My Cobalt/doner

[kain35m]

I have a 2006 Cobalt SS Supercharged. It's been with me through many ups and downs and has been upgraded from 215whp when I first bought it, to ~300 whp in its current state. (ported SC, 2.7 pulley, dual pass, intake, midlength header, custom exhaust, 80# injectors, 2 steps colder plugs, and tuned on E85. Tranny mounts and suspension too, but that's for better launches, not for power)

It is an incredibly fun car and I've been looking for a while for the next evolution along the journey. I think the goblin will be a positive move for my machine.

We have other vehicles and the Cobalt is mostly just sitting now. And I live in Houston, where you are slow if you have less than 500 to the wheels. The Cobalt was kind of a big fish in the little pond where I built it. Which was Ogden, Utah. You were the king with 300hp. Now, my car is more of a "cool to have around" car that everyone loves to see, but once they've seen it, "meh".

I have two little girls and I would love to have them help me with a project like this. Plus, they loooove to go fast! Lol.

And I definitely want to turn this thing into a track-ready machine. I would love to give feedback to the goblin production crew and owners on how to make it even better. I'd love to show videos on this forum with how my goblin did on track day. I can't wait to see a race-prepared Camaro wiggling it's tail about trying not to let me pass.

Yes, I've got big dreams for the goblin. But I can't buy one yet because my wife and I are trying to buy a house first. Once we do, though, the goblin is the next big project. You guys have to stay busy until then, please! Let me know what I can do because I really want to build one of these!

I'm posting this from my phone and it won't let me post a picture, I'll get one up on here as soon as possible. I'm also kain35m on cobaltss.net so you can see my car there.

 

[Adam]

Hi kain,

Thanks for introducing yourself. I checked out some of your pics on cobaltss.net. Your SS is very nice, but I think it weighs about twice as much as it needs to and the engine is on the wrong end of the car.

I don't know if you noticed, but we are located just south of Dallas. After the holidays you should make a trip up here to check out the prototypes and the shop. Just send me a PM or email me to let me know when you want to come.

Forum member JayNess is building a supercharged Goblin with the track frame. You should keep an eye out for his build log since it will be very much like yours.

 

[kain35m]

Adam, I've spoken to you once over the phone. I do want to get up there and visit. Do you guys have a track facility for testing? I'd love to see how my current Cobalt fares against it's own future. Lol.

My current goal is to start the build this year and have it ready for Texas 2k in 2017. There was a cobalt in the 2k this year, it seems. I'd love to put them to shame

We'll see how plans go as the year progresses. For now, keep kicking butt. I'd love to see videos of anyone's build progress. I'll try to put some up once I start mine too.

 

[Adam]

We don't really have a way to test here at the shop. The road course we tested at is over an hour from us.

We are recording a time lapse of the three cars we are building in-house. I'm not sure when I will upload that but I'll share it here on the forum.

Feel free to come up any time. We are always at the shop.