Drivetrain Solutions Formal Introduction
 

Drivetrain Solutions, former member/mod EXsoccer1921.

What do we have to offer?

At this point in time we will be dealing with Cobalt/Ion specific hub swaps and eventually carrying a full line of suspension and drivetrain parts for the platform for many other vehicle types. For the time being we will be sticking with the swap packages. Keep an eye out in the next few months for new products to be released.

What is a hub swap?

The term "hub swap" can be misleading. These packages are 100% bolt-on so there is no custom fitting required. If you can turn a wrench you can install our packages. Hub swaps allow for the ease of using factory spec wheel hubs while opening up a world of wheel choices and performance options, such as our drag pack.

How is this done?

We take oem spec wheel hubs and drill them to a bolt pattern chosen by the customer. Each hub will come with the oem bolt pattern along with the secondary pattern chosen by the customer with ARP wheel studs pressed in. Each brake rotor will also have dual patterns so if you desire to switch back to stock you can simply remove the wheel studs and press them back into the stock pattern and reinstall.

Why can't I just run adapters?

When adapters are used, they indirectly change the offset of your wheels. For example, you have a set of wheels on the car that are 18x8" with an offset of +40 and you want to run a different set of wheels that are also 18x8" +40 but have a different bolt pattern. Most companies will only offer adapters that are a minimum of 19mm(0.75") thick. So even though your new set of wheels say 18x8" +40, with those adapters it will actually be like running an 18x8" wheel at +21, which will push your wheels out to a generally undesired amount.

With a hub swap package you can run those wheels without having to worry about clearance, spend countless nights trying to calculate the perfect offset to buy your wheels at factoring in the adapters, or end up buying the wrong wheels after a miscalculation and be out potenially thousands of dollars. You can bolt your new wheels right up without any issue and dial in your stance exactly how you want it from there.

What do your kits consist of?

With each full kit you will receive:

1 pair of front hubs drilled to your desired pattern
1 pair of rear hubs drilled to your desired pattern
1 pair of front rotors drilled to your desired pattern
1 pair of rear rotors drilled to your desired pattern
ARP studs pre-pressed in to each hub.

Leaving you with a direct bolt on kit.

We use brand new parts in all our packages, including R1Concepts rotors. So you can buy with confidence knowing you aren't getting a junk yard special of pieced together parts that won't bolt up or will fall apart on the first test drive.


Example of a front rotor/hub/stud combo one of our kits. PS, this is a sneak peak at the 10" Drag Pack which will be available at a later date. Designed for the avid drag racer looking to go beyond the weekend test and tune.



We are currently working on getting a group-buy together by the end of the day. Stay tuned!


Thanks for the support!
Mark
Drivetrain Solutions

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awesome man. good luck!!

nice intro dude! i wish the best of luck for you and im excited to finally see some other wheels on our cars! this is going to accelerate the 'stance' scene so hard on here! :cssNET:

And hopefully give those avid drag racers who want to race and compete beyond the local test n tune a functional and affordable means to do so.

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I like

if I may make one suggestion(I know this is the first one). I would clean up the burs on the slotted piece. it will look a lot nicer.

good luck with your packages.

I've updated the first post with four more pictures.

In the third picture down? A lot of that is just reflection. But it was also taken before I cleaned up the parts to install on my car. Thanks Matt :beer:

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Def interested in this drag pack....

its in 1 2 and 3 lol. just saying not bashing.

No worries, not taking it as such. Those were just pictures I took along the way with my personal car. When they were taken it was solely for pictures, not a final product.

yes absolutely! fk yes!

The only draw back of the drag pack is I can almost guarantee you will lose ABS. Unless the Lsj guys would like to stick with stock sized axles instead of running Lnfs, it's always an option. And while running slicks I know Lsj axles will last much longer than they do for people who go out and play hop scotch the first 60', Lnf axles are still the superior choice over Lsj axles.

I didn't start with ABS and I'll happily keep it that way even with the Brembo's I upgraded to.

Won't be running any drag tire over the Brembos. Not ones worth while at least.

I'm well aware, I started with the brakes your kit switches to :lol: The base LS brakes and I was just stating that ABS really isn't needed, and I never started with it.

you going to offer pad options with it eventually?

As you say, its not maybe , If you have ABS on a 2005-2007 Cobalt those bearings wont work. My conversions work. But meh. Welcome to the land of vendors. Not sure how you can afford the cost of being here with your venture, wish you all the best.

This statement right here sold me. I'm subbing

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good luck Mark.

Race Wars. Doing tune ups and selling groceries just wasn't enough.