Hi I'm Nik. I drive a red (who would of guessed) 2009 Cobalt SS.
I've been in the Army for about 2 1/2 years, living in Germany and currently deployed to the Sinai Peninsula, I'll be coming home for good at the end of this year. Car will be paid off and I got some money put back to finally start modding. Car has been taken care of by my dad since I've been gone, and I sadly only have gotten to drive my baby 3 times in the past 2 years 😔.
Can't wait to finally get started with her, and to become a part of this community.

 

Welcome and thanks for your service!

 

Thank you.
My buddy back home just finished putting a cam in his C6 �� Should be more powah lol

 

Welcome!

 

That's my next move for mine. I'd like to see 500whp out of my LS3. Headers, cam, and E85 could get me close.

I bet you have a list of what you want since you've waited so long.

 

Nice. I'm trying to convince him to spring for e85 since we finally have quite a few stations with it back home, but he's not convinced for some reason. He just wants to throw a bottle in it and call it a day now. Yea my list is constantly changing though, only benefit of being away for so long is saving money, plenty of time to wait on good deals, and doing a **** ton of research for the right parts for me. I should have a nice garage full of parts when I go home for good though.
Thank you Snail

 

What are you planning to do to her for now?

 

First, MPX Catless downpipe, MPX Exhaust w/o muffler, K&N intake, ZZP canned e47 tune (if that's possible, hadn't read up on their canned tune until recently), OTTP Transmounts, and OTTP short shifter. Maybe an intercooler w/ pipes if I can find a good deal on one.
When I get out it'll be tax time again, and their taxing the hell out of us during this deployment, so good refund will mean it'll be time for HP Tuner suite and complete rework of the suspension.

 

Instead of doing the zzp canned tune you should just wait when you get hptuners and get a tuner from here to remote tune you

 

Yea after rereading my post it does seem redundant to get a canned tune first..
Hopefully I can find some good deals for some this sometime this year, I'll prob order the short shifter and mounts soon since OTTP has a discount on them right now.

 

Yup ottp tends to have good deals on most his stuff I have his stg 2 mounts and shifter

 

I've read nothing but great things about the shifter.
The mounts seem to be under scrutiny, but in my eyes only because of vendor loyalty.

 

I like them to be honest and everything feels firm, I might change them tho since I want a more quiet ride now

 

Change them to Powell I'm guessing?

 

I had ottp's mounts and enjoyed them as well. I did what Snail is thinking and went for another quieter option as I daily my lsj. I have ottp's intake and hardcore sway bar as well which I believe was designed by Powell back in the day.

 

Nope I going stock with key hole spacer that will still give me the rotation but without the vibes, I've ran the ottp for a little over a year now

 

Ha exactly what I did. If you drive your car a lot the vibrations tend to get annoying. I mean, they weren't bad with Ottp's mounts but not as smooth as stock.

 

Exactly I daily my car and drive it 6 days out of the week with about 30-40 miles a day I want some more quiet now hahaha but yeah same here I would recommend them to anyone looking to firm everything up but time for me to look at other alternatives for now

 

I still have mine actually. Maybe I should sell them...

 

You should lol I'm going to give the oem with spacer a try once I change to the new turbo see how they handle if not I'll stick with the vibes

 

My first car I actually started building when I was younger was an 89 CRX. No PS, no AC, suspension was completely built (most uncomfortable ride in the world, but damn could it handle) and I loved every second of it. So I'm not to worried about some vibration as long as I can launch properly.
If you do decide to sell your mounts ssyellow let me know.

 

That's the reason I want to give the oems a try since I do love the handling and all that comes with it but at times the rattles drive me crazy haha

 

You'll be glad the vibes are gone. I did OEM with a spacer and yyzV5 springs (had rusted pedders) when I rebuilt my motor and it was like driving a new car.

Victory, if you want them, they are yours.

 

Yup I'm on yyz v3 atm and the oem mounts should make everything better plus i dont launch the car so it wouldn't really matter for me haha

 

I've launched a few times since and haven't had any trouble.