Hey guys I just got an 06 ss/sc and I want to know what I is this goal attainable? I know nothing about F/I, I used to drive an 85 camaro that was carb. So please bare with, Thanks.

 

if you plan on pushing 300 hp, you might as well replace the stock crank, rods, cams, valve train, and reconsider if shooting for 300 hp is worth the several thousand bucks.

 

yes, with the GM stage 6 kit, some nitro booster and a nos blow off valve.

but first you might want to try using the search button that i have so graciously made a diagram to point it out for you.

 

thats funny^^^

 

nice donut, looks like cherry.

 

well, 300hp would be 255whp assuming 15% drivetrain loss. So 255whp is attainable with stage 1, a small pulley, intake and some exhaust.

As far as I know, nobody has made 300whp yet, but is probably attainable with some serious mods.

 

we don't have that high of a drivetrain loss.

 

But then the question is is it really nessicary to have that much hp on a lighter car to beat the bigger block cars? Im used to drivin a camaro with a 350 plus mods. This is unfamiliar territory!!

 

Idiot, the stock Crank and Rods will handle in excess of 800 horsepower. It's the Pistons that are questionable and there is someone running 325hp without replacing them. Don't give out false information.

 

don't cut him any slack lol

 

someone on here is at 298 wheel horse power on stock internals

 

Wow... is it really nessicary to have that much hp on a lighter car to beat the bigger block cars?

 

800 horsepower? LOL thats the biggest Bullshit i have ever heard. The ecotec is NOT a strong built engine.

 

Oh boy, here comes the flaming

 

how many other posers are there on the forum who live by what magazines tell them???

Amazing how you guys react to another owner of a cobalt when he says they are NOT performance machines. why dont you guys pick up a geo storm? i hear their crankshaft and rods can take all the way to 800 hp too!!!... adios forum posers the cobalt is NOT a performance machine lol!!!

I look at the sigs and see all these bolt ons... such a waste of money. ANd for those of you who bought a ss/sc cobalt because you think its a sports car, i feel bad for you... i'd feel let down too, knowing i spent over 20 grand on a car that can hardly do 15s lol.

ecotec is cool, if you like running 14's and 15's your whole life.

There are just too many wanna be's on this forum, too many ignorant people who think they know **** about cars. You bench racers are nothin but posers.

 

is it really nessicary to have that much hp on a lighter car to beat the bigger block cars?

 

you should have just got the 2.4 and then turboed it

 

He has an SS/SC which has the LSJ. That is a strong engine.

I mean unless a forged steel crank, forged chevy pink rods aren't strong.

Just about everything in the LSJ is better and strong than the L61.

 

i thought lsj pistons and rods were good for 300 the crank was what 600hp the getrag tranny was good for 450hp...thats just what ive been told have no idea

 

hmmm .... speaking of false info. the engine is good for 600 HP safely. meaning to be a daily driver and pistons are good for 300whp. GM says it is safe for 300HP (not at the wheels) even though the time attack car did do 350HP with nitrous. that is not a daily driver car. build for reliability first if it is your daily driver. I plan on building to 300whp and then pistoms. I will have likely 330whp at that point with pistons alone. then I am set to reach over 500whp. that will feel like 600 in our cars compare to a heavier ford mustang or what ever.

 

all the other cobalts including the 2.4 ss have a getdrag. we have the F-35 which is SAAB and SAAB also has a similar transmission that is a 6 speed called the F-25. I am not flaming you. there is more than one magazine that has there facts wrong on this one. just test drive a car with getdrag. You will tell the difference before you even get out of 1st gear.

I forgot the specs on the transmission but it is not rated in HP per say. it is rated for a much heavier car though. I think it is plenty strong. my opinion about the clutch has changed as well. this clutch has an unusually long need for break-in time.

 

there are ecotecs in the 7's. For a daily driver, 13's and 14's (ss/sc) is good enough for me.

 

I'm not quite understanding that question. Typically bigger block cars are heavier so no matter how much power they have, if you match it and have traction you'll beat it in a lighter car. In fact you could have slightly less power and still keep up with one/

 

More power is always necessary. Why else would you buy a car with a blower and mod it?

 

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