Kwin

So yea bought my car sunday...had to wait for the dealer to do its nonsense.

Never Less i am getting it tommorow and more excited than ever

This is my first car and i have been riding a moped, dirtbikes and anything with an engine and 2 wheels for a while now.

I will not have my license for a good 6 months but i could afford the car now and my family needed one now because my sister is home from college over the summer.

But for the years i have been riding motorcycles and whatnot when the engines were brand new we would splash a little extra 2 stroke oil into the tank. On top of this we would ride up steep hills very slowley. This allowed for the piston to expand and push out the walls getting eveylittle bit of power we could.

Is there anything i could do like this with my new car? Should i keep it under a certain speed? Not rev it above a certain rpm? any tricks to help it performance wise later on? ANYTHING!?

KillerBee

So what kind of car did you buy ???????

wongafet

if it's an SS/SC then I would recommend not keeping a consistent rev for mroe than 5 seconds for the first 1000KM (don't know what that is it miles)

Mikey851

Assuming you bought a Cobalt SS Supercharged:

Do not add anything to the oil. Your engine has already had the rings seated at the factory; you will recieve it with Mobil 1 synthetic oil. Do not dog the car for a few thousand miles (2k - 3K). Then get your oil changed using Mobil 1 Synthetic (Always use Mobil 1 or a comparable synthetic, this will help expand the life of your engine). From the first oil change on, you can drive anywhere from 4k-5k before your next change; if you want to and can afford to change it at 3k but it won't do any good. Now you should be good to get on it, maybe watch it a little bit.

KillerBee

I still wanna know what kind of car it is cause he wont have his liscene for like 6 months

TheCaptain

New engines are practically broken in from the factory. All these cars need, and you can read it yourself in your Cobalt manual:
-Not to exceed 5000 RPM
-No heavy/extreme acceleration/transmission braking
for the first 800 Kilometers or 500 miles.

Myself, family, and local mechanics agree:
After this the car is ok for what you need to do, although engine modification consisting of adjusting/replacing moving peices is not recommended for the first 10 000 Kilometers or 6 250 miles. (Stage I, II, pulley change, etc.) Messing with the intake or exhaust system won't matter at any interval.
Don't forget, synthetic oil with the SS SC!
Good luck!

07 SS/SC

Thats good to know! I took it real easy on my car (well I still am) so far, I rolled 700 miles tonight and have gotten on it mabye 4 times. For the first 600 miles it never saw past 3,000 RPM's

KillerBee

I hope you are shifting past 3,000 rpms cause if you not you may glaze over your clutch

07 SS/SC

I am now, I had a 300 mile drive home from the dealership I picked it up from so I took it nice and easy. I am shifting past 3k now, but thank you for the heads up!

Mike

KillerBee

No problem just dont like to hear about people having clutch problems makes me like well i dont know i hate hearing bad things that could happen

cobalt_driver

also...don't change alot of oil brands. if u like mobile 1...stick with mobile 1. don't go from mobile, to penzoil, to royal purple. from my experience ull gather sludge, and it'll be a big mess. ur car wont run smoothly, it'll have trouble starting. i have a 2.2 and i use mobile 1. i've only changed my oil maybe 4 times. i was thinking about switching to royal purple. i hear alot of good things. but i'm not too sure if i want to. but yeah, deff dont have a heavy foot during the first 3,000 break-in. it's hard, but worth it in the end. lol. my friend has a 2.4 cavy and he likes to drive his car like he stole it, and this is the second or third time he's going to replace gaskets. not an easy job.

INFE

iTrader: (1)

lol break in!! what break in!!!!!!!!????????? drive it like you stole it!!!!!!!!!!!! i have 560 miles now on my cobalt and am at 11 psi all day long because the comp limits it untill a certin amount of miles. so i will not see 12 untill something like 2 or 3 thousand miles so i hear.

Kwin

ok thanks for all the suggestion I am getting a Cobalt Lt...couldnt afford the Ss : ( but its all good its still an awsome first car

KillerBee

Good attitude man still can be a really nice ride

wongafet

no worries. You should be happy that you got a car, at least you can claim it's your's and that looks good with the ladies apparently (I've yet to but that theory to the test yet). And don't let spoiled brats like me ruin your day j/k (FYI I'm not a spoiled brat, I just happen to drive a SS/SC)

stlurbanpunk

go easy on the clutch for a while. mine didnt completely break in till 800-1000 miles. now its silky smooth.

Also go extra easy on the brakes. Chevy has problems with thier small car's rotors warping from excssive quick stops. Go easy on the brakes for a couple hundred miles.

btw, congrats!

gashousecobalt

any cobalt is a good car lol can be modified many ways