V1 LeoZug's Montana Street Goblin - '05 Cobalt SS donor

[Rttoys]

With any electrical glitch on these cars, always start with wiring.

 

[Leo Zugner]

That makes sense for sure. Does the power steering have a fuse in the rear or some kind of element in the BCM? a relay maybe?

 

[Rttoys]

I think this is the main feed?

 

[Leo Zugner]

ok. It's weird. Everything else seemed fine.

 

[Rttoys]

Exactly

 

[Leo Zugner]

Haven't posted in a long time. Car is "done", registered, insured and back on the road for the spring. Have had a blast driving it around town, been to some cars n coffee, had some little issues and some bigger ones, but over all been a blast. some pics of the car and some little project parts that i had fun making.

 

[Rauq]

I would love to see more of the brake ducts and the splitter if you've got anything to share.

 

[comegetjoe]

I would love to see more of the brake ducts and the splitter if you've got anything to share.

Brake ducts can lead to knuckle mounted lights, just sayin'

 

[Leo Zugner]

I would love to see more of the brake ducts and the splitter if you've got anything to share.

Will do. I’ll post some shots today.

 

[Leo Zugner]

So here are some shots of my winter projects:
Rear view camera screen sun shield
Front brake scoops
Rear “diffuser” to cover the subframe
Side panels to keep debris out of the footwels
Dashboard
Bose speaker holder
Rear wing made out the old cobalt wing. Designed and ordered uprights and wing mounts from send-cut-send
Engine cover vents
Front splitter

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Nice! The vents in the engine cover add a great visual, very stylish. And the canards are really nice too.

 

[Leo Zugner]

Thanks. The vents on the engine cover are inspired by the McLaren f1. I always loved those.

 

[Rttoys]

I’m dig’n the splitter and exhaust.

 

[Robinjo]

I’m dig’n the splitter and exhaust.

Yeah, the exhaust caught my eye out of all of it. The other items are really nice too.

 

[Leo Zugner]

Yeah, the exhaust caught my eye out of all of it. The other items are really nice too.

Thanks. I knew I wanted a dual tip exhaust. It’s actually a jeep muffler. I had to get a new header cuz the old manifold was cracked, welded, and recracked. My buddy and I made the new pipe to run from the header to the muffler. Then made new tips to be symmetrical with the frame.

 

[OptimizePrime]

Some really nice details on this one.

Tell me more about the material and process used for forming the front splitter and other pieces.

Are the brake scoops the same material or made out of metal? How did you make these?

 

[Leo Zugner]

Some really nice details on this one.

Tell me more about the material and process used for forming the front splitter and other pieces.

Are the brake scoops the same material or made out of metal? How did you make these?

Thanks a bunch!

For the front and rear "aero", I designed the shapes I wanted in Illustrator and lasered the flat parts out of ABS ( I think) then used a heat bender to make the angled parts. Then just used machine screws to go through the body with nuts on the back side. The panels on the side were a similar process but I used to the bent plastic as a mold. I laid fiberglass, composite foam core, and then chopped carbon fiber to make the actual panel. Then ditched the plastic. These work well to keep wind, rocks, and water out of the foot wells.

The rear wing is actually the wing from the cobalt. I took off the stock uprights and lasered out new endplates from the same plastic. I designed the new uprights in Illustrator and had Send-Cut-Send cut them out. Then bonded them to the wind with fiberglass. Its actually a two part upright so I can separate the wing from them if need be.

The front brake scoops were made with the same plastic mold method i used for the side panels. I going to remake them though now that I've learned a bit. The ones in the pic are a little sloppy for my taste.

 

[Leo Zugner]

Hi everyone. So I bought a oil filter socket (32mm x stumpy) and tested it on the oil filter cap. I immediately dropped it and it's now sitting somewhere on the engine. I can't find it for the life of me. I've got under the car, used flashlights, reached in, etc. Any thoughts on where it might be sitting or a way to grab it? I'm gonna take off the intake tube next to maybe be able to see a little better.

 

[Rttoys]

It’s in the land of 10mm sockets now. Go ahead and say goodbye.

Small flexible magnet is your friend. It’s probably wedged behind the oil filter housing.

 

[Leo Zugner]

It’s in the land of 10mm sockets now. Go ahead and say goodbye.

Small flexible magnet is your friend. It’s probably wedged behind the oil filter housing.

OK. I sort of figured. I thought about a magnet but it's an aluminum socket. Don't think it'll cause any issues living there? I'll make some sort of tether for the next attempt.