To avoid jamming up any other thread with the endless discussions that we all could have with John Powell, here is a thread devoted to sharing/discussing all of the awesome things going on at Powell Race Shop! Go!

To order parts from PRS, email: orders@powellraceparts.com

To start things off, here is a list of the Cobalt products Mr. Powell provides to our community, along with prices:
PRS Tow Hook Front only 95.00 Each
PRS Tow Hook Set Set of front and rear 150.00 Each



Slotted Rotors LNF BREMBO oem rotors 125.00 Each
NASCAR style slotted floating rotors with hats, Brembo front, 315 mm x 28 mm 900.00 pair
PRS street bar 1.0 235.00 ( special order only)
PRS Hardcore Bar 1.25 250.00 Each includes hardware
PRS XXX Sway Bar 1.5 280.00 Each includes hardware
Sway Bar Bolts 10.9 cad plated 10.00 set of 4
Sway Bar Nut plates does not include bolts 20.00 set

T CABS Trailing 199.00 Set last forever lifetime warranty as long as you own the car.
L CABS Leading CABS 249.00 pair
PRS ALL SPHERICAL FE5 arms 900.00 pair. includes all hardware joints, new arms.
PRS Twisting Beam Bushings with hardware 395.00 set

YYZ v.2 Cobalt performance lowering springs 360 shipped, set of four continental USA LIFETIME warranty as long as you own the car not to break or lose rate.
ION to Cobalt Spring Spring Conversion 125.00 Each
ION Spring Spacers Set of 2 25.00 Each
Wheel Spacers 5 x 110 x 6 mm 18.00 Each


Hub Spacers BBK brembo conversion 8.00 Each

Keyhole Spacers for Mounts 25.00 Each

replacement rotated mount Bushings includes spacers 25.00 Each
PRS F23 rotated Mount for 2.2/2.4 F23 trans 150.00 Each

PRS Stage 1 - rotated F35 SS All Steel 110.0000 Each
PRS Stage 1 2004 Ion Redline only all steel 145.00 each.


PRS Harness Bar 449.00 Each
PRS Option B Option B 150.00 Each
PRS PVC upgrade System 350.00 Each
PRS Seat Brackets Sparco R100 /505 bottom mount 140.00 Each
PRS Shifter Bushing kit alloy/stainless 35.00 Each

 

Rockstar asked about polishing stuff. I stay away from that, powdercoating parts becomes such an issue. But I recently saw some polished parts and decided to send some parts away to be done. I recommend this guy unreservedly, best in the business.


In this picture, the rocker cover is powdercoated by us, its a chrome two stage process and not bad.

But look closely at the supercharger. That is polished. Amazing.

great work. Two words, one reason Euthanasia.

Junior Herman is the man for polishing no doubt. Some time I will post up pictures when my LSJ redline gets out for the spring ( when it wams up)

I know its not a Powell thing, but if I can go to some one who does the best, then off i go. I dont make superchargers, either. I run the 1320 Harrop TVS

 

I was going to ask if this was Junior's work. I ran a P&P head he did on my LSJ and it was awesome. I wish I could afford to send him my SS wheels to polish them up. Of course I could give it a try and see how it ends up. No where near as good as that M62 though!

 

I have a spare M62 that I purchased just for this reason. Who is Junior?

 

I am in two minds about wheels. We have a lot of Corvette customers who buy John Purners CCW wheels, he does a very nice billet CNC polished wheel. But its a wheel. I am sort of stuck on the TC wheel just like it is, and the wntrbtr2 I have runs polished Redline wheels for the winter, and the stock silver metallic wheels for summer. The Redline wheels are a pain to keep up. I cant stand black on wheels but so many people like that. I did textured black for a customers TC on a black car, and it does look good and stay clean. I gotta find some pictures lol...

Thats Capn Slo's HHR in the foreground with OEM chrome finish. My WntrBtr2 with stock silver wheels in the background.

 

these are the latest PRS twisting beam bushings . All spherical, work really well and surprisingly dont add a lot of harshness and noise to the ride. Handling is enhanced .

 

Euthanasia. I use him for all my polish and powdercoat. Does amazing work!

 

I would take a set of those HHR SS wheels for my car in a heartbeat. I've only found one person on this site who polished their stock SS wheels, and he hasn't replied to my PM recently. I like the factory finish on my SS wheels, but I got a thing for silver cars/polished wheels. An old buddy of mine had a silver Ion RL and it had the silver comp. package wheels on it. I loved that car until the day he sold it. I saw a silver Corvette going down the road this week with polished wheels. I dunno it's just a look I like.

My 2006 SS/SC was yellow with black wheels, so you can imagine I'm over the whole black wheel thing.

On a side note, I can't believe they don't have a vendor forum on this site for you! We need to get some Powell customers in here posting pictures of their Powell products and reviews! Let's get this man some business by spreading the word more! He pays his vendor dues! What's the problem css.net mods???

 

AFTERMARKET STEERING WHEEL HUBS. Special order. This didnt make the list, the pc one on the left is 350 dollars the race version with a boot is 175.00/ Both retain signal cancellation and work with the airbag clock spring, even though the air bag for the aftermarket wheel is not possible. None of the hubs I have seen have windows large enough to work with the OEM Cobalt clock spring and cancellation device.

 

For Rockstar: You will like the C5 with CCW wheels
My carbon vented hood is unique and cant be easily duplicated BTW

 

NICE! That's good stuff sir!

 

I ran these EMK3 wheels with R100 Hoosier slicks I never did like the hypersilver color. and I powdercoated them and sold them to Rob USMC.

gold


I also ran CCW classics with gold pc centers, looked good in 17 x 9 sold them to Blazin07SS.


These are the OEM Redline polished wheels

 

Very nice powdercoating work! And very nice Ion RL!

So you must dibble dabble in a lot of stuff besides powdercoating and suspension stuff. Do you do any motor builds, tuning, etc?

 

I run PF01 now 18 x 9.5
The door speakers are acrylic PF01 done by Coppertop; another mad genius of modding

 

All our parts are road and track tested: YYZ, PF01 on Z1 Direzza with xXx rear bar. Sticks like glue, look at the tire stand off on a 9.5 inch wide wheel!


Mosport on CCW 17 x 9 and Michelin Pilot sport Cup. Tire is so so


This is at Watkins Glen on the R100 Hoosier slicks. Wow! Awesome grip. I started making trap door oil pans after this, and worked out a brushless HHR steering column motor thanks to GM racing

 

This is at Tremblant last summer; the rear carbon blade spoiler trunk is another custom not easily duplicated part I run. A 4 to 6 inch blade yields serious downforce.

 

We do a Brembo and rear disc conversion for rear drum brake cars. This one got Sky wheels as well

 

This is our brake spindle air duct. Its another "trashbin" project, not practical for 99.9% of folks out there.

 

I used to be able to tune a French Horn. Area47 did most of the tunes on my car, SSkev in Canada is an excellent tuner also.

If I could tune I would have a decent working website lol.

Area is the best.
For motor builds I ran GMR motors until they ran out. I have a very good local shop does my engine machining and assembly work. The rest we do, other than tuning.

 

I hand groove slick tires to make an intermediate tire for track use for customers. I make them symetrical so they can run left or right. Tricky with the grooving iron, you go too deep you scrap the tire. About 500 each.

 

Best thread in a long time. Thanks for the contributions Powell and rockstar.

 

The 2004 Ion Redline had a supercharged engine and transmission that would make it to the 2005 Cobalt SS until 2007. But the 2004 Redline had a unique cradle and front engine mount. This is our exclusive all steel rotated front mount for that car. No one else does mounts like this for the Redline 2004.

 

Is it throw back Thursday yet? This is my ex F.2 Rondel Brabham FB car in 1973 racing up at Sanair Quebec. The Ron in Rondel was Ron Dennism who went on to become principal of McLarenF1 International.

 

can we get some specs on the sway bar up on here

 

Back in 2004 we found that the clutch pedal needs a stop so the TOB is not over travelled. If the carpet wears in a Cobalt after time this can happen and a stop is needed