06cobaltss/ss

went to pick up redline wheels yesterday for drag radials and came home with a spare lnf cylinder head. gonna take it too my machine shop and have it looked over and if all is good send it out to be ported and get cams and valvesprings. e85 is in the future for this car

06cobaltss/ss

got the wheels peeled of all the plastidip that was on them. now i need to order my radials so i can get to the track and run it.



all clean. the comp wheels are gonna look good on my silver lnf
also i havnt posted in awhile but i installed the ottp front and back transmission mount and the top ottp transmission mount. also installed the ottp engine mount. ordering the powell control arm package from crate engine depot this week.

06cobaltss/ss

installed my zzp catless downpipe today. very quiet paired with the turbo xs gt exhaust but really opens up when in boost. next weekend ill be installing my ottp control arms and then ill be getting my tune. decided to go with BYT for my tune after being strongly reccomended to me by a few other local cobalt buddies that swear by his work.


also got a gauge cluster bezel with dual gauge pods so i can install aeroforce gauges.

06stockss

06cobaltss/ss

the 4.05 trans is a very good upgrade over the 3.82 trans in our cars. if you are able to come across one then id say go with it. i strongly reccomend one with an lsd but itll be ok without one. they are not stronger then the 3.82 but the gearing helps them hold up to the tourqe better.there is a tag on the top of the trans like the one i pictured above that tells you what trans is in it. as for the gmpp clutch its been a very long time since i drove a stock clutch ss but this clutch is very streetable and its very underrated in how much it can handle. mines been holding up to 368 ft lbs of tourqe with no issues. as of yesterday crate engine depot has the gmpp kit in stock. i also highly reccomend that.

06cobaltss/ss

Happy 4th of july all. wasnt too good for me. got stuck in a situation and without thinking went to take off from a stop sign and bottomed out the zzp standard sized intercooler going into the ally and wrecked my radiator. i know as soon as i went into the ally and heard it hit the radiator was done. pushed it a few blocks home too not overheat it and now it sits until the zzp aluminium radiator arrives. intercooler is gonna survive. just scratched a bit.

63 Nova SS

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That's sucks, I've scraped my ZZP intercooler a couple of times but thankfully didn't do anything other than that.

06cobaltss/ss

got the old radiator out tonight while i wait for the new one to get here. broke both lower mounts off.



both broken tabs. one leaked worst then the other



sitting waiting for the new zzp radiator to get here tommorow.

06cobaltss/ss

the new zzp oversized aluminium radiator



got it all installed and buttoned up



let my buddy drive it for its maiden voyage. ment alot for him to drive it and see how far it has come. he was the owner of the car before me. it was 82* in pa today and the cruising temps sat around 178-182 depending on if it were going up hills and such. run a tad cooler now then it did with the stocker.

06stockss

06cobaltss/ss

if im getting on it it will go up to around 190 but when im just cruising out on the back roads and such it stays down in that 178 to 182 area. i ran this radiator in my 06 and it would run really cool as well.

ECaulk

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Interesting to see some actual results form the oversized rad zzp offers. Might add this to my list.

06cobaltss/ss

i like it and recommend it if needing a new radiator. price is right and install isnt too bad. after struggling for a bit i found removing the intercooler helped with getting the condensor bolted back to the radiator. its a tight fit getting your hands down there.

06cobaltss/ss

the ottp control arms came today. these are the final piece to the puzzle then i can get back to the track. planning on installing these next weekend.

06cobaltss/ss

cleaned her up tonight. tommorow ill be installing the new control arms with the ottp cab's.

63 Nova SS

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Looks really nice. I would suggest at least getting the rear cab bolts started and then move to the "t" cabs. Don't do the rears last as they will be stiff and hard to get lined up.

06cobaltss/ss

i ended up starting at the rear cab like you stated. went pretty well and took alittle over an hour to get both sides done. car feels tighter but as you can see weather was not on my side today so i couldnt really test these out. ordering the turbo xs fl exhaust now. my muffler is starting to rattle on the gt catback.

63 Nova SS

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Nice job!

06cobaltss/ss

took the center console apart today and cleaned it all up and installed my armrest finally. need to get a new parking brake handle.
armrest down
also got this short throw shifter today. my buddy joe found it in a junkyard car near us. ordered some zzp base bushings then i can put this in.

63 Nova SS

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Don't know why they didn't come factory with center consoles.

06stockss

06cobaltss/ss

mine were not bad at all. my car only has 84k on it. the bushing design in general is kind of garbage in general. doing them was easy on my car. if your planning on going this route then i recommend going with powells control arm bushings. these are ok but not as tight as his bushings.

06cobaltss/ss

takes alittle getting used too. especially when trying to go through the gears. hit my elbow off of it. its nice though when im just cruising.

06cobaltss/ss

took the cobalt for an alignment at my local chevy dealership today. i guess i found out why the car pulled so hard under boost. its a night and day difference now. the service writer said it felt way more tight then any other cobalt he has driven. all the mounts and the cab's are doing their jobs.

63 Nova SS

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Mine has Powell's bushings and mounts along with yyz springs and it drives like its brand new minus the torque steer.