Had this young kid pull up next to me in his black Cobalt SS and rev'd his engine. I turned down the tunes and rolled the window down and cupped my hand to my ear. He rev'd it again.

I looked over at him and smiled and mouthed nice try and rolled up my window again, turning up my tunes and eased on down the road.

A side note, can anyone find what kind of performance this thing has???

I have looked and all I see is 12 PSI of boost. ok, wow.

 

I think Cobalt's 1/4 mile is mid 14s.

 

Those 12 pounds aren't good for much. It puts out 205 HP. Guy must've thought you had a V6!

 

Well, I am glad I did not have to say..........."Boy, I could have had a V8"

I checked the 0-60 times are according to the bowtie boys.....6.4

Your milage may vary.

 

From Car & Driver:
Cobalt SS Supercharged
205 HP / 200 lbs-ft TQ
0-60: 5.9 sec
1/4 mile: 14.4 sec @ 100 mph

Dodge SRT-4
230 HP/ 250 lbs-ft TQ
0-60: 5.3 sec
1/4 mile: 13.9 sec @ 103 mph

Based on that, I'd worry about the Dodge more than the Chevy.

 

I have heard that the SRT is a "stang killer" add to that the weight difference.........bad news. And if he is running jap juice...........your thru!

 

The Cobalt SS is a little underrated from what I have read. With a chip and a pulley, he could give you a good race... that is of course, if the driver of the stang is really sloppy

 

It was not a supercharged version. just a regular SS. most of the numbers above is for the S/C version.

 

Right -- non-supercharged Cobalt SS is 171 HP / 163 lbs-ft TQ. Still not bad for a 4-banger, but no match for a Mustang GT.

 

Hay the Cobalt ss is better then a kid in a Scion TC doing the same thing.

 

i agree

 

'driven both, I'd rather have the Scion. no contest.

 

OH that Scion. is that an ugly car or what......the element almost has it beat in the "what ride won't get you laid" race. I am sorry that was bad.


But it is ugly.

 

A buddy of mine has a '99 Cobra, CIA, Flows and 3.73's... an kid in a Neon SRT/4 got into it with him.... the kid said he'd never been beaten so badly. They're not all that.... unless they catch you sleepin'.

 

Can't blame him for being proud of his car... maybe you shoulda revved back and intimidated him:-P

 

I thought the "SS" version of the Cobalt only came with the blown motor. Why would they offer two versions of that car?

 

i thought the same

 

Me too. Anyone got a link where it explains that?

 

It's GM folks. Need I say more? Honestly I've looked for an article explaining why GM would offer both a non-supercharged SS and a supercharged SS for the Cobalt, but I can't find one.

 

http://www.chevrolet.com/cobalt/

Chevy's website...SS and SS supercharged.