1) I didn't say 16hp was unbelievable i was asking

2) 25 HP seems like a lot to me but I don't know a whole lot about cars.

3) Great way to make a jerk of yourself and put others down!

 

i wasn't being a jerk. i was just stating the fact that people that had no idea what they were talking about were saying things that didn't make sense. 16 hp is less than 10%, which is below the standard drivetrain loss for a fwd manual car. 25 hp is a decent amount, but not enough to make a 1 or 2 second difference.

sorry if i came across like an ass, i had a few drinks tonight so wasn't pulling any punches. but almost everybody that posted here was completely and totally wrong with what they said. and someone is asking a legit question but getting nonsense responses so it's a little frustrating.

again, my bad if i offended anyone, that was absolutely not my intent. we all start somewhere, and if you were really asking, then i took it the wrong way. sorry for that.

 

Cobalt stock record atleast according to this forum 15.46 held by me...so yea ur car is capable of some horsepower,

that ticking noise..try switching to premium..ive ran premium since the day i got the car and i never get the ticking noise..where my buddies 2.4 who runs regular always gets it...

as far as no power...i got a SRI intake and i ran against a rx-8 today..and i held my own..was pretty even..so far ive only been impressed with my 2.4, ive held my own against fellow ss/sc...so thats pretty damn good if u ask me

 

don't give your self the award just yet... There have been more then a few (yes on this forum) that beat that time. Not that it's a a bad time but not the best.

 

where'd you get your car? looks like dealer screwed you out of some centercaps. Looks really nice, I like it :

 

The kid with the Cavalier 2.4 probably just has one of those Z24's. Those were twin cam 2.4's. Not the fastest cars around.

 

haha i know...never thought i was...but still

 

 

I told him to get on here but he act like he knows quite a bit about engines because he has a 2000 camaro SS LS1 and he talks like he knows stuff about other engines to so i dont know.

 

x2

 

welcome to the 2.4 ss club

 

man i know all about the wing envy ..trust me ask around lol. but really dude our low pros is what divids us from the other ss/sc, i like mine cuz its unique...i dunno thats just me and i like looking out of my rear window lol

 

LOL the car only feels slightly faster than the 2.2 because of the antifun device installed on all the 2.4s. It is faster you just have to drive the car like its got engine troubles. To acheive off the line that is not embarrasingly shitty you wanna put your foot about 1/3 into the throttle untill 30-35 mph then you can romp on it. Think of it as a really lame tempromental hotrod with a very unforgiving peddel too much peddel and you bog off the line too little and you move like a granny. Seriously WTF GM.

 

^^^^ Agreed times a million. I hate launching this car, it is depressing

 

sometimes i bog down and sometimes i take off from starts. its random. well kinda. i think its dependant on how tired i am haha

 

god so its not just my car

sometimes its like, full on WOT off the line BOGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGGG

then after taking my foot off and reapplying pressure does it do its good, OH THERES THE POWER!

 

manual or auto?

 

there's definitely a sweet spot were you can fly off the line. i smile when it happens haha

 

yeah i hear ya..i usally get in when im doing 60 KM and drop into 2nd ...i just flllly!

 

yea i feel like the shift from first to second is best if you hit it at 5k or 5.5k rpms sometimes mine bogs down if it goes too high. its probably just a crappy power shift. but its only from first to second

 

yeah i hear ya..what ive been doing latly is throtling it near the red line..around the 6...so i tap on the accelerator like twice...and shift into 2nd HARD...prevents it from bogging down but u risk hitting the redline goveneer..trust me ive done it..NOT a good feeling lol

 

the worst feeling ever in the coby was when i was in reverse on a huge driveway (building lower than street) so i gave it a lot of gas as not to crash into the wall and didn't let out all the way on the clutch (no idea what i was thinking and the only time this has ever happened) and smelled my burnt clutch for the next mile or so. but that was a long long time ago. and its still okay so....

 

if u ever come to winnipeg..ill show u abuse to a car...

 

are you and your cobalt in an abusive relationship??? need counseling??

 

yes masive abuse...i redline everwhere i go!