View Poll Results: Does your cobalt wonder on the highway?
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05-23-2006, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Acidangel_5.0
well dumbshit.. when you normal incurr a problem in a vehicle you always TELL what you do on a regular basis and what you HAVE tryed.. you dont ask dumb **** questions like "hey my car sways back and forth" then you expect people to give you the exact answer when WE do NOT know what you currently do and do not do....
Dipshits like yourself need to learn to communicate and dont expect people to have telepathy.. i have built more cars in my time then wet dreams you have fucked up child
Dipshits like yourself need to learn to communicate and dont expect people to have telepathy.. i have built more cars in my time then wet dreams you have fucked up child
05-23-2006, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by CTCOBALTSSS
Exactly sweettheshocker. That's my point here. Acidangel, go drop another tab, i'm done with your juvenile ass. Looks like all that acid had some affect on your grammer skills hah?
05-23-2006, 10:28 AM
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I've been working on cars for 10 years *******. What are you talking about? I know more about cars than you could ever imagine. Yet another idiot that acts like he knows when he knows nothing. And you talk about Telepathy??? LOL I can tell by the extent of your mods that you know everything about these cars.
05-23-2006, 10:41 AM
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Only thing that happens to me on the highway is rough steering wheel shake if im braking at high speeds... which I hear is from your wheels being out of Allignment...
can anyone confirm this?
can anyone confirm this?
05-23-2006, 10:43 AM
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yeah its either your alignment or the tires need to be balanced. A weight may have fallen off as they are known to do. If it just shakes when you brake at high speeds it's the rotors. They become miss-shapen if they go from real hot to cool often. Like braking hard a lot in the rain.
05-23-2006, 10:50 AM
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I wouldn't think so but it depends on how hard you are on your brakes. Most peoples brakes shake at high speeds. Only if you are on them hard at like 80-90mph. Otherwise if it's bad and you're not really going that fast and it shakes and vibrates a lot, you may need some new rotors. I would go with some cross-drilled and slotted rotors from here.
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...drilled+rotors
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...drilled+rotors
05-23-2006, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by CTCOBALTSSS
I've been working on cars for 10 years *******. What are you talking about? I know more about cars than you could ever imagine. Yet another idiot that acts like he knows when he knows nothing. And you talk about Telepathy??? LOL I can tell by the extent of your mods that you know everything about these cars.
yet i believe when we start talking about cam matching with certain types of heads/rr/rod lengths.. thats something everybody knows right?
so i am guessing we all know what P=TN/5250 ,H = (0.00426 x mph) x (0.00426 x mph) x (0.00426 x mph) x #, cr=cv @ bdc ÷cv @ tdc, and ve = actual cfm / theoretical cfm x 100 mean.. of course we do.. this is auto 101.. woo and for a second there i thought you were ignorant.. im glad you proved me wrong
05-23-2006, 12:46 PM
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Mine isnt hard to keep in a sraight line at speed. The car wants to pull to the left on the highway though. But, thats it. Although, It doesnt get a little hard to handle around 120mph.
05-23-2006, 01:09 PM
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Acid-dropout, you're still here?? You already ruined this thread with your initial wise ass comment. Go home, it's over, you lost hours ago. This thread is for the good people on .net that care about others experiences and care about learning things about their car. Then there's you..... 
05-23-2006, 01:27 PM
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i had no problems initially.. the initial comment wasnt directed to be a fascisous remark.. most people dont know balance/rotate causes alignment/driveabiltiy issues.. it was taken that way.. sorry but if your gonna crack expect to be bit back
05-23-2006, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Acidangel_5.0
its called tire rotation and balance.. use it people
I'm all done with the arguing. I'm having a bad day too. Sorry to offend anyone!
05-23-2006, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Acidangel_5.0
shouldnt of started a captain ******* obvious thread, if you werent looking for obvious answers 
05-23-2006, 01:41 PM
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Knatsabooh, that's true about the uneven surfaces. There's also an issue when it's windy out. My whole point is it's not as stable in these conditions as some of my other cars. I don't know why.
05-23-2006, 01:44 PM
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now since the argument is over.. how bout...
you all mention road surface "changes" making this problem.... i think you should probably look at your tires a little more closely then the road..
you all mention road surface "changes" making this problem.... i think you should probably look at your tires a little more closely then the road..
05-23-2006, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Acidangel_5.0
now since the argument is over.. how bout...
you all mention road surface "changes" making this problem.... i think you should probably look at your tires a little more closely then the road..
you all mention road surface "changes" making this problem.... i think you should probably look at your tires a little more closely then the road..
05-23-2006, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by knatsabooh
Just give it up ... lol ur annoying. My car has 3,000 km's on it... I check my tires often... if it was my tires it would do it ALL the time not just on the shitty roads. PERIOD.
annoying? okay fine.. ill just come out and tell you the answer your not figuring out..
your blaming the road for the car shuttering/swaying from side to side while going down the road.. like people have said.. some roads the car doesnt do this one.. some roads the car does do this on.. now is this the roads fault? no.. its the Tires fault.. you did notice the ratings of the tire no? what type of compound it is? its not the road thats making you move.. its your tire..from how its gripping .. ie.. compound/rating of the tire/ the design of the tire
05-23-2006, 01:56 PM
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what came first the chicken or the egg? hehe this could go on forever... Anyways sorry for getting testy, just read all ur argument threads and was annoyed. U always need the last word it seems.
05-23-2006, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by knatsabooh
what came first the chicken or the egg? hehe this could go on forever... Anyways sorry for getting testy, just read all ur argument threads and was annoyed. U always need the last word it seems.
i got on a soap box because somebody took my original comment and the started attacking.. sorry but im not going to back down from a spat..
as far as this thread in general goes its the tire itself that is making the shifts from gripping the road.. zr/y rated tire is extremely soft compound that will hug any type of road change.. so in an essance its the roads fault.. but its more to blame on the type of tire
05-23-2006, 02:24 PM
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well honestly the car swaying could be caused by many things based on the severity of the sway or actions being taken whilst driving. anything from wheel bearings, ball joints, tie rods, to tire pressure, tire pressure road conditions and with light cars like these yes even wind. most highways are desgined with what i believe is called grade i may be wrong with this word but it is the term for the arch in the road designed to remove the possibilty for standing water on often travelled roads. some states dont really care about there roads and do a shitty job building them which results in uneven surfaces that may not exactly be visible to the naked eye. these shitty roads have been know to throw my car around quite a bit. but that's just my $.02
05-23-2006, 02:46 PM
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Have not had a problen yet! you guys think you got problems with road sway,try some of the larger gust hitting the side of my rig going over a bridge
05-23-2006, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Acidangel_5.0
annoying? okay fine.. ill just come out and tell you the answer your not figuring out..
your blaming the road for the car shuttering/swaying from side to side while going down the road.. like people have said.. some roads the car doesnt do this one.. some roads the car does do this on.. now is this the roads fault? no.. its the Tires fault.. you did notice the ratings of the tire no? what type of compound it is? its not the road thats making you move.. its your tire..from how its gripping .. ie.. compound/rating of the tire/ the design of the tire
your blaming the road for the car shuttering/swaying from side to side while going down the road.. like people have said.. some roads the car doesnt do this one.. some roads the car does do this on.. now is this the roads fault? no.. its the Tires fault.. you did notice the ratings of the tire no? what type of compound it is? its not the road thats making you move.. its your tire..from how its gripping .. ie.. compound/rating of the tire/ the design of the tire