So i figured out i don't know how to put pics in the thread so they are on my profile for who ever wants to see them.

This will be a full indapendant cadillac catera rear end with the chevy s10 new venture gear 1500 5 spd(changed because of availibility) and the 2.4L vvt ecotec motor. Metal to beef up the rear end, drive shaft (already have the yok and out put) sub frame connectors and motor mounts is next on the list. Also now i am changing the hubs, bearings, calipers, rotors and pads for the rear end (found them to be not up to par). I know this isnt going to be easy and will take a while but is already started. There will be more pics to come as i progress on the car and a video posted on youtube of the car in action when i am done bear with me as i am doing most of the work by myself and will be taking my time to ensure it is done right the first time. i will enjoy sharing the first street legal rwd cobalt with everyone and hope i can use everyone to bounce questions and ideas off of to make this work.

 

sorry they are under Hamblyn's images

 

Subd

 

So has this moved along at all yet?

 

im in!

 

What tractor did that tranny come out of?

 

Subed... It really cannot be that hard to do if you have the know how ( which I do not lol)... I have seen cobalts at the track that have been made into rwd and are v8 swaped... And I looked them over real good lol they were at some point it their life a real cobalt bought off the lot lol... So I know it can be done but to use a ecotec motor... That is going to make this bad ass!!!!

Subed!!!

 

the problem is not HOW as so much as it is HOW MUCH

 

Yeah, Ninja, the guy I bolded in the second quote, I remember him. Some of these new guys weren't even around then.

I believe he had some crazy tragic story with funds. Can't remember the details. I remember they tried to get a fundraiser going for him or something.

 

^^He spent over $250k, took out mortgages on his house, etc, etc, and still isn't done. It's been years too

 

^^ That's it. Craziness. That's dedication right there. Just saying F*ck it to the man and doing it in anyway.

 

^ I believe in what your saying and all but idk if id go as far as taking out a mortgage and spending THAT much on a dream. maybe over years and years but not in the amount of time he has

 

I also believe if I remember him saying he threw in the towel. I would like to do this one day but I want the car to still have that, from the factory feel and not tubbed out. A lot of work and money though.

 

He got raped sans lube by JBP

 

Yeah I remember the vic red project... Poor guy got screwed around bad by like two diff companies. Did he almost lose his wife also?

 

If he didn't that women has to be about the best wife in the world lol.

 

yea here is his build thread, i thought i read somewhere that he did give it up but don't remember where that was
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/2-0l...oes-rwd-48074/

 

i almost purchased his spare crank and rods from JBP, thank god i didnt OMG lol

rod and i talked numerous times over the phone in his early stages and i can tell you Rod was very patient, i wish i would have went with him to recover his car i would have burned the f'ing place down

i hope hes doing ok, his project is the only reason im still around

 

You know I always wondered how hard it would be to take the tranny and rear end from a sky redline or solstice. Since they share the lnf and everything. Might be a thing for the lnf guys to think about. If I hit the lotto, I will definitely make a rwd lnf cobalt.

 

you will forget cobalts existed when you are driving around a ferrari.

 

Eh. Not a big Ferrari fan tbh. More of a Lamborghini man. But no if I hit the lotto I would have a SS/SC and a SS/TC. If I bought a Lambo I prolly wouldn't drive it because I'd be too worried about it getting messed up.

 

He didn't give up. He's local to me so I'll be able to see it in action at the track. He hopes to have it done by summer.

It looks like a beast.

 

oh so you bought an s10 tranny and a cadillac irs and subframe?
tell me more about how you're a metal fabrication expert

 

Updates???

 

^ im gonna guess nothing happened with it