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From: Moncton canada
Originally Posted by god+1
Yes, that is definently false.
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From: Ft Lauderdale
Originally Posted by sensesfail99
IVe got an ss/sc and some guy at work seen me pull up in it... so he starts talking to me and says he read a magazine article or watched a tv show.... about the ss/sc.... stating they took off whatever it was that restricted the speed and took it out to the salt flats or something and drove it until it stopped gaining speed and he says he thinks it said it stopped gaining speed in the 180s? Ive got no idea if its true... it seemed kinda far fetched, but thats the "hear-say" of the week from me
SO Cal Did it in 2004 with top speed of 243 MPH Was a Record, But not recorded as so Because the car wasn't in Production Yet! But yes it's True!
If you got enough room! I forget how much they got stock with limiter's off but it was close! But took 3 miles! LOL
GM Bonneville Racing
Having quickly established itself as a consistent record breaker on the famed Bonneville Salt Flats in 2003 and 2004, General Motors will increase its Bonneville Racing Team for 2005 to four vehicles: Three factory race cars and one supported independent. Once again, the vehicles will be prepared by the SO-CAL Speed Shop.
Chevrolet HHR
New for 2005 will be the HHR, GM’s hot entry in the small front-wheel drive SUV market. Using a production four-door steel body chopped seven inches, the HHR features a state-of-the-art Pro-Mod drag race-style double-rail chrome moly tube chassis. Chrome moly was used so that traction-demanding weight could be added low down in the car. The 2.0-liter turbocharged and intercooled Ecotec motor produces in excess of 800 horsepower. Positioned north-south and mounted amidships right between where the front seats should normally be, the Ecotec drives the rear wheels through an air-shifted Jerico five-speed and a Winters quick-change located on a multi-link four-bar system with coil-over shocks. Interestingly, the motor is easily removed because it slides on the upper chassis rails much like a modern drag car.
Driving the HHR will be GM Engineering Group Manager Jim Minneker. No novice to Bonneville, in October 2003, Jim drove the Saturn Ion Red Line Coupe to a new G/Blown Fuel Altered Coupe record that stands at 212.684 mph. The HHR will be running in G/Blown Fuel Competition Coupe where the existing record is 226.835 mph set by Jim Fueling in August 1990.
Chevrolet Cobalt SS
Hot on the tail of the Saturn Ion Red Line Coupe, the Chevrolet Cobalt SS is a similar Ecotec-powered front-wheel drive sport compact that is a performance leader in its segment. Likewise powered by a turbocharged, intercooled Ecotec producing in excess of 800 horsepower, the Cobalt SS was a rocket ship off the trailer. Driven in August 2004 by three-time NHRA Sport Compact Champion Nelson Hoyos, the Cobalt blistered across the salt at a staggering 243.127 mph—31 mph faster than the Saturn record. Unfortunately, because the car was so new and not yet available to the public its speed could not be counted as a record. More testing was conducted in October 2004 with GM engineer Jim Minneker behind the wheel and the Cobalt SS is set to return to Bonneville this August with GM engineer Mark Dickens handling the driving.
Here's Your Sign!
Link to article! Below!
http://so-calspeedshop.com/index2.html
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From: California
Originally Posted by martinsmu
No that is true, but they took all the interior out, and made the car super aero dynamic. Like it wasnt a stock SS/SC. The motor was stock or had a GMPP S2,,, but preaty dsure it was stock, but the rest of the car was super modified!! but nonetheless true!
Amazing, you think you know more about me about Hondas and you don't even know as much as me about your own car.
Originally Posted by Imlikedrpepper
So I am driving home last night, im on the 91fwy at 12am. It was clear, virturally no one was on the road. Ive gotten my car up to 140mph once, so I was like "Lets see how fast i can get it" So I hit about a 2 mile straight away and gun it from 80 mph, it was about 54 degrees outside, so I knew my SC would proform well under those conditions. Next thing you know I look down at the speedometer and im going 155pm, holy **** that was fast and fun, haha. I was pushing about 13.5lbs of boost. I have nothing done to my car, that was one hell of a drive home.
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From: Shaw AFB, Sumter, SC.
wow thats pretty fast. Ive had mine to 135 and realized that theres a lot of cops in vegas. And about the fuel cut off...my 01 xtreme had it at 97mph and when it kicked in, it KICKED IN. The whole car would just lag real bad. I dont know if its the same way in the SS/SC but at 158, Id think it would be really scary.
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