Super charged Cavalier. No differen't than slapping boost on a 2.4 eco tech motor in a GM vehicle. Stock they are a joke, had a friend in a grand prix, whom i was riding with, rape one from a 60 roll, a few cars before 100mph. They have nice get up, but it doesn't seem like that power band is going anywhere, almost like it's flat.

 

Motor Trend:

Cobalt SS= 14.4
TT 225 Quatro Roadster= 14.7

Slow is a relative term but some of you guys are sh*tting on them like they are nothing. How many of you same people would say a new Civic Si is fast? Suprise suprise, the Colbalt SS will take out the Si everytime.

 

Well-driven Cobalt SS/sc's are capable of low 14's, just like Saturn Ion Redline's........

 

I didn't realize they had a 2.4 non s/c SS. That must be the one I was refering to. I thought all the SS's came s/c, but apperantly the S/C ones are the 2.0 with the rice kit?

The SI's are fast, the new ones, being the 2.0 litre 4 bangers than they are.

 

Only the 2-door Cobalt SS's are available in the sc package. You can tell the difference between sc'd and non-sc'd SS's by the taller rear wing and lower front bumper valance on the Supercharged cars.


And yeah, the new Si's are decently quick.....

 

I just got owned by one on the freeway.

 

^By an Si, or a Cobalt???? And what were you driving??^

 

just because they arent fast from the factory doesnt mean they cant be fun! i think seeing the decent gains made from minor mods would be fun as an owner. especially with a factory supercharged car. youll be "fast" before you know it!

at least GM is giving the consumers a car thats somewhat meant to be a sports car, instead of making the consumer take a "family" car thats not intended to be performance modified. basically, they're trying! i can respect that.

also, think of it this way. its basically a cavalier, right? but think back a few years ago when gm was producing the lt1 camaros/firebirds. the new cobalts are almost as fast as those cars! and those were GMs premier sports cars! (except the vette) so GM has taken some big steps lately. theres alot of cars from them that theyve produced lately that i would watch out for. ie the monte carlos, impalas and grand prix's with the 303 hp v8. there are LOTS of lsx based performance parts out there. a little bit goes a long ways with those motors.

 

1.8tqm 03... i got smoked no joke. I just got beat by a is250 too.

 

The LT1 F-bodies were '93-'97. That's 10-14 years ago. More than a few. And the mag times for them ranged from 14.4 to 13.8 making them atad faster than the Cobalt SS.

I just want you people who sh*t on the Cobalt SS to ask yourselves a question and be completely honest. If there were a Civic Si-R, a VW Rabbit GTI, a Scion TC-S, or whatever that had the same supercharger, the same power, and the same acceleration as the Cobalt SS, would you still sh*t on it, or would you defend it for being fast for it's class or fast for it's price?