Yea.

BTW, how are you getting this questions, pictures, and the chance to e-mail them?

 

I was able to have one-on-one time with a GM Performance Tech, engineer and a designer of the Cobalt SS/TC, SS/SC and the rest of the GM Performance cars (ZR1 Vette, etc…) at the Midwest meet. I took some video and pics and told them Id post it up to get feed back from the rest of the css.net members. They asked us these questions (the ones I posted up) and did up a nice slide show at the meet. We were also able to ask them any questions we had about the SS/SC and SS/TC.

The senior designer (GM Performance division) gave me his email address so I’ll be in contact with him soon.

BTW, I cannot give out any of the GM Performance guys info, SO DONT ASK.

 

What about oil pressure? and oil temp? ohhh and i would def pay 500 for this great tool!!!

 

Im pretty sure those were both on there...When I zoom in on one of my pics I can see oil temp, not 100% about oil pressure but it looks like its right below it.

 

for around 500 i would have opted for this on my ss/tc

 

If it had all the selections you listed , it would be a justifiable purchase . I would likely click the option box on a brand new Cobalt , I however would not buy one for my 2005 as I already have the abilty to view any engine parameter I need to and a portable weather station for the track . Among all the performance parameters , thats pretty sweet its basically a weather station too diplaying humidity and barometric pressure , 2 #'s I watch all the time when I go drag racing .

 

excellent hope they have news on when they expect these to be in production!!! keep us updated

 

If they honestly made it for the LSJ, which I seriously doubt, I'd possibly be interested. They would have to make it look better than bulky looking thing that it is now.

 

yeah the gm enginner @ced was showing me that

it sounds pretty badass i hope you guys all said that you would pay for it cause then they could add it to options

and did you see those sexy black rims?

add those too

 

Here are my pics of the display:

 

I would definitely get it. The only thing better would be to build it into the dash and use HUD just like the Vette's.

 

We asked about that and they said it cost way to much since you need a special glass and all.

 

Noo!

 

My bigger concern is if you can connect an aftermarket wideband to this unit seeing as the LSJ only came w/ the narrowband, unlike the SS/TC...

 

square? looks out of place on the a-pillar, bulky like a gps or something. and for 500 bucks? I'll just get an AEROFORCE Interceptor gauge for half the price and fits in the a-pillar. Or for less than twice the price I'll get a pimp ass Pioneer 7" touch screen display that shows similar readings, plays DVD's, CD's, MP3's, etc.

 

It does look very large and out of place there! If it were down and out of the way a little bit!

I think it needs some redesigning in it's placement!

 

That was brought up and I said that maybe they should mold it further into the A-pillar.

 

I would like to see it integrated into the dash. Maybe just below the air vents?

I would also like to see cabin temperature as well...the wife and I are always "discussing" if it's too warm or too cold.

 

it would be really cool if it was a glass circle (a bit bigger then the normal boost gauge) and mounted in the same place..except it was all digital...somewhat like the concept ..but not square and bulky

 

Um they need to offer a retrofit kit then for the SS/SC's! That would be awesome.

 

I agree, make it like a 52mm gauge, or if it's going to be that big, mount it somewhere on the dash. It looks out of place up there, like a portable nav unit
It's a sweet unit though.

 

Bump...

I'd like to get atleast 100 votes before I send the info off to GM Performance.

 

Personally, the placement or size doesn't bother me. The unit offers plenty of features and I would definitely get it as an option on a 2008 Cobalt SS.

 

I think that this is a really cool idea. But it would need to be either a little bit smaller, molded a little bit more into the A-pillar, or just a large tachometer style, just round. Maybe even put the shift light on top like a lot of the racing tachs.

The current design just doesn't quite flow with the rest of the interior.

But it definately has potential.

 

needs to be redesigned, great idea but bad packaging. Decent price though under should stay under $500 though.