What Have You Done To Your Cobalt Today?
03-08-2016, 08:29 AM
You can tell the weather is better when all the nice cars come out of the garage and everyone in town thinks they need to race from red lights.
03-08-2016, 08:34 PM
So kobraa
Funny you should mention:
My wife met me at the shop today so i could acidbath her wheels on the firebird. (Just the 3800)
We were on our way home when we caught a redlight, she pulled up beside me and revved, she wanted to race. which totally gave me a chubby cuz she never beats on her bird.
I was into it cuz ive been curious how the two would compare side by side.
So yay light goes green, off to a good start perfect 1-2 shift, perfect 2-3 shift, and im leading quite nicely, at about 5500 rpm, i lost power. "Engine power reduced" and a p2101 shot up on me. I had to pull over. As it had totally died!
Started it up a few times to putter and die back out.
3rd time started fine w. No EPR displayed.
I attempted to replicate the conditions the rest of the way home and it wouldnt do it again.....
So guess ill bring it in the shop tomorrow and start troubleshooting.
I hate not having throttle cables
Funny you should mention:
My wife met me at the shop today so i could acidbath her wheels on the firebird. (Just the 3800)
We were on our way home when we caught a redlight, she pulled up beside me and revved, she wanted to race. which totally gave me a chubby cuz she never beats on her bird.
I was into it cuz ive been curious how the two would compare side by side.
So yay light goes green, off to a good start perfect 1-2 shift, perfect 2-3 shift, and im leading quite nicely, at about 5500 rpm, i lost power. "Engine power reduced" and a p2101 shot up on me. I had to pull over. As it had totally died!
Started it up a few times to putter and die back out.
3rd time started fine w. No EPR displayed.
I attempted to replicate the conditions the rest of the way home and it wouldnt do it again.....
So guess ill bring it in the shop tomorrow and start troubleshooting.
I hate not having throttle cables
03-09-2016, 12:08 AM
03-09-2016, 07:12 AM
Well.... had the car out for the first time yesterday, and wouldn't you know it, a new Dodge Ram tried to race me.
Freight trained his ass like he was standing still. He learned a lesson yesterday that not all sport compacts have fart cans and 150hp.
Freight trained his ass like he was standing still. He learned a lesson yesterday that not all sport compacts have fart cans and 150hp.
03-09-2016, 07:15 AM
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so many truck drivers think their v8 is so powerful.Optimum Coatings makes a plastic coat product that seems to be well reviewed from experienced detailers, I use Opti Coat 2.0 which they have updated and divided into 2 product streams (paint and lens versions)
03-09-2016, 07:20 AM
Yup, I told myself to drive relaxed on my way home from work, but how can you pass up showing a d-bag in a truck to respect blown 4 cylinders, lol.
03-09-2016, 09:24 AM
So kobraa
Funny you should mention:
My wife met me at the shop today so i could acidbath her wheels on the firebird. (Just the 3800)
We were on our way home when we caught a redlight, she pulled up beside me and revved, she wanted to race. which totally gave me a chubby cuz she never beats on her bird.
I was into it cuz ive been curious how the two would compare side by side.
So yay light goes green, off to a good start perfect 1-2 shift, perfect 2-3 shift, and im leading quite nicely, at about 5500 rpm, i lost power. "Engine power reduced" and a p2101 shot up on me. I had to pull over. As it had totally died!
Started it up a few times to putter and die back out.
3rd time started fine w. No EPR displayed.
I attempted to replicate the conditions the rest of the way home and it wouldnt do it again.....
So guess ill bring it in the shop tomorrow and start troubleshooting.
I hate not having throttle cables
Funny you should mention:
My wife met me at the shop today so i could acidbath her wheels on the firebird. (Just the 3800)
We were on our way home when we caught a redlight, she pulled up beside me and revved, she wanted to race. which totally gave me a chubby cuz she never beats on her bird.
I was into it cuz ive been curious how the two would compare side by side.
So yay light goes green, off to a good start perfect 1-2 shift, perfect 2-3 shift, and im leading quite nicely, at about 5500 rpm, i lost power. "Engine power reduced" and a p2101 shot up on me. I had to pull over. As it had totally died!
Started it up a few times to putter and die back out.
3rd time started fine w. No EPR displayed.
I attempted to replicate the conditions the rest of the way home and it wouldnt do it again.....
So guess ill bring it in the shop tomorrow and start troubleshooting.
I hate not having throttle cables
P2101
The ECM detects a 450 percent difference between the commanded and the actual throttle plate position, dependant upon the rate of commanded throttle movement. The condition exists, then a 5 second delay for MIL ON.
The ECM detects a 450 percent difference between the commanded and the actual throttle plate position, dependant upon the rate of commanded throttle movement. The condition exists, then a 5 second delay for MIL ON.
03-09-2016, 01:08 PM
Originally Posted by Rally05Yellow
Im gonna check for bad wiring and clean the throttlebody out see if it does it again. But ya dedinately could use the information.
03-09-2016, 03:40 PM
Oh?
This is news for me.
I have cleaned many electronic TBs
Mostly on mitsubishi and suzuki, but never heard about not moving it by hand.
Is this a GM Thing or something I just totally missed all together and have been uber lucky?
This is news for me.
I have cleaned many electronic TBs
Mostly on mitsubishi and suzuki, but never heard about not moving it by hand.
Is this a GM Thing or something I just totally missed all together and have been uber lucky?
03-10-2016, 02:35 AM
Does anyone know if the hid shrouds that you can get from the retro fit source could/should be powder coated? I'm asking cause I want to get them painted the same color as my wheels
03-10-2016, 02:52 AM
03-10-2016, 02:54 AM
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So I got my first kill today a Rx7 and went the wrong way so I did a quick vid in a tunnel
03-10-2016, 09:16 AM
Well the problem is I want them to be the same color as my wheels, and I figured might as well take them with me when I take my wheels to get powder coated but you may be right. Unsure of what temp that the wheels will be baked at. I just have to try and match my shrouds once I get my wheels powder coated then
03-10-2016, 09:37 AM
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Well the problem is I want them to be the same color as my wheels, and I figured might as well take them with me when I take my wheels to get powder coated but you may be right. Unsure of what temp that the wheels will be baked at. I just have to try and match my shrouds once I get my wheels powder coated then
Also for paint matching you wheels are far enough away from the shrouds you only have to get close
03-11-2016, 02:54 AM
where did you get it? i was looking into it and i couldnt find the 2.0. im hoping to work on the car this weekend so id like to get something local
03-11-2016, 05:49 AM
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I picked it up off amazon, I think it was some place it Florida that was selling through amazon. I picked it up like 1.5-2 years ago. You can always get started on polishing them order the sealant and then fine polish right before you seal them.