well, today i installed my drag bags.
took 30 minutes, absolute piece of cake install.
Its all routed to a nice neat valve stem that i located in one of the grills at the bottom of my bumper.
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...10002_66810_-1
this is the kit.

so far ive only driven a little with them jacked up to max pressure, and WOW
what a difference. car is SO stiff in the rear now, handling feels better, less body roll.
and most importantly, weight transfer during launch is VERY minimal now.

cant wait to see how these do at the track.

So far im very happy with the results from such a cheap investment.

 

What do these do exactly?

 

its a poly air bag that sits inside your coil spring.
when you air them up, your rear is basically stiffened up with the air bag.
so that during launch you minimize weight transfer to the rear of the car.

 

so basically the back doesnt go down when you launch hard.. so the nose of the the car stays balanced to when launched?? trying to figure this all out.. looks very interesting

 

would this fit on a redline?

 

exactly

instead of weight transfer to the rear, more will stay to the front during launches
IE more stability, more downpressure, more traction

Assuming the rear suspension is the same, i dont see why it wouldnt fit a redline


also note...this kit isnt SPECIFICALLY for the cobalt....but it does fit...
props to Spaz for the info on the kit.

 

Less weight transfer = more weight on the front wheels which = better front wheel traction - and since this is a fwd vehicle, = better launch! lol. Keep up posted on track time improvements (interested in 60' especially)!

Dammit beat me to it haha.

 

Less wheel spin/hop?

 

i know there will be less spin.

hop? the physics says it should help with that too. but i wont make any claims yet.

 

Sweet def need some pix.

later

 

this is also a plus for those that were intrested in the air suspension set up

 

yup. it sold me on buying those later this year.

 

for 80 bucks, would seem like one of the best mods available for overall driving. I no when i get some more money this will be on my list alongside motor mounts and tranny mounts.. id love to see pics of it installed. Do you have to have it at max pressure, or can you lower the pressure without it bouncing around in the coil area??

EDIT: if ya got a air setup these drag bags would become useless??

 

told you you would like them! there is a cheaper way, but this is def. a great addition!

 

they suggest running them at 5psi for regular driving.
just to keep them from being pinched in the coils, but not enough to apply pressure.

i just have them at max (25psi) to test them right now.


yes these would be useless with air suspension. as this is exactly what air suspension will do.

 

well for my driving id be running at about 20psi lol for daily driving.. ::all turns and crap where i live:: i love it

 

post up some large up close pics

 

an0m with the air ride u get that stiffness in the back and then the 9 way dampening strut bags in the front are so nice...i had ssc springs before air bags and would tell people save there money

 

Very cool man! My best friend has drag bags on his GTO. There is deff a difference when he has them filled up.

 

how would this effect a lowered car? and hows it going over bumps?

 

post some pics plz

 

STIFF!!!

but in all honesty this isnt really something you would leave aired up all the time.
at least, not to the full pressure i have it on right now.
id say 5-10psi in them would be a nice happy medium. still give lots of suspension travel. but just stiffen it up a tad.



I will post pics tommorow when i go grab my camera (left it at the folks place)

 

hmm very interesting, might have to add this to my future mod list

 

Very interesting indeed. I'll have to keep this in mind for the race season this year.

 

nice. ive used them in my el camino and they were great. but if you are gonna go air bags why not skip this step? anyways lets see some results at the track. have you launched it hard yet to see if the seat of the pants o meter is better