You think it'd be the other way around.........meaning the RWD turbocharged convertible would be the weekend fun car whereas the FWD n/a car would be the dd.

But yeah, i'm gonna try to pickup a busted ass dd here soon. Nothing fancy. Something under $1,000. I found a pink '93 1.0 liter 3-cyl Geo Metro convertible I want. I'm not kidding, lol.

 

im with you guys there im trying to find some cheap car or truck i can just drive to work and back and have the balt for fun

 

i eventually wanna do some crazy things to the cobalt as far as rebuilding the motor and either high boost or spray it like crazy.. i want a sleek car that feels as good as it looks, which is why i would make the sky the dd.. cobalts need to be dropped, sky's dont. and once u drop it u lose that comfortability..idk if im making sense but who knows i may make the sky the track car lol we'll see when i get it.

 

I wanna see how this goes with the cams. If I get through all the issues then I might just have to pick up a set. Hopefully I can improve on my 14.83 this year. Someone beat it so I want to go to the track again.

 

if these cams put down wut im expecting, and i DONT beat that.. im done with modding if i can get around 210 whp..i have no excuse to not be hitting low 14s

 

Haha yea and by all means I hope you beat that time. I just wanna see some more being done with the 2.4 balts. and the N/A route is definitely a path that not to many people have gone down.

 

thank u sir..the only problem is i know ill hit that plateau...and im either goin s/c or spray.. im leaning toward spray, cuz almost every car in my car club is boosted.. i wanna do something different.. vulcan intake mani and a 75 shot will put me up to the top if i can pull out that 210whp im lookin for with the cams. good set of drag radials and ill be in the 12s


edit. yo do u remember wut ur 8th was when u ran that?

 

yea i hear ya. I have 1100 worth of dynotune parts, brand new laying around my apartment right now. We're on the same page for sure. Far as the 1/8th goes i don't know off the top of my head. i'll have to find it for ya.

 

RedSSNA in you sig it says you have 171whp and 166 ft/lbs... are those numbers with the mods you have on your car that is in your sig..if so i thought it was harder to get that high....not tryin to bash just curious

 

its not unbelievable..if i dont have that or more when i dyno id be a bit disappointed..i got full bolt ons AND a tune as well

 

ok i was just wondering because thats pretty much what i have....ill have in about a week and just trying to get a aprox of how much hp ill have.

 

it does seem that the cobalt can do more with less HP then most cars.

 

Its bc its such a light car it wieghts nothing

 

when I empty the back half of the car its still in the 29xx pound range. it isn't a feather weight.

 

thats the thing that sucks. if none of u guys are fat i still may have a heavy ride lol...i workout alot..and i weigh 215... thats weight i cant cut.

 

Yeah same here. I want to dyno mine sometime soon after my next oil change/seafoam session. I have full bolt ons + HP Tuners tuning.......so I am expecting to have very similar numbers to that of redssna.

 

where are you goin to get your car dynoed....there a place that just bought out the shop next to my work that has a dyno and they want to charge me 100 bucks for 3 pulls...is that a good price oooorrrr would i be gettin ripped off

 

I dunno........I was thinking PTuning in Manassas.......but they have a heartbreaker dyno......meaning their numbers are usually low.

I can't remember.......which dyno is the one that usually has low numbers.......and which one isn't? (example: Mustang dyno.....what are the other types?)

 

ok well if your interested and want to check out the place there in warrenton...its where broadview truck and auto use to be across the street from burgerking...they dont have it in there bay yet but said it would be there within a month or so....

 

Yeah those are his numbers with those mods. It was done on a DynoJet. I still think it makes a bit more then what the dyno said judging by cars it has kept up with. Maybe more like 175-180. Just a by the seat of your pants type of feel.

 

Yeah i'd def be interested. Wanna have a little local dyno day? I'm sure I could get Chase (Bad05SS) and maybe Justin (occsdude) to come out. I know a few guys in Prince William as well. Wouldn't want too many cars....but we could have a mini dyno day. We'd just have to co-ordinate with the dyno facility.

Also, I just looked at your picture gallery and realized who you are. I see your car around Warrenton all the time leaving Lord Fairfax and next to Frost Diner. Not sure if you've ever seen (or heard, lol) me, but i'm in Warrenton all the time. I lived in Gainesville last year, and I moved into my new condo here in Bealeton last month.

 

hell ya man...ill see if cant talk to the guys tomarrow and see maybe they could give us maybe a discount for like a group buy dyno day haha

Edit: ya i saw your car the other day and...Yes you car sounds good man haha.. i was outside my work when i saw you pass didnt really want to look retarderd trying to flag you down haha

 

Word. Yeah i've been wondering what kinda power my setup made here for a while now. My cars got kinda steep mileage (58k), but it runs fine. I'll just make sure to do a fresh oil change/seafoam it before I put it on the dyno.

 

right there with you man i have 57K

 

nerd dyno at the CPTC meet, 75 bucks for three pulls