prix's run fairly well.


yeah im not big into visuals, the only thing that gives me away is my exhuast.

Just out of curiosity. Whats the best Cobalt ss time look like for a street driven car? I Have a buddy that has a Nitrous SS running high 12's. Where would a high 11 put you among Cobalts if you could get it?

There are a few other testers more built then me, but on the m62 its a 12.8 no juice. the htv has yet to be tracked and neither have the turbo guys. But it would be up there among the top

sweet

Thanks buddy

so how exactly did you scorebeing a tester for the tvs? Do you have to be a display car for them at eventslike Eaton race day? Did you get this fromMarshall?

got it from harrop, i was choosen by them. I have to write up a install, before and after dyno's and any other info. Then report to them and the forums and im golden.

I just finished the return style system today and went out to tune some more with this thing. Still working on just the tune so far to get it inline but it is showing some promise over 56lb/min through the maf, no knock, i need to lean out the afr 10.42 i want to shoot for 11.8, idc's were 99% at 7200 rpms. This was not on the meth either so im going to crank the fuel pressure reg up a few more knotchs just to be safe lean it out nail, it down and start on the meth. I will keep you guys updated

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looks good man!

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Sig "04 Mach 1 w/ ATI P1 S/C-2 Inter-cooled, Brembo brakes/lines, SLP ceramic coated headers & Cat'd H-pipe w/LM2 exhaust, Nitto 555R 275/40 17's on Steeda rims
Best pass so far: 13.166 @ 106.584, bone-stock @ Kennedale motor speedway, TX."

When are you going to run it with the modifications? 13.1@106.5 is damn respectable for a stock Mach 1!

Finally got the fix for the fueling side of the tune, turns out it was a a maf/ve blending table that was causing the car to dump fuel at 5700, now its 11.3~11.7 all the way up top and its time to work with the meth. idc's are 85% now to!

she must be pulling damn goood now.

yes sir

update please!:)

I dyno'd a while back on a very conservative tune 11.0 afr 16* timing and came up with this.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s125/slobalt123/dyno2.jpg

This dyno is a heart breaker for a dyno jet.The cartrapped 110 andmade 253 whp on the old 2.5" pulley setup on the old blower with a much more agrressive tune 12.3 afr and 23* timing (this setup usually nets 280~290 whp from other dyno's i have seen). Been tuning the meth for a little while more getting ready to crank up the timing and lean her out. I think i can pull 335whp but we shall see. The numbers are sae and tq would have been higher but he started to record the run late.


http://s151.photobucket.com/albums/s125/slobalt123/?action=view&current=MOV00899.flv

thats the vid

thanks man, sounds awesome and i'm betting once it's fully tuned it'll be killer;)

yeah it scoots pretty good as it is, i think im going to take off the wing though make it even more of a sleeper.

ORIGINAL: viking396

ORIGINAL: Subotai_95
Sig "04 Mach 1 w/ ATI P1 S/C-2 Inter-cooled, Brembo brakes/lines, SLP ceramic coated headers & Cat'd H-pipe w/LM2 exhaust, Nitto 555R 275/40 17's on Steeda rims
Best pass so far: 13.166 @ 106.584, bone-stock @ Kennedale motor speedway, TX."

When are you going to run it with the modifications? 13.1@106.5 is damn respectable for a stock Mach 1!


LOL.. I don't know that I'm going to be able to get it done before Kennedale closes down for the winter, as I'm still in Iraq. I probably won't be coming home till around the November/December timeframe since they just had two people drop off the contract, so now we're short-handed here in the Embassy. And that 13.16 I ran was a one-off stroke of luck that I only got close to a couple of times. Most of the time I averaged high 13.2's Will definitely post slips when I finally get to run it with the mods, though unfortunately being able to afford a place to live has to come first.... [>:]dammit.. LOL

And that's a very not bad set up you've got brudda, those are some very decent numbers you're throwing down IWHINE, even if they're not exactly what you were hoping for. I'd have to agree it'll be a real monster when you get the tune and the rest of it straightened out. :D

I don't really care much about the dyno numbers as there not totally accurate to how this car performs. I will take it to the track and when it can trap 116~118 or so i think i will be happy for a little bit.

Damn. You need a better tune on that look how choppy it is

wow, nice!

gl on getting everything straited out!

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Damn. You need a better tune on that look how choppy it is


thats becuase the smoothing is zero

ORIGINAL: IWHINE

ORIGINAL: Sarge_13

Damn. You need a better tune on that look how choppy it is


thats becuase the smoothing is zero

Oh right...:(

Let me know when you go to the track I will be there.

yeah that dyno is pretty choppy but the numbers are still pretty incredible.
+1 for sweeta$$ fast cobalt!!

You finally get a new set of tires? <--- Waiting on in car runs from 0-100+ :D

yeah i have them 235/40/18 bfg kwd nt's set me back a few $$$

A couple select members have seen the car in action, i will try to make a vid with morbid soon here

looking good! good job!

thanks man

Not to be that much of a jerk, I just watched your dyno vid again. You exhaust sounds like poo, and that S/C Whine at those higher rpms was pretty sexy.

Just another .02

thats what happens when you have a s/c 4 banger. it will never sound good, but if sound=performance the car would be quiet as a mouse,but that is not the case so i deal with it

Of you could blast some hip hop so loud you can't hear your exhaust!!!! :D:D:D

i do lol

Man I never really liked Cobalts but that car is amazing in my book.

Good job! Can't wait to see and hear more!

this coming sunday i should have some vids of it in action.

so is the tune good now?


soon theres going to be "well it was fun while it lasted, broke slobalt"

lol


good luck, hope everything holds for a while

hopefully not anytime soon lol. The tune is still in progress as a few parts held me up and weather was not the best.