I just got the ss today, and yess its yellow. Im new to chevy engines, really just supercharged chevy engines but im just starting to drive it and i love it already. What should i watch for in the first couple of weeks, and do i need to break it in before i have some fun???

 

Yea there is a break in period, you shouldn't have it in the high rpms until the first 500-1000 miles.

 

Congrats, and yes, just be easy the first 1,000 miles and easy on the brakes too for the first 200 miles, so don't do any sudden stops, make sure you leave yourself enough room to stop slowly. Other than that, enjoy your beautiful Cobalt.

 

lol thanks ill give it some time, its soooooo hard to resist tho, i just want to let her loose

 

Sure you will enjoy it . And welcome aboard

 

ahhh its sucha fun car to drive... i look for excuses to go everywhere now... i wanna go drive it right now. your in for a treat.

when you say ss you do mean the ss/sc right?

 

oh yea def, supercharged was the only way i was going 2.0 liter s/c engine which is why i was curious about the break in... ahhhhh i wana have some fun but its like 2 in the morning

 

The book says to just not hammer it a lot and not to drive at one speed for the first 500 miles. Also there was a really good post a wile back about how to do a really good brake in. I says to Punch it at 1/2 throttle for a 1/2 mile and the slow down and do a cool down. Then start off aggressive at 3/4 throttle and couple of times for another 1/2 mile or more and always cool down after each run. Then do a cupple of WOT runs for 1/2 mile. Then you should be good. Also try to do this at a closed track.

 

ummmmm just drive the car like a normal human being...........I think that's what he said!!!

 

yes the manual says 500, but guess what. the people who drove your car for the first 10-15 miles at lordstown werent exaclty gentle with your car
i was very hard on my car for first 1000 miles with no problems.
im not pushing my ideas upon you by any means im just lettin you know that i doubt you will harm your car.
o your manual also says to avoid engine braking/downshifting for the first 500miles
i did that every time i came to a stop as well...

 

did the same thing!!!

 

I drove it like I stole it the first, second, and third day.

 

Just drive it like it's your baby it will treat you right!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

my first drive was at full trottle until i reach 220km/h in fourth gear and i never have any problem with the car...just dont make it cut off at 6500rpm too often in the first 1000miles...

 

Shes got a little suprize under her hood too ill vouch for that one\
any ideas on how to get the front plate off, because of god dam maryland they require that **** and it looks horrible, i ether want to get it off, or put a black plat with cobalt ss on it, cant decide