2007 Honda Civic SI vs 2006 Cobalt SS/SC
09-17-2009, 08:43 PM
#1
2007 Honda Civic SI vs 2006 Cobalt SS/SC
Honda mods:
AJP turbo kit @ 8.5 PSI; stock internals
Upgraded clutch
Cobalt Mods:
RAW 3" Intake
Magnaflow muffler
OTT Stage 1
Here is the video of the turbo install on the honda. The numbers it puts down (361whp/275wtq) are NOT @ 8.5 psi, but on a little safer boost level for the car. I would guess around 6 psi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ZcPf52EYU
The owner of the Honda is a good friend of mine. We agreed to run again whenever he tightens up his driving skills and I do a couple more things to my car. I have mad respect for him and his car!
***Race was filmed in Mexico City while we was on vacation this past summer.
09-17-2009, 09:35 PM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: 06-22-08
Location: Florida
Posts: 840
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i am going to have to agree i had a 07 si and was going to put the ajp kit on my car but didnt want to spend the money! so i bought a 08 SS/TC and can spend less than half of what it takes to build the SI and be just as fast..... AND for a brand new car ( when i bought it, the si) i had problems with the paint on the bumpers AND the trim on the doors kept peeling i had them replaced 2 times....... but not a bad car
09-17-2009, 09:37 PM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: 06-22-08
Location: Florida
Posts: 840
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
when i looked at it to have everything done on the si it was like 5000 total to get there power wise like a year and a half ago prices could have changed now but for 5000 i would want more power...
09-18-2009, 05:39 AM
#6
Like it shows in the video he had the shop install the kit, so it cost him a pretty good bit of money. As it sits right now I only have about 1k into the car. When its all said and done i will have no more than 2k into the car and will hopefully be pretty quick. That's what he wanted so that's what he went for. That car has so much more potential, but I agree that's its pretty sick just like it is.
We went from a 50 roll because we was on the interstate. Couldn't really get down to 40 easily.
We went from a 50 roll because we was on the interstate. Couldn't really get down to 40 easily.
09-18-2009, 10:00 AM
#11
Senior Member
Join Date: 07-13-05
Location: WI
Posts: 3,180
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
09-18-2009, 10:06 AM
#13
and who are those people? old people and weird young guys. I find maybe the build nice, but they had clutch issues and still it doesnt perform as well as a 09 ss/tc so im not worried. The owners of a honda better stick with honda I dont want them with the same car i do.
09-18-2009, 10:11 AM
#14
Senior Member
Join Date: 07-13-05
Location: WI
Posts: 3,180
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
and who are those people? old people and weird young guys. I find maybe the build nice, but they had clutch issues and still it doesnt perform as well as a 09 ss/tc so im not worried. The owners of a honda better stick with honda I dont want them with the same car i do.
Hater!
Speaking of weird Honda guys, I ran into one the other day. I'm driving down I-94 at normal speeds when I encounter an Acura GS-R which appears to be stock other than your standard sticker mods. Here's the kicker, one of his bad-ass sticker mods read "Bye-bye, Love V-tec" which was placed above his right taillight. I continue at normal speeds and as I'm passing him, I'm chucking to myself when he looks at me and hammers it. He pulls on me because I'm laughing my ass off as I watch him putt, putt away. Score one for V-tak!!!
09-18-2009, 01:47 PM
#17
well that makes no sense.. a gmpp stage 2 would of lost as well.
only if you can find someone dumb enough to pay that much 
its alllllll because of a stereotyped mentality. Honda owns have zero idea how many hidden recalls or tsb's their cars have.. ex gf's accord had 4-5 of them, they are hidden pretty well and no one gets letters for them.
its alllllll because of a stereotyped mentality. Honda owns have zero idea how many hidden recalls or tsb's their cars have.. ex gf's accord had 4-5 of them, they are hidden pretty well and no one gets letters for them.
Last edited by northvibe; 09-18-2009 at 01:47 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
09-18-2009, 02:02 PM
#19
Senior Member
thats the reason they have good resale. sure you can buy a SS/TC for 20k but because of that the Cobalt has horrible resale. why would you buy a used SS/TC for 20k when you can buy a new one.
09-18-2009, 02:11 PM
#20
Honda's have "good" resale because the market of buyers of honda cars think that honda cars are the best thing out there.
You compare a si vs tc/ss in sales but with gm's financial problem, they are trying to sell most things at whatever they can. Honda didnt take a bail out and they are snooty as **** to start. I paid what I thought my SS was worth but you can find used SS's for easily 17k..not sure where you got 20.
At any rate I'm not trying to thread jack so back to the video.
09-18-2009, 02:28 PM
#21
Senior Member
the reason they have good resale is because they are expensive?
Honda's have "good" resale because the market of buyers of honda cars think that honda cars are the best thing out there.
You compare a si vs tc/ss in sales but with gm's financial problem, they are trying to sell most things at whatever they can. Honda didnt take a bail out and they are snooty as **** to start. I paid what I thought my SS was worth but you can find used SS's for easily 17k..not sure where you got 20.
At any rate I'm not trying to thread jack so back to the video.
Honda's have "good" resale because the market of buyers of honda cars think that honda cars are the best thing out there.
You compare a si vs tc/ss in sales but with gm's financial problem, they are trying to sell most things at whatever they can. Honda didnt take a bail out and they are snooty as **** to start. I paid what I thought my SS was worth but you can find used SS's for easily 17k..not sure where you got 20.
At any rate I'm not trying to thread jack so back to the video.
just like the price of used Evo X's went down tremendously when Mitsubishi started blowing them out for cheap. i bought my brand new Evo for cheaper than some used ones at the dealership with 10k miles on them.
09-18-2009, 02:56 PM
#22
I guess I dont understand how an incentive at purchase of a new vehicle is correlated with resale many years down the road of that used. People dont buy a car and sell it 1 yr later to make money...even a honda depreciates. Like I said its the honda buyers that keep the price up. If they want to buy a 300k 1985 civic for $5-7k fine, I wouldnt touch that pos. you can only sell a car for $X if you have a buyer willing to pay that. There was a mugen civic si on the lot up here for almost a year, hell I bet its still for sale, for 27-28k. No one in their right mind would pay that much and they wont budge the price.
Evo's sold cheap because mitsu though they were about to pull out of the US. I only had a 1k incentive on my SS, I negotiated the price to where I wanted it. So the resale on your vehicle should be really low, actually extremely low...
Evo's sold cheap because mitsu though they were about to pull out of the US. I only had a 1k incentive on my SS, I negotiated the price to where I wanted it. So the resale on your vehicle should be really low, actually extremely low...
09-18-2009, 03:01 PM
#23
Junior Member
Join Date: 10-11-08
Location: San Jose, California
Posts: 486
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
09-18-2009, 03:03 PM
#24
Senior Member
Join Date: 09-07-05
Location: Canada
Posts: 3,533
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I guess I dont understand how an incentive at purchase of a new vehicle is correlated with resale many years down the road of that used. People dont buy a car and sell it 1 yr later to make money...even a honda depreciates. Like I said its the honda buyers that keep the price up. If they want to buy a 300k 1985 civic for $5-7k fine, I wouldnt touch that pos. you can only sell a car for $X if you have a buyer willing to pay that. There was a mugen civic si on the lot up here for almost a year, hell I bet its still for sale, for 27-28k. No one in their right mind would pay that much and they wont budge the price.
Evo's sold cheap because mitsu though they were about to pull out of the US. I only had a 1k incentive on my SS, I negotiated the price to where I wanted it. So the resale on your vehicle should be really low, actually extremely low...
Evo's sold cheap because mitsu though they were about to pull out of the US. I only had a 1k incentive on my SS, I negotiated the price to where I wanted it. So the resale on your vehicle should be really low, actually extremely low...
Thats not what this thread is about. Please stay on topic. Nice Si, they wake up with the snail. Does he use hondata? And 1/4 mile numbers?