So I've been meaning to start this thread for a while, but I guess its better late than never, so here goes nothing.

A month before my 16th birthday, my parents brought this sick whip home for me.

A 2007 5 speed cobalt coupe in ultra silver metallic.
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So I wasnt allowed to mod the car at first because my parents were worried I would end up like my brother(he liked to total his cars). So what did i do you ask? went out and bought this

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My plans were to supercharge the car so i got this pacesetter lsj with the 1.75" primaries.
Parents werent too happy with that as you could imagine
So i started to save up to buy a 240sx with my own money so they couldnt say **** about what i did....


That is until I found a killer deal on some almost new BC racing coilovers, so what did i do?
I bought those ******* with all the money i had saved up lolololol



So now im feeling all JDM and "hella low"




Yeah i thought i was low...

The car did handle worlds better though and i was very fond of this. This is when i began tearing up backroads, the only places where my car actually felt fast.


Did a few little 16 year old visual mods





Red valve covers get all the bitches right? Right.




I was very sad the day the jack no longer fit under my car.



look ma! no locking rings!



I have so many of these random pictures, its stupid.



I think a day or two after i got the coils, i ditched the stock wheels for some discount tire specials.

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That picture was also taken after i bought some stance rear springs that were bouncy as hell so they only stayed on for about a week. I bought custom BC rear coils.



Length difference.



After the new BCs




OIL PAN SCRAPAGE!




And then the real changes started. I found a guy in Ohio who was parting out an 05 cobalt ss/sc.
So i took a trip. Picked up the full suspension, brakes, and body kit. Plus some other little odds and ends.




Yes, i got all of this **** to fit inside of my cobalt and drove all the way back to Nashville from northern Ohio with it surrounding me. The car i got the parts off of did have a bit of rust and my car being a TN car, i wasnt down for that. So my dad was nice enough to get me an angle grinder with a wire wheel. I went to town on that **** for a whole week.





I have too many pictures of this not to share a few.



Safety First!



Painted it up with some Rustoleum rust cover up primer



It ended up painted black.



Painted the calipers too.



Then these parts sat for a while and didnt get installed for at least 2 years. I did have the bumpers painted and installed but the suspension/brakes/five lug swap didnt happen until a bit later.

 

Always wear protection! is what my dad told me..

had my buddies dad plasma cut this to the general shape of the subframe






yeah I was cool, making fun of poor stock sedans.




Installed the bumpers and got some 6k HIDS. Car looked SO much better besides the hellasunk wheels and the fact that they were 15s.





Ended up getting some aftermarket housings and doing a quad beam setup.





Then Christmas came around...



Shweeeeet.
Got some used s.drives off an old css member



If you couldnt tell, these wheel arent 5x110.
why? because **** that gay ass lug pattern. I hit up mongorat from here on the forum and ordered a 5x114.3 hub swap kit.

Swapped the front and drove around like this for probably 8 months, was just too lazy to finish putting together all the parts for the rear end swap.



So fitment...Much low.



Took my car to college.






So at this point youre probably wondering. Why did this guy buy a header for a turbo build and why the **** hasnt he talked about installing it yet?!?! Thats because i never did.

My plans changed with the car, i wanted to make lotsa powa. More than a supercharger would give, so i figured i might as well just be turbo from the get go.



Bought a full take off kit from a 2008 HHR SS.




The only part I miss about being NA



Random Pics with some nashville cobalts.



I realize im skipping around a bit.



And then the turbo install started....to be continued

 

neat

 

Looking good

 

I hate to be continued shows
Good luck with the build

 

Lol. Ill finish it today it was late last night

 

X2


Lets hear about that spare change collector you call an intake manifold

 

Sub'd because you tell a good story haha. And in for base model love.

 

Haha subd for sure car has come a long way for sure

 

Hahaha thats coming

Is the part about the header and such showing up for you guys? The first post is mostly missing on mobile.

 

Great thread. Much wow.

 

I need to make one of these one of these days.

 

Do it i need it for future reference lol

 

Okay so plans have changed. Since i blew my motor ill just start this as my new build that i have to finish in less than ~5 weeks.


Before:





After:





Im still cleaning out the exhaust ports with brake clean

 

But wait... Theres more

 

time to give josh a call!

 

For what?

Im getting headstuds and valve seams from zzp but thats about all i need. Except...

 

stage 9 cams and a 3.0 block?

but are you just planning on forged bottom and stock head?

 

Mayyyybe

 

i have a set of stock pistons with 1600 miles on them if you are interested in grenading another ringland...

 

No thanks hahaha

 

how did the head fare? my valves were toast

 

The head looks decent. My machining teacher said i wouldnt really even need to smooth the combustion chambers out though i likely will.


The valves and seats are definitely usable, probably just gonna do a standard valve job.

 

Nice!

Ive seen this car in person, with all 4 s drives on it as well as the ss bumpers and turbo haha. Y u no include? Its a sweet car

 

Thanks rice, i only wish my **** was half as clean as yours