Chevrolet Cobalt SS released only 5 years, from 2005 to 2010. It was a sports version of the Chevrolet Cobalt, equipped with two-liter turbo engine and brakes Brembo. At the same time, they produced only with a manual transmission and front wheel drive.
But with the advent of the concern in the line model Cruze Cobalt production was curtailed, including the sports version.
Now you can find a sufficient number of Cobalt SS, in which the owners have invested his heart and soul and money trying to create one real sports cars. Two representatives of the American automobile industry, which will be lower than a story, it may be best to prove. This model is suitable for any purpose and is capable of showing very good results.
Chevrolet Cobalt SS Turbo 2008 earned honor and respect
Matt Omiotek built with the help of sponsors Cobalt SS, which is able to challenge any opponent in the FWD class.
Brands try to win the loyalty and to attract attention, but for the Chevrolet Cobalt SS and it was quite difficult. Despite initial capacity of 205 horsepower, which is supercharged SS had once, to participate in the FWD class turbocharged engine already won the 260 «mares», but even so, he did not give the feeling that he wanted to get on.
Appearance of the car does not inspire pride in it and does not cause delight, but it is for Americans to really «their», and they are willing to invest in his soul, and all your capital. This is what Matt, who has spent all he had on virtually dead SS Turbo 2008.
«I bought my Cobalt in March 2009 after a long and painstaking choice», — says Matt. — Initially, I was looking for SRT-4, but they were almost «dead», I managed to find only one suitable machine, but the seller refused to negotiate and has not sold a car. After that I switched my quest on STI 2004–2007 period, but the insurance on them was simply astronomical, and this option was dropped. Then I switched to the EVO, I even found one that won my heart. I signed all the documents and had the next day to become the happy owner, but someone broke in and stole auto parts from 6 cars, including the EVO my future, amounting to approximately $ 18 000. As a result, I bought Cobalt in Illinois. At first I told myself that this would be an ordinary car for everyday driving, and I will be almost nothing in it to change. But I realized pretty quickly that I wanted more. «
Then Matt took hold of the equipment of the car unique parts (car owner himself worked in Dupage Autobody, when I started tuning the Cobalt, as well as with his father was engaged in the production of automotive springs and non-standard parts, such as tinted headlights for club members Cobalt SS fans). Matt was not enough to give a standard GM Performance Stage X, so he turned to his friend Dave Hilber and his company Performance Autowerks, which Cobalt owner later went to work, which was created WERKS PTE 5557, which includes an intercooler, intake manifold, intake system, downpipe and exhaust system. After the work done by Dave in Performance Autowerks, Cobalt SS Matt produces 442 horsepower at 6,200 rev / min, which is more than enough to beat the increasingly popular front-wheel drive compact sports cars.
GM equips SS Turbo is already a serious plant the Brembo brakes, so this part of the car, Matt decided not to touch it, but for a better grip, he set tires Bridgestone RE-11s, has a special technology used in the creation of racing tires. In addition, it was established and Pedders spring strut as well as a bunch of „goodies“ from Powell Raceshop, including front and rear stabilizer bars.
Most of all, Matt is known for his approach to interior changes. He led on the dashboard of the three new sensor Aeroforce Inteceptor, which show more than 100 different parameters.
In addition, he was replaced by a new instrument panel, made Black Cat Custom. Now, he can change the color of devices, one of which is affixed his name Omiotek.
Brands try to win the loyalty and to attract attention, but for the Chevrolet Cobalt SS and it was quite difficult. Despite initial capacity of 205 horsepower, which is supercharged SS had once, to participate in the FWD class turbocharged engine already won the 260 «mares», but even so, he did not give the feeling that he wanted to get on.
Appearance of the car does not inspire pride in it and does not cause delight, but it is for Americans to really «their», and they are willing to invest in his soul, and all your capital. This is what Matt, who has spent all he had on virtually dead SS Turbo 2008.
«I bought my Cobalt in March 2009 after a long and painstaking choice», — says Matt. — Initially, I was looking for SRT-4, but they were almost «dead», I managed to find only one suitable machine, but the seller refused to negotiate and has not sold a car. After that I switched my quest on STI 2004–2007 period, but the insurance on them was simply astronomical, and this option was dropped. Then I switched to the EVO, I even found one that won my heart. I signed all the documents and had the next day to become the happy owner, but someone broke in and stole auto parts from 6 cars, including the EVO my future, amounting to approximately $ 18 000. As a result, I bought Cobalt in Illinois. At first I told myself that this would be an ordinary car for everyday driving, and I will be almost nothing in it to change. But I realized pretty quickly that I wanted more. «
Then Matt took hold of the equipment of the car unique parts (car owner himself worked in Dupage Autobody, when I started tuning the Cobalt, as well as with his father was engaged in the production of automotive springs and non-standard parts, such as tinted headlights for club members Cobalt SS fans). Matt was not enough to give a standard GM Performance Stage X, so he turned to his friend Dave Hilber and his company Performance Autowerks, which Cobalt owner later went to work, which was created WERKS PTE 5557, which includes an intercooler, intake manifold, intake system, downpipe and exhaust system. After the work done by Dave in Performance Autowerks, Cobalt SS Matt produces 442 horsepower at 6,200 rev / min, which is more than enough to beat the increasingly popular front-wheel drive compact sports cars.
GM equips SS Turbo is already a serious plant the Brembo brakes, so this part of the car, Matt decided not to touch it, but for a better grip, he set tires Bridgestone RE-11s, has a special technology used in the creation of racing tires. In addition, it was established and Pedders spring strut as well as a bunch of „goodies“ from Powell Raceshop, including front and rear stabilizer bars.
Most of all, Matt is known for his approach to interior changes. He led on the dashboard of the three new sensor Aeroforce Inteceptor, which show more than 100 different parameters.
In addition, he was replaced by a new instrument panel, made Black Cat Custom. Now, he can change the color of devices, one of which is affixed his name Omiotek.
As for color, then Matt decided to abandon the bright colors. He opted for black, only adding to it in several places in red: it strips on wheels 18-inch wheels MSR 045, the front of the car design for mounting the towing hook and the rear lights, but their tone was very relaxed. Matt did they tint, which is very impressive look, coupled with rear tinted glass and the color of the car.
Opening the car, immediately catches the eye, Matt removed the backseat WERKS, along with a darkened interior trim and upholstery of the ceiling.
Inside Matt chairs set JDM Recaro, which complemented her red stitching the use of colors in the design of the car. It crowned the interior of the Cobalt.
According to Matt, most people would never have thought that Cobalt has a solid rigid suspension and comes with turbo and brakes Brembo. Finalize your car Omiotek wanted to show the EVO and STI owners that car like Chevrolet Cobalt, may be subject to serious tuning and Cobalt SS Turbocharged able to show a good result.
Opening the car, immediately catches the eye, Matt removed the backseat WERKS, along with a darkened interior trim and upholstery of the ceiling.
Inside Matt chairs set JDM Recaro, which complemented her red stitching the use of colors in the design of the car. It crowned the interior of the Cobalt.
According to Matt, most people would never have thought that Cobalt has a solid rigid suspension and comes with turbo and brakes Brembo. Finalize your car Omiotek wanted to show the EVO and STI owners that car like Chevrolet Cobalt, may be subject to serious tuning and Cobalt SS Turbocharged able to show a good result.
2007 Chevrolet Cobalt SS: budget car is capable to surprise
He went on for a long time the Japanese sports cars, but nowadays Brian Higgins opted Chevy Cobalt SS.
Brian Higgins is a true fan of the compact sports car, the list of his former car pretty impressive and proves his devotion to a particular technique. He was the owner of the Mark II Toyota Supra, which drove the quarter mile in 13.8 seconds, and then he reached the result 11.83 and speed 118 miles per output in 2000 driving a Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX. His next car was a Datsun 280Z in 1976, which he bought in 2006. But a year later in his hands was at that time a brand new Chevy Cobalt SS, and started a real transformation of the Chevy.
His choice may seem strange, but Brian had a great experience of street driving and knew that it was chosen. «One day, my friend, the owner of the Cobalt SS with a simple Stage 2, stopped next to me at the traffic lights. I looked at him and realized what I want. I looked Cobaltss.net website to see what they do with these cars undervalued. Pretty soon I found a car that was looking for and spent a few test drives. I immediately after the purchase has decided to try it in the case. It was on St. Patrick's Day, on that Sunday, I drove the quarter mile in 14.6 seconds and had a 97 miles / hour output. It was not bad for a stock car that immediately after this was sent to the dealer for installation of Stage 2. „
From that moment began the history of vehicle adaptations for daily use, the system was installed intake K & N, tailor-made down-pipe and a 3-inch exhaust system Vibrant. Then Brian got another Snow Performance injection system, but it lacked several important parts. Brian Hobbs picked up a switch, relay, wiring and made a real noise in his garage until all connected.
By setting details for Stage 2 injectors and by GM's, Brian set up the computer to a safe ratio of air to fuel, which in total gave him 273 horse power power and torque 344 Nm. In this state, the car stayed only a few months, Higgins wanted to continue improving it.
„The first thing I found turbocharging Smooth Flow 2.9 „“, which significantly affected the dynamics and torque. Having made the first steps, I realized that it is much more important to achieve efficiency, and not just to „feed“ the engine for boost. So I decided to install Supertech valves, springs and custom-made the HKS cams, and power increased to 291 hp But at the same time I was able to take your car to a new level, it raises a smile and admiration of the people. With the help of local tyuningovschika Honda / EVO, I was able to customize the operation of the engine at idle and solve problems with the ignition timing. „
Having dealt among a large number of tuning variations that add speed, Brian could no longer stop. It replaced the conventional cams sports from GM Racing LSJ and set blouer Harrop. Power increased to 342 hp. But the factory lifters could not cope with racing GM Racing, I had to put back to stock cams and make a thorough reconfiguration of the car. As a result, the peak power increased to 352 horsepower and 417 Nm of torque.
But Brian wanted to get the car not only more power and performance, but also turn it into stritkar, which can be equally comfortable feel on the race track, and when driving in the country. To achieve this goal difficult to achieve, Brian installed a number of suspension and brake upgrades. Among them were the spring SSC, dampers SS / TC and one-inch rear anti-roll bars PRS / OTTP. Regarding the braking system, Matt replaced Brembo racing brakes on Wilwood 570, installed new brake hoses and put the Hawk HP Plus pads.
For all this, Brian even sold his dregovy Datsun 240Z, and now he is another true „kobaltoman“, which no other car is not able to divert. And it is likely that he has something else will change in the future in their already unique car.
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Brian Higgins is a true fan of the compact sports car, the list of his former car pretty impressive and proves his devotion to a particular technique. He was the owner of the Mark II Toyota Supra, which drove the quarter mile in 13.8 seconds, and then he reached the result 11.83 and speed 118 miles per output in 2000 driving a Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX. His next car was a Datsun 280Z in 1976, which he bought in 2006. But a year later in his hands was at that time a brand new Chevy Cobalt SS, and started a real transformation of the Chevy.
His choice may seem strange, but Brian had a great experience of street driving and knew that it was chosen. «One day, my friend, the owner of the Cobalt SS with a simple Stage 2, stopped next to me at the traffic lights. I looked at him and realized what I want. I looked Cobaltss.net website to see what they do with these cars undervalued. Pretty soon I found a car that was looking for and spent a few test drives. I immediately after the purchase has decided to try it in the case. It was on St. Patrick's Day, on that Sunday, I drove the quarter mile in 14.6 seconds and had a 97 miles / hour output. It was not bad for a stock car that immediately after this was sent to the dealer for installation of Stage 2. „
From that moment began the history of vehicle adaptations for daily use, the system was installed intake K & N, tailor-made down-pipe and a 3-inch exhaust system Vibrant. Then Brian got another Snow Performance injection system, but it lacked several important parts. Brian Hobbs picked up a switch, relay, wiring and made a real noise in his garage until all connected.
By setting details for Stage 2 injectors and by GM's, Brian set up the computer to a safe ratio of air to fuel, which in total gave him 273 horse power power and torque 344 Nm. In this state, the car stayed only a few months, Higgins wanted to continue improving it.
„The first thing I found turbocharging Smooth Flow 2.9 „“, which significantly affected the dynamics and torque. Having made the first steps, I realized that it is much more important to achieve efficiency, and not just to „feed“ the engine for boost. So I decided to install Supertech valves, springs and custom-made the HKS cams, and power increased to 291 hp But at the same time I was able to take your car to a new level, it raises a smile and admiration of the people. With the help of local tyuningovschika Honda / EVO, I was able to customize the operation of the engine at idle and solve problems with the ignition timing. „
Having dealt among a large number of tuning variations that add speed, Brian could no longer stop. It replaced the conventional cams sports from GM Racing LSJ and set blouer Harrop. Power increased to 342 hp. But the factory lifters could not cope with racing GM Racing, I had to put back to stock cams and make a thorough reconfiguration of the car. As a result, the peak power increased to 352 horsepower and 417 Nm of torque.
But Brian wanted to get the car not only more power and performance, but also turn it into stritkar, which can be equally comfortable feel on the race track, and when driving in the country. To achieve this goal difficult to achieve, Brian installed a number of suspension and brake upgrades. Among them were the spring SSC, dampers SS / TC and one-inch rear anti-roll bars PRS / OTTP. Regarding the braking system, Matt replaced Brembo racing brakes on Wilwood 570, installed new brake hoses and put the Hawk HP Plus pads.
For all this, Brian even sold his dregovy Datsun 240Z, and now he is another true „kobaltoman“, which no other car is not able to divert. And it is likely that he has something else will change in the future in their already unique car.
Photo: www.superstreetonline.com and open source
