i usually run my civic but i just bought the ss/sc cobalt for my girl and took it to the track and ran 15.02@95 mph is that usual for the car right from the dealer it seemed a litttle slow i know the track prep was horrible no traction

 

Not really a good time. I ran a 14.7 my first pass with about 900 miles on the car. In order to run a decent time in this car, you kind of have to pussyfoot 1st gear!

 

thanks yeah i was hitting first pretty hard not use to the supercharger spolling right away not like the turbo lag

 

there's alot of SS/SC driver that arent out of the 15's stock(remember the mag times are a professional driver).. even if they dont want to admit it.. i know of atleast one.. jus practice your lauching.. its easy to spin/wheel hop on the stock mount's. and if it happen's most driver's hold back.. i never did.. got a stage 2 IRL to run a best ET of 13.8 and a best trap of 105. with only traction mods i can see any LSJ deepinto the 13's with dr's and no axel problem's. or even clutch problem's.. its when the lsj get's beat on around town and the track they dont really like it

 

that's actually really, really bad but it was your first run, and you just got the car, so there's room to improve. good drivers in stock ss/sc will run very low 14's, normally 14.1 to 14.3. your trap is also one of the lowr i've seen.

 

Pretty poor time, you need some practice, my stock times ranged from 14.4-14.7

 

thats not too bad. elevation is a big factor. i know i used my buddies ss/sc and ran a 15.01 with just a cold air intake. and i have been racin since i was 16... at maple grove raceway

 

how do the stock tires respond to spinning them do they get sticky or just harder

 

True, I forgot about the elevation in Las Vagas. Altitude sucks the life out of this car!

 

yeah the elevation kills my civic i have to get retuned if i race out of town

 

lol honestly i think it makes it slower.. that or there is no difference.. but right now i have my 2.4 ss down to 15.2 some more tunning and ill be in 14s.. and im still NA

 

thanks thats what i figured

 

Here's what you need to do. Don't worry about smoking the tires up before staging. For my launch I usually feather the clutch between 1500-2000 rpm. Once moving I gradually press the gas pedal, making sure I'm at full throttle before I shift into 2nd. Make sure you don't bounce the rev limiter before going into 2nd gear! The rest is just going through the gears. BTW, do not shift out of 3rd gear!

 

They arent drag-radials or slicks, they arent going to get sticky so doing a burnout is basically pointless.

 

yeah i figured that i didn't do one and it still sucked off the line the track was horrible that night

 

Same here My wife took her SS/SC out last week for test n tune. The track was hot a not prepped well at all. The best time was a 15.47 @ 95.77 mph.

 

Again, altitude is a killer. My best to date is 15.161. I'm in Salt Lake. I was running with a Injen CAI, Ingall's ETD, and the GM 2pass end plate option B. This year I have poly trans mounts and Hoosier slicks. I bet I hit 14's on the stock tune with a corrected altitude between 7k-11k. First race day is 5/2/08. I'll let you know how I do. I might even sneek into Denver for their King Street Comp on 4/27. BTW, at my track an Ecotec club has the naming rights to the sport compact series. Check the drags for 5/2/08.

http://www.rmrracing.com/2008/schedu...hedule-ALL.htm

 

u ran a 11.0 @ 129......on street tires? ummm lol
also a supercharger doesnt spool

 

I was thinking the same thing

But any way when I race on street tires I always go around the water box then just kinda floor it on the way to the line to get some water off that may have maid its way in between the box. Best time was a 14.1 @ 101mph and that was at 2250 feet above sea level. With stage 2 and intake I ran a 13.7 @ 105 with shitty traction. I never had a chance to run it stock at a lower elevation. My best stage 2 time at low elevation was only at an 1/8 mile track and that was a 8.7. I think with a little more practice you can get this car down in the low 14's. It is a relatively hard car to get a handle on for some people.


What does your civic run?

 

his civic runs 11.05 at 129 on street tires according to him....which according to me is the biggest sack of **** i have ever read.

 

The best I ran at vegas was 14.9 stock. Some of the guys that raced more often then I did, said that would be 14.0 to 14.3 in cali. So you did pretty well.

 

Then the cobalt should have no traction problems to him if he is used to handling a 11 sec street tired car.

 

it has bfg street drag radials there buddy want to run

stock cobalt tires are different and they are 18's compared to 15's the cobalt has low end torque with the supercharger the turbo has a higher power band towards the end. wow u guys are stupid

 

no one is stupid you jsut need to learn your car better thats all

 

Look fucktard! I kept from flaming you on your stupid ass antics because I am a nice guy and gave you the benefit of the doubt and you come and call us STUPID! You need to take it down a notch before things get out of control. If you are going to be negative I will dish it right back. Here goes you want to know why the car is running in the 15's because YOU CANT DRIVE! Get back on the short bus and head back over to riceburner.net with those comments.