Ideas for Va Beach and Tidewater region Cobalts
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Ernie is pretty good at something like that. He wasn't too happy when we pulled away from his slow ass supercar going to the place where we ate at. His car was the shizznit but only had three rims on it. lol
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But he ax fo it yo
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I've had moments of concern but overall, IT'S A BEAST. 
You still need to get your ride in it and see for yourself.
We already tried to put his in one day when I convinced Doc to bring over his HPT again. Ofcourse the **** didn't fit and I gave them a nice long explanation of the problem and what I wanted. They're replacing our uppers for free and said they'd be ready this week.
Lee's debating whether he wants to intall the Throttlebody. It makes the car a little harder to drive in traffic and the Cobalt is his daily driver.
I called that 1/8mile track down in NC because I've been itching to run it and the guy said they might have some test n tunes after the holidays (weather permitting) and the regular season starts in March.
If I get a wideband and get tuned properly I'm thinking about competing in their Street Class. It's bracket racing so I don't have to worry about going head-to-head with those V8 monsters that we saw down there.
You still need to get your ride in it and see for yourself.
We already tried to put his in one day when I convinced Doc to bring over his HPT again. Ofcourse the **** didn't fit and I gave them a nice long explanation of the problem and what I wanted. They're replacing our uppers for free and said they'd be ready this week.
Lee's debating whether he wants to intall the Throttlebody. It makes the car a little harder to drive in traffic and the Cobalt is his daily driver.
I called that 1/8mile track down in NC because I've been itching to run it and the guy said they might have some test n tunes after the holidays (weather permitting) and the regular season starts in March.
If I get a wideband and get tuned properly I'm thinking about competing in their Street Class. It's bracket racing so I don't have to worry about going head-to-head with those V8 monsters that we saw down there.
im not doing nothing parents left to NY so gots the crib to my self so
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i thought so too, the current factory plastic one is only good to 8 psi boost and the factory plastic 2.4L manifold is good to 10psi boost. i'm looking to turn up my boost to 10 for street setting on my boost controller and 14psi for track setting
its looking promissing on the STS turbo system. On a 190 crank hp engine w/ the stage III kit they were making 270 crank hp on 5 psi of boost. and on 7psi of boost they were getting 314 crank hp on the same car w/ no modifications to the engine internals.
I can see 400 crank hp very obtainable in my car with this manifold
its looking promissing on the STS turbo system. On a 190 crank hp engine w/ the stage III kit they were making 270 crank hp on 5 psi of boost. and on 7psi of boost they were getting 314 crank hp on the same car w/ no modifications to the engine internals.
I can see 400 crank hp very obtainable in my car with this manifold
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problem solved. a trany shop back home specializes in auto trany rebuilds for performance. for $1800 they will replace all trany internals with machined to match original replacement titanium parts.
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nahh back home for me would be flint or birch run. those were the 2 towns i grew up in. the shop is place that builds racing auto trany's for local drag racers and circle track drivers. they built my uncles trany for him
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im not getting my gearing changed. it will be exact gear ratio. they are making titanium duplicates of everything in the trany. pretty much just to make it virtually indestructable so long i keep trany fluid in it. lol
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First things first...
Driver mod
But anyway, your tranny is fine for autocross. Once you shift you never come out of second anyway. I believe I've only hit the rev limiter once on a stock setup.
As for getting power to the ground, if you've done anything to your car (stage/pulley/intake/mounts/suspension upgrade) it throws you into SM, or "Street Modified". That means you can run race rubber.
Race rubber is very nice. Especially with a nice set of coilovers.
I know you asked for ideas but what did you have in mind? You just throw something out there like that and I don't expect you get much from anybody. Name something specific or even a list so this bunch of lamo's can start with the excuses why they can't go.
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You didn't come to me first with an AutoX question?
First things first...
Driver mod
But anyway, your tranny is fine for autocross. Once you shift you never come out of second anyway. I believe I've only hit the rev limiter once on a stock setup.
As for getting power to the ground, if you've done anything to your car (stage/pulley/intake/mounts/suspension upgrade) it throws you into SM, or "Street Modified". That means you can run race rubber.
Race rubber is very nice. Especially with a nice set of coilovers.
I know you asked for ideas but what did you have in mind? You just throw something out there like that and I don't expect you get much from anybody. Name something specific or even a list so this bunch of lamo's can start with the excuses why they can't go.
First things first...
Driver mod
But anyway, your tranny is fine for autocross. Once you shift you never come out of second anyway. I believe I've only hit the rev limiter once on a stock setup.
As for getting power to the ground, if you've done anything to your car (stage/pulley/intake/mounts/suspension upgrade) it throws you into SM, or "Street Modified". That means you can run race rubber.
Race rubber is very nice. Especially with a nice set of coilovers.
I know you asked for ideas but what did you have in mind? You just throw something out there like that and I don't expect you get much from anybody. Name something specific or even a list so this bunch of lamo's can start with the excuses why they can't go.
2. Go get something to eat .. maybe hooters LOL
3. i still got some christmas shopping to .....
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this will be my lovely ride
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whats up guys i kno its real close to christmas and everything but tonight im heading to to newport news to a car show thingie...or whatever you want to call it. the victory blvd walmart aroung 10ish...i love to see more than 2 balts out there tonight...and info let me kno. hope to see you guys out there.
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Appology
Hey Ernie,
I do belive I owe you an appology. I was/am going though quite a bit of crap lately and took it out on you when I shouldn't have. My life dreams fell through, school is going badly, the girl I planned on marrying left, and I lost my job all within the matter of one month. It is really hard for me to deal with this stuff, so I guess I just snapped. I don't mean to seem like a jerk or an *******, so I just wanted to appologize to you. I am getting over Chy, and I found a new job, and I have a new career opportunity that I am pursuing. It deffinately takes some stress off.
I just wanted to come up here and appologize.
I do belive I owe you an appology. I was/am going though quite a bit of crap lately and took it out on you when I shouldn't have. My life dreams fell through, school is going badly, the girl I planned on marrying left, and I lost my job all within the matter of one month. It is really hard for me to deal with this stuff, so I guess I just snapped. I don't mean to seem like a jerk or an *******, so I just wanted to appologize to you. I am getting over Chy, and I found a new job, and I have a new career opportunity that I am pursuing. It deffinately takes some stress off.
I just wanted to come up here and appologize.
