Z vs. Cobalt SS??
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From: Northridge/Canoga Park, SOCAL
Originally Posted by VeeTec
Stock 07 Z versus modified Cobalt SS, with pulley, intake, exhaust, programmer, etc.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=czHbeF9-qZo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=czHbeF9-qZo
that cobalt didnt even put up a fight!
Originally Posted by 280z/300zx
Well a simple stage I upgrade for a couple hundred bucks will increase the cobalt from 205hp to 236. Step up to stage II for not too much more money and you'll get 241hp. Intake and exhuast should be good for another 10hp. So stock no he wouldn't have taken you, stage I or II it would have been a toss up, if he has other bolt ons like the intake and exhuast he could very easily have a chance at walking your 350z. Now in a drag race the 350z should have the advantage simply due to it being RWD; but he was talking about a rolling start on the hwy
People rag on the 4cyl FI cars out there but you have to realize that stock they aren't far off from the 350z and secondly it takes very little money to make them faster than the 350z. Thats why I'm surprised Nissan hasn't made a 20k FI 4cyl car instead of the SE-R. While the SE-R isn't bad it can't compete with the likes of the SRT-4, cobalt SS, and WRX. Hopefully he'll show at the track and you can tell us the outcome
People rag on the 4cyl FI cars out there but you have to realize that stock they aren't far off from the 350z and secondly it takes very little money to make them faster than the 350z. Thats why I'm surprised Nissan hasn't made a 20k FI 4cyl car instead of the SE-R. While the SE-R isn't bad it can't compete with the likes of the SRT-4, cobalt SS, and WRX. Hopefully he'll show at the track and you can tell us the outcome
Originally Posted by nareg
what about the evo
David just about hit it on the head... but the most important thing to not underestimate is the driver.
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Originally Posted by Zilvia
evo and sti FTW......
+1. I was looking really hard at an STI before I bought my Z. I want one bad, but the dealers weren't wanting to work with me on pricing so I said **** it and bought a Z.
Originally Posted by S8ER95Z
FWD = bad 60fts.... they can and have run low 14s...but they trap 101+ mph depending.... from a roll against a stock Z I think it would be a very close race.
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From: Quad Cities
Originally Posted by VitViper
No. Stock Cobalts trap high 98's, and won't pull any year Z from a roll or a dig. Z will walk it, no problem.
Originally Posted by S8ER95Z
You're right...I've seen a few trap 100 ~ 101 at cordova but come to think of it no one was above that and a few were in the 90s...
And what are we comparing? Street tire vs street tire? If you take a 03-06 Z with street tires vs a Cobalt on DR's then sure, from a dig it might be close (Z still wins tho). From a roll? The cobalt has a very peaky powerband -- Z pulls no problem.
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From: Anniston, Al.
A friend has a gm stage 2 kit, intake and exhuast. From a roll it's me with a car from 40 kick(n/a with drop in filter, y pipe, spacer and test pipes)... at the drag strip he runs 13.7-14.2 from 100-103mph.
Originally Posted by 280z/300zx
Well a simple stage I upgrade for a couple hundred bucks will increase the cobalt from 205hp to 236. Step up to stage II for not too much more money and you'll get 241hp. Intake and exhuast should be good for another 10hp. So stock no he wouldn't have taken you, stage I or II it would have been a toss up, if he has other bolt ons like the intake and exhuast he could very easily have a chance at walking your 350z. Now in a drag race the 350z should have the advantage simply due to it being RWD; but he was talking about a rolling start on the hwy
People rag on the 4cyl FI cars out there but you have to realize that stock they aren't far off from the 350z and secondly it takes very little money to make them faster than the 350z. Thats why I'm surprised Nissan hasn't made a 20k FI 4cyl car instead of the SE-R. While the SE-R isn't bad it can't compete with the likes of the SRT-4, cobalt SS, and WRX. Hopefully he'll show at the track and you can tell us the outcome
People rag on the 4cyl FI cars out there but you have to realize that stock they aren't far off from the 350z and secondly it takes very little money to make them faster than the 350z. Thats why I'm surprised Nissan hasn't made a 20k FI 4cyl car instead of the SE-R. While the SE-R isn't bad it can't compete with the likes of the SRT-4, cobalt SS, and WRX. Hopefully he'll show at the track and you can tell us the outcome
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I'm sorry this thread is just ironic to me. When my car was in to get me assist cylinder on the clutch, they gave me an AT cobalt, tho not an ss. I was soooooooooooooooo pissed. But after driving that and reading this I dont see wtd GM could do to make it feel like a sportscar, even a sports sedan at that.
I kissed my Z when I finally got it back. Never fail people want to **** with you when your in the rental and not in your super doper sportscar.
I kissed my Z when I finally got it back. Never fail people want to **** with you when your in the rental and not in your super doper sportscar.
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GM Performance makes stages of upgrades for it... I've got a friend with one, and I've ridden in it. He had a stage two upgrade, whatever's involved with that. It was less than satisfying. My Z would kill it any day.
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