Ok, so I wasn't sure if this was the right forum to post it in, but it seemed as good as any;

I have seen several places cite the Cobalt SS/TC good for 13.9 @ 103mph & a 0-60mph @ 5.5 seconds.

Can someone please enlighten me as to the publication/governing body that got these times?

I think that something was missed on me (being Canadian) as I never actually caught wind of the return of the Cobalt SS late in the 2008 model year - and seeing as I would always go to the hot rod/musclecar section of the magazine rack, I never saw any of the road tests for these cars - I knew in early 2008 that they were coming after reading some then leaked GM specification(?) charts, then saw my first one delivered to a local dealer in December 2008 (which was already roughly half way into the 2009 model year)...

Thanks for any help which anyone can offer!

 

GOOGLE. Probably 20 links listing those or similar #'s.

 

iv seen an sstc around my area run a 13.7 @ i think like 106-7.. believe it was stock, looked and sounded stock.. impressive

 

proof below

 

I ran a 14.02 @ 103.66 I think those numbers for stock runs are real. You just have to really know what your doing when launching this car. every second....or rather tenth of a second counts.

 

road and track proclaims a 13.9@104 quarter and 5.4 0-60 in a SEDAN in their "time for turbos" article and also saying "the Cobalt SS may be the most underrated car in the world" http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/co...ime-for-turbos you need to download the data panel to the right of the article text

i use this article to pwn my friends when they look down on the cobalt ss haha or the nurburgring time

 

PAYDIRT!!!

Thank you very much

 

does anyone have this magazine?

I looked on ePay, and even emailed a couple sellers about magazines they listed that I thought had this article - but so far nothing.

the online article says September 2008;
Can someone tell me the R&T magazine (printed) month?

 

it should be the same month it was published online

EDIT: it was in the november 2008 issue p. 68

 

thank you once again for the great reply!

 

hey thats what the forum is for. glad i could help!

 

Car and Driver did 13.9 @ 102.5 mph and 5.5 to 60. The C&D times are all on Wikipedia... 2.4, LSJ and LNF respectively.

15.6 at 90 mph (140 km/h)

14.4 at 100 mph (160 km/h)

13.9 at 103 mph (166 km/h)

 

yeah thats cool man but road and track did 13.9@104 and 0-60 in 5.4 with the sedan...

 

I wonder if that sedan was *tweaked*? The #s are really closer to what I would have expected of a GM1 stage. I saw results showed 60-90 in 5.0 sec which is UNREAL for a stock ss...and 60-100 in 7.4 sec. I would have expected the stocker to do almost .5 sec slower! The Qtr #s looked about right though.

I just found a Motor trend test and review here that's more realistic for STOCK TC:

0-60 5.5sec
60-90 5.3 sec
60-100 7.8 sec
Qtr 14.0 @102.5

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...gti_specs.html

 

dont worry ronnie the specs are not tweaked. there is a guy that run a 13.56 in a stock tc, the 13.9 is beyond possible.

 

I heard none of the mags used NLS. Maybe R&T did?

 

yea i read that alot of them dont use it which is kinda retarded in my opinion. gm put nls in the car for it to go faster. their reviewing the car and timing its fastest 0-60 and quarter times. whats the point of the feature if its not used?

 

a black SS/TC with intake, tune and muffler delete ran 13.2 @ 107mph here in edmonton (member on the forum)

 

Motor trend #s are realistic...that car in RT was tweaked

no doubt.

TS 104 on stock?
I don't think so.

 

LOL

Marin, WantedSS/TC, and myself have all posted videos, timeslips, and pictures of 104mph trap speeds stock.

 

I just tried to buy this magazine a 2nd time today...

The last time the seller was a little elusive, but did after suggesting it was lost in the mail, admit, that he probably never sent it...

Let's hope I get it this time around

 

Not out of the realm.

I ran 13.8 @ 104.5 BONE stock down to the paper air filter.

My buddy Andrew ran 13.5 completely stock.

First time at the track too with this car when I was stock, consistent much?!


This^

 

I ran 13's at 104 as well, the slips are in the 1/4 thread.

 

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/drag...-track-233705/

heres my first time at the track while stock. obviously im on the right

 

@ wantedSS/TC;
wow those are great times - and to think my 60 foot times are quicker than yours...

I'm consistently pulling 2.2's on street tires...
I started out getting rubber in first through third while trapping just over 100mph (iirc 14.5), but was able to widdle it down to the point of only getting rubber in first, and chirping second, and knocking roughly two tenths off my e/t...



huh...

where were you shifting?
Can you recall what you launched at?

I have understood that boosted cars are not as susceptible to elevation or DA differences as n/a cars...
but this is making me wonder if I'm incorrect...
I just looked it up, and your track is at 325ft, while mine is 3380ft...

I know when I drove my car to my mom's this past spring (see sig pic below), the car felt more powerful...