so i just bought a 09 cobalt ss got about 600 miles now , she pulls pretty good but second doesnt really pull that hard, i had a fun run against my friend srt4 neon and he got me by like almost 2 cars, come to find out my car had a recall part in the turbo which was bad and im wondering if thats what slowin her down.

 

What recall are you referring to? There are no open recalls relating to the turbo per NHTSA.

 

well the guy told me it was a valve that was bad for the turbo or something w/e it is its being fixed now so ill keep u posted

 

I thought you were supposed to chill out until your car is "broken in"?

 

I believe its a bad idea to go past 4k until that car is broken in

 

how much u buy thing thing for

 

bought the car for 18k did cash for clunkers ^^ yeah but she will be babied

how would i know the car is broken in? i never owned a new car before traded a 88 blazer for it lol

 

wait til you break your car in you will see lol

 

will i notice hella power? lol cause losing to a srt4 stock with only 230 hp ... i hope i can see a difference lol

 

It was around 1100 miles for me. The car was much different that before and it even sounded different. A SRT4 anything is Cobalt food for sure.

 

He probably knows his SRT4 like the back of his hand. Give it time brother.

 

thanks guys ill just keep drivin lol

 

Awesome now time for pics of this said car

 

when it comes home today ill take some pics and post it

 

The LNF motor does not "open up" fully until 1000-1200 miles. Once it does, you're good to go.

Many brand new cars are this way now. Just they way they are engineered.

 

...and don't forget, the dealer usually puts in 87 octane. (cheaper for them and just enough gas for test drives!!) that will def slow things down. make sure you run 91 octane or higher!!

 

I run 93. But it costs 25 cents more than 87 where I'm from and that sucksss.

 

The average SS/TC owner on here runs in the 13.9-14.1 range, which is about the average for an Neon SRT-4. That being said, I've seen numerous 14.1-14.3 runs in a stock SS/TC, and I've seen numerous 13 second timeslips out of a stock Neon SRT-4. So an SRT-4 anything isnt food for a Cobalt. Now the SS/TC does have the best chance at beating a stock SRT-4, rather it be Neon or Caliber, but it isnt an easy win.

93 octane for both of my cars!!

 

 

Veryyy nice. Love the black and red interior. I think it really adds a lot to the interior. It would look really good if you paint the trim around the interior and stuff red. But leave it stock for a while, you'll get the itch to mod eventually.

 

ive raced srt's and done better than losing by 2 cars and all i have is a catback on a ss/sc

 

car is not broken in yet lol hence the 700 miles :p

 

So wait, back up a sec.. How did you find out about this recall and what is the recall number? Just curious because this is the first I'm hearing about it..

 

i bought my car with 22 miles on it and the first weekend i had it, had it up to 110ish. never really took it easy to "break it in" and never had any problems

 

Congrats! You got the Cool interior!