ummm What adam said! These times with the RWD cobalt are being done with the ecotec and FWD! there ya go

 

right. and at that point, nothing is the same as the original production motor.

 

just goes to show you what can be done with the motor

 

you can do that to any motor if you replace every single component.

 

but it is still the motor. I think that we are arguing the same point

 

Technically yes...but I believe it's a 2.1 liter...also I would assume reinforced...

Put it this way....after Gary's every run, he would come back to the pits (while I was on his xbox 360 lol) and swap out a new motor into it for the next run. So yes, it has potential...but how long will the motor actually last with that much hp and very little displacement?

 

i would put those all over my car if they pay me that kind of money

 

I have to agree

 

all 3 of the cobalts ive seen running below 10's were all V8 swapped, RWD converted. strangely tho, they all had the stock interiors...even the radio....ithink the AC was removed tho...but chances are, thats another RWD conversion

 

The one pictured yes....but obviously you've never heard of gary gardella or have seen the orange 2.2 fwd balt....let me get some pics

 

chances are? so there's a possibility a fwd car can go up on the rear wheels like that?

 

Or if you want stock bodied...here's a 9.5 second 2.2 cobalt

 

+ invisible rep

Everyone was talking about a v8 swapped rear drive "cobalt" like it was special.

 

it's running 7's. this one is running 9's.

 

7 second FWD 4 banger ecotec drag cars FTW!!!!!!!!

 

gardella's balt is running 7's and its a fwd 2.1 litre 4-banger.

 

Yes, it's a 2.1...

As for lasting of the motor, when I was helping / filming at the world finals for Marty Ladwigs team, they swapped the motor for the final round. That was the first time they had done that all year from what I was told . Gardella just likes to blow ish up . He did that back in Virginia I believe when he was in the pits revving up the engine and lost a rocker...

 

ive seen at NDRA milan the redbull cobalt ss turbo run 210 i think 7 seconds even.

 

yeah screw a 2.2L, that thing has a 6.5L in it haha

 

damn

 

Here is the thing the 398CI motor is one of the only NHRA approved Centrifugal blowers in the competition....as some of you guys dont know...prochargers are not allowed in some classes because they say it is not fair to run a procharger in the same league of a turbo or roots...so that is why this car is such a big deal cause it is approved for NHRA and it is ProCharged...

either way if it is a 2.5L ecotec race block or a 398ci small block just the fact it is stuffed into a Cobalt or a Redline blows me away...

John died in one of the fastest Cavi that hit the track!

 

Here's a video of another cobalt and it's FWD with an ecotec.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...10685799&q=%25

 

this makes me cry..alot

 

That looks like wheel hop from hell.

 

I like going fast fast is goooooddd