I should be picking up the clutch as soon as i get my Income tax money back, what else do I need I see that you say a flywheel is a good idea. My thoughts on the new clutch is that i might just go with a stage one, since my car is very lightly modded, and I think stage two might just be over doing. On that note if I do just go with a stage 1 would it really help that much to get a performance flywheel? Also what all do I need and are the spec clutchs a kit, as in clutch disc, pressure plate, thowout bearing, and alighnment tool?

Also thanks for the offer on the help I might need it... so for I have one other person that will help me out, but neither of us have ever changed a clutch.

 

im guessing you need a hand bro? haha

 

Well when I do order the clutch, I have my buddy shannon with the MS3 and I guess domin8_gt is down to help out possibly, but the more the marrier I suppose, and if i'm not mistaken haven't changed the clutch in your car... I could use some experienced help. Anyway I still need to wait for my tax return, so I can get everything I need.

 

mine twice and danews...

 

hahn exhaust next week yay!!!

 

That crowd is definitely not worth sticking with. I plan on just driving between the cities for fun once it gets warmer or when I start going out to the meets for the hell of it with the cars. I usually take back roads too since most of the meets aren't worth staying at for long. The fun is in driving your car, not looking at it.

They run like idiots on the streets around here and on the highways in populated areas. Then they wonder why they have 45 points racked up on their licenses...

 

Hmm. This place looks oddly familiar....

 

OMFG!!! its the Loudest Recorded Cobalt in the AREA!!! MR Chris returns from the dead!!! how the hell have you been? also where have you been lol. now all we need is mr John Kruger to come out of left field. whats new chris??

P.S!!!! my friends!!!!! need an opinion....

what would you think look better on my car...
1. paint the ground effects Silver?
2.silver racing stripes

i like both but im having trouble deciding.. which will attract eyes. i plan on doing both but which one first...

 

Clutch kits normally come with the clutch, pressure plate, and alignment tool. I'm not sure about the throwout bearing on the F23 trans, but on the F35 it is attached to the slave dylinder and is over $100 for the part. The slave cylinder is hydraulic, and many people recommend not messing with it. GM even states in their buildbook that it is durable and shouldn't need replacing. The only thing I did was regrease the bearing with white lithium grease. Since GM loves hydraulic clutches, I would not be surprised if the F23 is similar. Oh, one last thing, I don't have a bleeder kit. You need it for the clutch and brakes once you get the tranny bolted back up. SHould take care of that before putting everything back together.
Why decide? Do both. Do the stripes right and you could have a Monte Carlo thing going on. But, if you had to decide between the 2, I'd go with the stripes.

 

im leaning toward the stripes first. easy to install. plus if i go to ohio the paint on the ground effects will get chipped from all the rock salt and snow

 

... i don't even want to ask... But then again the 'Stang has stripes in the paint (Not Vinyl), so I can't talk too much.

 

A little something for some of you:

Danew: Don't you dare let anyone weld a bolt-on vertical door kit. You don't have to weld to get proper alignment and it'll only **** up your car.

Steve: I know I remember you saying you wouldn't have any need to modify your super turbo cobalt and now all I see in your posts is how you're going to. If you're going to run autocross you're going to be outclassed because of your mods and quickly get discouraged. Why are you worried about meeting with SRT's and them talking **** about your car? Everybody already does anyway.

Rob: You don't want to get caught up in Steve's infinite downward spiral of always wanting something else. If I understand correctly, you needed driving advise, from Steve, and now you want 300+hp? I think Charlie Brown is best quoted here, "Good grief"

 

ah ernie.... hows hawaii? did they "lay" you when you landed i didnt have any Need to mod the car... but i had a huge want to soooo i went with that... group buy prices took alot of price off those parts. as for the SRTs i just have a low tolerance for ignorance...... lol why do you worry bout what i do with it anyways? yer car is infinitely faster anyways isnt it???? parts werent available so there was no need or intention to mod. now there on sale and with income tax this was a now or never thing so i said mmmm now. im happy with the desicion and thats all that matters to me. im over people bashing my impulses. not like it effects there life so im done worrying what others think about it...

in the words of forrest gump

"And thats all i have tuh say.... about thaat"

 

Ernie, I'm not going to weld them in the car. Kind of defeats the purpose of having "bolt-on" hinges.

And to Steve..., you ever hear the phrase, "elephants never forget"? Ernie is just recalling something that I remember you saying as well. He doesn't care that you bought parts, just reminding you of what you said some time ago. Regardless of what you said, all of us knew you were going to mod your car as soon as the opportunity was right. And stop being so defensive. You didn't have to take it as him calling you out, but you did. We all take shots at each other, but only in good fun. (At least most of the time). Get the work done that you want and you be the deciding factor in whether it looks good to you or not; whether it's fast enough or not. It's a daily driver that you are making payments on and you have to deal with everyday.

Enjoy it.

 

well i will post pics up by the end of next week how the car looks... the transformation starts monday

 

Glad to see that you have calmed down. Speaking of parts, I bought my exhaust, and the dp, balance shafts, and timing gears are soon to come.

 

did you ever find a place to get the stripes done... I might see how much it is to get black strpies on mine when i go get the door fixed. Also what parts and things are starting to arive?

 

warren referred me to Grafik Trenz where he gets all his steelers vinyls done it'll be 300 bucks maybe lessfor you cause yer not SS

 

I really whish i didn't need a new clutch. If I didn't have to get a clutch I would have been half way to a turbo kit.... but now I have maybe just enough for the clutch flywheel, and a body kit...

 

oh youy have the SS wing though.. so you might get charged the same. if u want the number text me im goin to go to lunch with justin

 

is that $300 for the strips and the installation? i would love to get strips on my car. just make sure you have the strips come all the way down to the bumpers. i think it looks better that way then stopping on the hood or at the top of the bumper.

 

Going to lunch with Justin..., that's cute.

And stripes on my car is still up in the air. I haven't decided what color to get. I was thinking maybe a really dark gray.

 

yes that is with installation ony an hour or 2... now u gotta realize my ground effects will be silver also so it wont go allllll the way down

 

on the ground effects, you should do the tint coat stripes... instead of the silver... ahhh never mind... it might nott look good it was just a random thought....

 

dude **** that........ im home now the Tunnel was ridiculous!!! all traffic got turned around after an hour and 15 min wait!!! then the 664 tunnel had a 5 1/2 mile back up so i said no no im goin home...