2011 GT vs. Cobalt SS

red1999cobra said:

wow, to run with a 5.0 that thing was nowhere near stock.

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The Cobalt had a blow off valve, so it had some work. That should make the OP feel good.

A friend of mine with a Cobalt SS turbo was running 13.7's stock.

He did a tune and raised the boost, changed the intake and did what he called an up pipe and a down pipe. Still stock turbo, less than $1000 in mods. With drag slicks he'll run low 12's at 113 mph. On street tires it varies because of traction, but he gets 12.7-13.2 in the 111-113 range.

Redrocket9.0 said:

We ARE talking about that little economy girl car that chebby makes right?? Next time that happens, you should stop him and verify that he actually has a cold fusion rocketship propultion system with a rwd conversion, because that is what it SHOULD take for a gaybalt to take a mustang. IMHO.

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cobalt's are fwd.

darkwaterdiver said:

He was implying that the only way a Cobalt should ever have a chance against a Mustang was for it to have a rear wheel drive conversion and be powered by nuclear reaction. I thought it was pretty funny myself.

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What's really funny is the Cobalt SS TC laps the Nurburgring in 8:22.85, which is only 2 seconds behind a Camaro SS. It's faster than a 2010 Mustang GT, a Lotus Exige and a Porsche Cayman S. It's faster than a Ford Focus RS, Mitsubishi Evo VI, VII, VIII and IX. It's even faster than a C5 Corvette. They didn't have a lap time for the 5.0 listed yet, but I'd bet the 5.0 would be within a second or two of the Camaro SS which would be within spitting distance of the little Cobalt. The cobalt holds the record for the fastest front drive car on the Nurburgring.

Motor Trend got a 4.9 0-60 and a 13.5 1/4 mile for the 2010 Mustang GT. They got a 5.3 0-60 and a 13.8 1/4 mile at 102.5 for the Cobalt.

The Cobalt also lapped Sebring faster than a 2009 Imprezza WRX and a 2009 Mitsubishi EVO MR in their road test.

The Cobalt has Brembo brakes as standard equipment.

With a Chevy stage 2 kit that bumps up the boost and changes tuning, it runs mid 13 second 1/4 miles, just like a 2010 Mustang GT Track Pack.

I think the funny thing is people don't take the car seriously. :grinroll:

Tonight I seen the kid who has the Cobalt so I asked him whats done to it?All he said was "stage 3" and then one of his friends asks if I want to race his 91 Civic, I just said NO I don't like to street race but if someone is messing around I'll go for it. So they went off to race a GTI Jetta with the Civic..

fergyflyer said:

What's really funny is the Cobalt SS TC laps the Nurburgring in 8:22.85, which is only 2 seconds behind a Camaro SS. It's faster than a 2010 Mustang GT, a Lotus Exige and a Porsche Cayman S. It's faster than a Ford Focus RS, Mitsubishi Evo VI, VII, VIII and IX. It's even faster than a C5 Corvette. They didn't have a lap time for the 5.0 listed yet, but I'd bet the 5.0 would be within a second or two of the Camaro SS which would be within spitting distance of the little Cobalt. The cobalt holds the record for the fastest front drive car on the Nurburgring.

Motor Trend got a 4.9 0-60 and a 13.5 1/4 mile for the 2010 Mustang GT. They got a 5.3 0-60 and a 13.8 1/4 mile at 102.5 for the Cobalt.

The Cobalt also lapped Sebring faster than a 2009 Imprezza WRX and a 2009 Mitsubishi EVO MR in their road test.

The Cobalt has Brembo brakes as standard equipment.

With a Chevy stage 2 kit that bumps up the boost and changes tuning, it runs mid 13 second 1/4 miles, just like a 2010 Mustang GT Track Pack.

I think the funny thing is people don't take the car seriously. :grinroll:

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they are nice cars. If i wanted another car it would be one, turbo of course

Hm. Well, although I will admit that I'm impressed by the performance stats, and a little curious why ford allows itself to be outdone, I would never own a cobalt. Not only because it would be the most heinous blasphemous act I've ever committed, but because the one my girlfriend has is the cheapest waste of tin I've ever driven. I drive a fusion, so its not like I'm accustomed to the build quality of a bentley or something, and its night and day. The cobalt feels like its ready to start falling apart at any moment. Its like the saying goes. You can polish (or turbocharge) a turd all you want, but its always going to be a turd. Even my old 93 escort gt felt more solid than them. So unless the ss is a completely different car that just looks like the base model, I still stand by my opinion that they are crap. Just fast crap apparently :bigthumbsup im sorry to go off on a gaybalt bashing tangent, I just don't like em. P.S. I personally doubt that it was a standard SS/TC than ran that time on the nurburgring. Guessing it was one of the lv 2 or 3 ones. Ill look into and will correct myself if necessary.

Redrocket9.0 said:

We ARE talking about that little economy girl car that chebby makes right?? Next time that happens, you should stop him and verify that he actually has a cold fusion rocketship propultion system with a rwd conversion, because that is what it SHOULD take for a gaybalt to take a mustang. IMHO.

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You do realize with a maxed out stock turbo, catless exhaust, better IC and intake your typical SS/TC will be a challenge for a bolt-on 5.0 or maxed out stock internal 4.6.
And that even the SS/SC's can do the same?
Maybe know more about what you're talking about next time?

stang racer said:

stickin up fer cobalts vash ur hard up fer an argument today

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Nah just got bored and figured I'd check my favorite forum for reading things ignorant people say.
And since when is pointing out that a car someone bashes could easily drag them silly sticking up for anything? And not pointing out reality?