I believe 2007 was the year before they started putting turbos on those stock. So if I am correct it's not as fast as the 2008+. Not sure what you're driving. If you're in a v6 it'd be close but i would say the cobalt has you If you're driving a v8 you should have the supercharged version. The newer turbo'd ones will give you some trouble

 

yea hes got a supercharger in there and i got a 05 GT but I believe he's a lot quicker in the low gears but once I get to my powerband in the high 3rds and 4ths I tend to catch up to him. Maybe if I swapped out my stuck 3.55's for some 4.10's i'd beat him off the line.

 

Is he stock? The supercharged ones in stock form should be no problem for a stock 3V. They can be quick though. There is one around here with a stage 3 and a small shot of nitrous. It's one of the quicker cars in the tuner crowed around here.

 

i think he may be stage 2 he bought the car used so I don't even think he necessarily knows but the stage 3 is probably mad fast specially with the nitrous

 

Not really, LOL. I think he's only spraying a 75 shot or something small like that. Off the spray he couldn't even beat my friends bolt-on 2V car.

 

sc cobalt ss ftl
the turbo ones are real quick with a few things though.

 

My friends girlfriend has a brand new one and I smash it daily!!! its running 8psi from a vortech. its a inline 4. they are reletively quick but are still very slow in the muscle car world!

 

Just curious, if its running a vortech then I'm guessing its not the SS/SC? Maybe an n/a SS? I was also slightly unaware vortech made a kit for those.

 

ive raced a 09 turbo'd one with mods like front mount exhaust and up the boost a lil all i had done was a superchip progamer on a 93oct tune and i pulled half a car from 55 to 95

 

They make a Cobalt SS that is non supercharged and the 08+ are turbo'd now and alot quicker....from what has been stated though sounds like your friends has the SS/SC.

With a GM stage 2 kit on them they run pretty decent....if your stock, he will give you a run for your money if you roll race him. If he knows how to drive, you could lose.

From a dig you should have him...

 

I raced a new one with a turbo and got beat from a roll..never did a dig race. I have whats done in my sig. I will rematch him this spring!

 

my friend has an 07 cobalt ss supercharged that is bone stock and i have a 97 2 valve that only has a cold air intake, exhaust, and 3.73's and i beat him everytime, your 3 valve shouldnt have a problem with one, especially at low end, the cobalts dont hook worth crap from a dig

 

hahahaha, today I raced that girl for $50! She was talking smack at school about how its so fast. I asked if we could race for some $$$ and she said yeah $50! We did a arm drop best 2 outa 3 and I smashed both times by 5+car lenghts! I killed it off the start. Those cobalts have good top end but no trq.

 

LOL! Got to love a girl running her mouth about her 14 second econobox. I would have talked so much **** after that beating I guarantee she would cry and all her friends would hate me.

 

The SS/SC are good for a 14.0-14.2 with a decent driver....i've seen a few in the mid to low 13s with some extensive mods.....the new turbo'd ones are good for mid-high 13s right out of the box so look out for them.

 

Up here her Cobalt should run a 16, gotta love altitude! + she cant drive for ****! Hers is the supercharged version.

LOL! Got to love a girl running her mouth about her 14 second econobox. I would have talked so much **** after that beating I guarantee she would cry and all her friends would hate me.

I talked soo much ****! she hates me! I said "b*tch there is no replacment for displacement, take your americanized rice burner and drive it off a cliff, now pay up!"

 

Available as a coupe only, the SS Supercharged featured the 2.0 L LSJ Ecotec engine with an Eaton M62 Roots type supercharger and air-to-liquid intercooler. The engine makes 205 hp (153 kW) at 5600 rpm and 200 lb·ft (271 N·m) at 4400 rpm.

Hope that helped!

 

damn yea i beat him from a dig but not from a roll he beat me by like 1 car length then again I didnt put any of my mods on my car yet so thats most likely why but were gonna race again this weekend after i put my 4.10's in, cold air intake, and headers. And yea he has the 2007 SS/SC.

 

lol their are a couple running around here that are gonna be insane quick after they are done being built...one is an ls cobalt with a full motor build and a 62 trim turbo, gutted and weighs about nothing. There other is an 06 SS/SC, it has a fully built motor with ported blower and it should run out pretty well. I have some build pics from them, I'll see if they are cool with me posting them. I'm guessing one to run in the 12s somewhere, and the other to be in the 11's and if it can hook possibly 10s.

 

I would get smashed!

 

I should have raced from a dig!! ahh

 

Cobalt 2.0 Performance

scroll down to the bottom if you wanna see what you can do with a ss/sc and a basic socket set

Cobalt 2.0 Performance

what hahn does with a ss/sc LOL. step 1 was to replace the sc with a tc LOL.

I would have to look them up but thier is a kit to bolt a turbo right up to the ss/sc's and make it a twin charged setup. there is one guy I have heard of with that setup pushing 400+ to the wheels on stock internals

 

Yea i completely agree with you, those ss/tc cobalts don't need to be taken lightly, there are a couple rollin around town an they're quick, i'd def like to see one on slicks

 

i'd def like to see one on slicks

How about an '06 Cobalt SS with a supercharger AND a turbocharger (ZZP kit) on slicks?

Video:

Build thread (not very detailed, but the only one I have seen):
My ZZP twincharge build - Chevy Cobalt SS Forums

Dyno sheet:
http://www.zzperformance.com/miscftp/Ryan06ss319a.jpg

Burning through 1st and 2nd on slicks to run 11.09@132mph is pretty impressive for a FWD 4-banger (they say it puts down 319hp and is capable of more). There's also an SMG twincharging kit being developed. I don't know of any confirmed power numbers for the SMG kit (they are running it at 7psi to develop a street tune before turning up the power), but they estimate it will be capable of 400+hp.

SMG prototype thread (worth a quick read, they are remote mounting the turbo at the rear of the car):
SMG's first...REMOTE MOUNT TURBO TWINCHARGED LSJ!!! - Cobalt SS Network

 

08+ are turbo'ed. 260 hp, 260 ft-lb torque, 5.8 0-60 (i think that's correct)
The others are supercharged and have 205 hp 200 ft-lb.

Both of them can easily be built. The Ecotec's are great 4 cylinder motors to build. Alot of drag racing organizations are putting limitations on them because the poor little Jap motors are having trouble holding their ground.

+1 for the USA.