SPONSORED CHEVY COBALT SS RECARO SHOW CAR! WITH POWER!
Listed is my project of 3 years, my 2006 cobalt show car. fully loaded with every factory option including XM and onstar.... and a limited package called G85 which includes limited production Recaro Racing seats, and a limited slip diff transmission upgrade over the other SS cobalts. The car is factory supercharged but has been modified up and over that. car has only 11,000 miles on it... but 3,000 on motor!
Motor and Power Adders:
in this car is a 2.0L ecotec FI motor. Purchased it when the car had around 7-8,000 miles on it. The new engine (From Crate Engine Depot- a GM new engine sales store) was torn down and went through a very extensive build. The Pistons were replaced with Diamond Pistons forged and coated pistons. Locking the pistons to the Forged rods are a heavy duty set of Performance Pins and locks. ARP made a custom Rod bolt design just for our build to fasten the rods to the forged crank. I swapped out the factory balance shafts that limit the car down 15 hp and hold the car back from being able to safely run over 6,000RPMs. Also the oil pump gear was swapped out for a hardened gear to ensure saftey at high rpm. Moving up to the head we ported and polished the intake and exhaust ports, and opened up the cylinder dome on the head adding a little bit more cubic inch. The valve springs had to go to make room for the new cam (272 duration) that we had custom grinded. the new valve springs are made by supertech and are dual coil springs. that also made the car able to run much higher RPMs. The supercharger was then ported out and got a 2.6 pulley and placed back on the motor along with the intake manifold. We upgrade the SC cooling system to a double cooler set up mounting a front mount on the car. The fuel system was alos upgraded and 60# siemens injectors were dropped in. It has a fujita cold air intake and a full catless custom exhaust set up. Tuned with HPtuners on dyno. Runs 20-25 psi. Also has snow performance stage 2 methanol injection.
new engine has only 3,000 miles
The motor build costed $8,000
The Transmission was also built up with Centerforce DFX race clutch and light flywheel. it still has the factory upgraded trans with LSD. I put stage 2 racing Axles made by the Drive shaft shop.
Trans work costed around $3,500
The Suspension:
Eibach Sport line springs
TTR rear swap bar
DC Sports upper strut bar
GM Performance Tie rod and upgraded end links
Camber kit (front)
custom built struts
Total cost on suspension $1,000
Brakes & wheels:
Upgraded Slotted rotors new pads ($400)
19" ADR rims ($1000)
Lexani tires ($800)
Body work and Exterior:
Custom one of a kind front and rear bump I CUSTOM BUILT! with RK Sport side skirts. Custom paint job and trhe upgraded front grill.
all the body work costed $10,000
The Interior:
The front seat are the factory limited edition Recaro seats. the rear seats were built to match the front recaro seat.... also converting the rear seating from 3 seat rear bench it is now 2 single sets.... making it the only known 4 seater cobalt (that i know of). It has a Hurst Short shifter and all 6 interior speakers were upgraded to Pioneer Premier speaker totaling to about 1,500 watts of sound on the inside of the car.
interior cost $3,500
Trunk:
has 2 MTX Square compatition series speakers in a high quility MTX box that costs $600. then the trunk was modified to make the trunk a complete custom audio system with stobe lights and red lighting and custom amp rack.
in trunk $2,000
Car also has many more mods such as interior glow, under glow, HID kits and more
PUBLICATIONS!
Car has been in:
8 HIN shows all around the midwest
At chicago Autoshow on display with chevy
Several local autoshows
In Modified car mag
On TV! Speed channel!
In a few calanders and has been made as a poster that sold online
The car has been to 4 events with Chevy. The car is well liked by the midwest GM reps and GM marketing guys for the midwest. They payed to send me to minniapolis for a huge show to be on display with them. thats when the car made it on TV. They also sent me to the Chicago Auto Show and had my car on display with the new Chevys.... and they sent me around to 2 other shows in the chicagoland area to be on display with them.
