A 600HP Chevy Cobalt SS is a Type R's Worst Nightmare
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- čas přidán 28. 11. 2022
- ZZperformance who has mastered the Ecotec engine platform was kind enough to throw me the keys to "SNOBALT" - a 600WHP front wheel drive monster that would even make a Dodge Neon SRT-4 blush. After driving a Chevy Cobalt SS with ZZperformance bolt ons as well as the Saturn Ion Redline - I figured we could take this platform to the limit and see just how great the ecotec is when you have a blank check. So let's go for a drive and see just how gnarly this beast is.
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This thing was a rumble strip hunter.
in 3rd gear you should have 3/4 pedal it then 700rpm before redline floor the gas, half a second later flat foot shift the 4th 😉
just wait. I'm putting this engine (though not as tuned) into my saab 9-5 wagon. once I prove i can get it running and driving im getting zzp parts for it heh.
So weird seeing you driving a car I used to see all the time. My dad used to be a mechanic for zzp
@@mizinoinovermyhead.7523 Or go the easy route and get urself an early SAAB B234 Longblock..
@@jesperviktorsson8027 nah already have the lnf and the f35 transmission is already in the car.
So this is what maxing out the Cobalt in Most Wanted looks like in real like.
Lmao I was just about to make a similar comment because I beat the game with one when I was a kid 🤣
That cobalt SS was the first and only car you needed to beat that game. It was majestic. I also had one IRL but was too poor to mod it. I regret parting with it.
@@YoursTrulyMew You ain't the only one. Beat the game and then start a new game with all the money you earned by only using a Cobalt.
😂I totally agree !!!
And it's track ready, looks like an endurance car.
Imagine you're at a light in your hellcat and suddenly a cobalt comes up and sends you on a one way trip to gapplebees. This is why car culture is best culture.
He’s like watch this I’m gonna smoke this cobalt to his buddy
Lol any modified hellcat would smoke that thing like it didnt existed..if you compare modified car to stock one you havent understood the game yet x)
@@freddykruger1086 cobalt weighs like half of a hellfat
@@BullittKid08 it’s gon be gone by the time that fat ass boat hits the water 💀 aka catch traction
It’ll be a game of who gets traction first.
This is proof you can make absolutely anything look great if you know what your doing
And have the money for it yea its easy
Your definition of “look great” is definitely more a opinion 😂
@@SkarryTerry clearly you aren't into track toys then 🤷🏼
@@Cutthroat__ I mean.. yeah I guess. But something like this can be built over time and honestly, other than going through motors, I'd bet they only have 10-15k into this thing
@@budgetbuilt8838 I am, I know they’re not beating RSX’s, EK/EJ’s, S-Chassis’s, Evo’s and many other JDM time attack beasts, especially at Tsukuba. Not a big fan of how the hood doesn’t flush down, or they left it open.. These are sleepers for sure, but like this, glad it’s a shop car.
Never thought a Chevy Cobalt could look _this_ good
This literally looks like something I would have built in need for speed pro street and I absolutely love it. Wish I had funds for something like this
More like Most wanted
It looks amazing
yup. us men always pick interests we aint got the bread for 🤣 for me its more so car audio. im not so much of a gear head and mainly a basshead, but do appreciate watching this stuff and admire it all. i want a walled off suv on 10s of 1000s of watts but i dont have 1000s of dollars hahaha. one day il get there. gotta be patient. woild be sick to have the thrill of owning a fun car like that for sure. i wonder what its like. never experianced a fast car yet
@@richyoung4051 money is why my main hobby is motorcycles, incredible performance for cheap!! Also fun to tinker with :)
Right? The Cobalt was definitely in my lil "garage" back then lol
Man, I remember wanting a Cobalt SS so badly when I first got my license. They’re just really cool and unexpectedly good driving cars! This one in particular is NUTS!
As a Cobalt SS owner, it's nice to finally see the platform get some attention
manual or automatic ss?
if it was RWD it would probably get more attention
Fiesta ST gang for the win
LT owner here, same!
When you gonna LS swap it?
Bro I love when you do cars of this platform, the cobalt SS is for sure my favorite fwd
Same. The SC model was a joke but the TC model was insane.. lightweight, handled great, etc. wish they made it longer than 2 years or whatever. I just hated the torque steer but I heard there were mods to help that out. My friend bought one and modded it a little bit before he had to sell it but it was a blast while he had it. Interior felt cheap and plasticy but that's to be expected for a Cobalt. I think I still have some old sound clips from when he installed a CAI, the sounds from that were great. Only a DP, CAI + tune and he was making 330+whp.
@@hhaste the supercharged ones are good and can handle a lot of power on stock block it’s actually handles power better than the turbo one when modding them
@@irlredline7965 Old comment, but yes they are often fitted with Saab 9-3SS parts equipped with 2.0 turbo LSJ blocks, called B207.
I've always kinda liked the Cobalt and the SRT4s, smaller cars have been my thing, hence my old 09 mini cooper you reviewed years ago. I've upgraded a bit since then now driving a '19 G70 RWD 3.3t with 450whp and a little over 500 ft-lbs of torque. It's such a comfortable but fast car and even does amazing in the mountains
That torque sure does sound nice
My favorite part is that despite looking and being all out race car it’s still got an interior 👌🏽 attention to detail!
Same. This thing is amazing
Yeah Derek I all about show and go! The whole package indeed!
A 600hp cobalt is any car worst nightmare
As someone who owned a mid 500hp Cobalt, they are far from anyones worst nightmare
Zzp’s shit is insane my 2.0t ATS has 500whp they can make some crazy stuff with under the radar cars like these
@@AZ_CRUISING lol. 500hp is enough to go 7s 60-130mph. That is no doubt someone's worst nightmare.
@J.W. Presents yeah, a bolt on C6Z, congratulations, I suggest you take your 7 sec 60-130 to the dragy forums, theyll drag you like no tomorrow
@@AZ_CRUISING everybody starts somewhere🤷🏻♂️
This video brings a tear to my eye.
You guys built a beast!
This car brings a tear to my d!ck
Love the drum and bass intro. Totally gave me driving games vibes.
The Eaton contract was up, but also Emissions was an issue, and going to the turbo helped clean up Emissions, and helped skew the fleet emissions numbers for Chevy.
As a zzp and ecotec fan I love all the attention they are getting on this channel. Do some more cobalt content!
Hes done quite a bit already. 2 or 3 times now. He can't just keep doing slightly different variations and colors of the same car. He's done a stock/bolt on car with 300hp and a fully built one with 600hp. People can extrapolate between the two videos/cars to figure out whatever else they need
Youngest cobalt ss build...and oldest cobalt ss build🤷🏻♂️🤣 2 different ideas lol
ZZP is always building weird shit and I love it
The legendary Snobalt. That car is a legend in the Ecotec community. I'm proud to say I've seen it in person.
Super underrated platform. Especially the engine. This thing is put together very well. I think they would have sold a shit ton more if it was AWD or RWD. We have a local one that is RWD LS swapped that I see at the track sometimes. Oddest swap I've seen in a while.
The Kappa platform cars with the 2.0T Ecotecs are exactly that. Too bad GM didn’t advertise them so only a small number were sold.
@@nicholaswendt8159 was just about to respond with this. All I could think about during this video was the gxp and redline cars
Gm used the 2.0l or iterations of the 2.0l in many cars after, regal gs, cadillac ats, saab 9-3, solstice gxp, you name it.
Cobalt SS's have a habit of throwing repairs at owners. Fun little cars, but they can get pricey to maintain. My supercharged SS that I had years ago had the most expensive oil change costs of any car I've owned. My Mustang I have now was cheap until the oil issue over the last 2 years, so I can only imagine how bad the SS would have been.
@@joshuakhaos4451 my 09 ss has had very little needed in terms of maintenance. Amd my oil change is mobil 1 full synthetic so i buy the good stuff, but when you want a car to run for a long time you take care of it.
I always wanted a Cobalt SS after Need For Speed had it as a beginner car. I kept that thing until it was basically impossible to win lol. The one car GM never built was the Chevy Cruze SS. The Cheverolet racing Team dominated overseas with 1,2,3 finishes for years.
Back in 2013 I had a bolt on trifecta tuned cruze. It was never dyno'd but on a back road it was very fast for a tiny 1.4. I probably had the only gutted chevy cruze in existence back then, good times LOL. I always wished there was an SS cruze but it makes sense they never built one considering the cobalt SS didn't sell well and they probably would have had to charge 25k plus for an SS version(I paid about 16k for my eco brand new).
Shame they didn’t do anything with the cruz it’s actually a good car
You are so right. Those Cruzes overseas were amazing and dominated!
I remember bringing it with me to the end! Upgrades are a godsend.
@@spcnearyI have a bolt on tuned 2.0 regal I love it lol
As a Grand Rapids native I was having more fun identifying exactly where you were driving and the route you were taking then the car itself I see snobalt almost everyday going to and from work I already knew it was a monster
Never thought I'd see a Suped up Cobalt SS, I've gotten obsessed with Cobalts ever since I've had my LT this is wicked
what a crazy ass car! i was fortunate enough to meet the owner way back in the day, he's a super cool dude and has probably owned this thing since 2008. its an incredible build.
fell in love with the cobalt when i used to play midnight club la.
car was so satisfying to drive and not much difference in real life.
the proportions are gorgeous and when stage mods fill it up more, it turns into a masterpiece just like this one!!!
I've always wanted a cobalt thanks to nfs most wanted 05. Car had huge potential from the beginning
I always chose this thing back in Need for Speed Most Wanted, the supercharger sounded soo good. Wish we had these things in Australia, very cool car.
Literally fit into the game
Wish we had Holden's here in America, I want a RWD supercharged 3800 so bad
@@sazzyPheox Can't you get 3800s in F Body's? Obviously not supercharged though
@@niko1600 you can get the L36 Naturally aspirated ones, but if you use a FWD supercharger, the intake is on the wrong side, facing the firewall. And if you somehow manage to get a RWD intake that bends back around, the firewall and cowl are too close to the top of the engine that it doesn't fit unless you modify the body, lots of work done. Since the engine sits so far back under the windshield. Some people have supercharged Camaros and firebirds and they're pretty cool!
I’ve actually owned two. They were great little cars, put a ton of miles on both of them over the years and they never quit on me, never left me stranded even once. They’re easy to work on, parts are cheap and even the base model was in the higher end of its class in terms of hp and torque.
I miss pre 2010 GM. So many interesting, affordable cars that actually had personality and weren’t bogged down with unnecessary “tech” (gm LOVES that word) I wouldn’t touch a post 2009 GM with a barge pole
As previously mentioned, the Cobalt SS is a fantastic tuner platform, and they can be made very reliable. They don't get the amount of love and/or street cred they deserve. The HHR could be lumped into the same conversation too. I think you can still find decent examples of them out there, at a non-2022 collector car price. Hardest part, is fine one that's not clapped-out or heavily modified (there are lots of them that were done by owners with different tastes that were well...questionable). This is the same story with a Focus ST or RS, or an oldschool SVT Focus.
I still see some come up for sale with 80k-130k miles that are not clapped out or in need of a restoration. You can still get a nice supercharged or turbo one for 7-12k, I kind of want to dive back into one of these again, but I'd wait for a nice one to show up.
Ive also seen one with 10k miles pop up for sale, but it was basically the sale price when new
Chevy cobalt regular is a really reliable car also
I actually own an '08 HHR SS, mostly stock other than some cosmetic and exhaust stuff. I absolutely love it, though it's definitely getting a bit tired with about 180k. If it weren't for college taking up most of my time/money, there is so much I would love to do to it
"Liv-er-e" also cars you don't expect much from proving you wrong is probably one of my favorite things
David, I’ve a ATS Coupe and been “memorizing” the ZZP tuning webpage and their product lines….. I’m planning of going all out on my Coupe, getting me their stage kits… the big brakes, the suspension and finish it with A decent set of rims…… I’m glad ZZP gave you this beast of a car to showcase!
Love the Cobalt SS content so much David, these cars remind me of my time with mine in my early 20s. So many memories of roadtrips and general stupidity with friends lol.
I'm really getting back into these cars after having been through it with the reliability issues that Cobalt SS's tend to surprise owners with. These cars are so much fun and very different from many other cars you see on the road and at meets.
I’ve been using my cobalt as a daily for 6 years now. I absolutely love it. Only problem I’ve had was a clutch and flywheel replacement bc I serve too many gapatizers. But now that I got my kw service truck I’m putting the cobalt to rest for some time. The snobalt is bananas and it really inspires me as a cobalt owner. 600hp is high for me but I wouldn’t mind 450 to the wheels.
I want to see someone take the motor from a 2012 Impala slap a turbo on it and make it fit in a Cobalt.
@@darksu6947 shit I wanna do to mine so bad. One day hopefully
More recognition from the mitten state 👌 we aren't given enough credit for our car culture. So much testing and development happens here in the auto world. From the makers to the tuners.
I bought a new tint coat red cobalt SS in 06, great car and fun, sold it a couple years later and needed something bigger after my wife was pregnant with our 1st son. Will always have love for the cobalt, I had the SC model but the Turbo model changed the game for that car
My 2007 cobalt is sitting in my driveway right now with the unibody rusting out and the rear axle about to fall off. It's been 240k wonderful miles with the ol' girl. She will be missed.
My 07 LSJ-T cobalt has been sitting about 3 years, I blew the transmission and now doing a 6 speed swap. Ive had it since 2010 right out of highschool. Going to fix it and will be my daughters first car.
Wanna sell it, I don't need the chassis, just that engine and be n number for my goblin project. LSJ-T rules the world. I'm taking the M62 record once my head is finished, and I can get big cams, pandemic issues still.
I'm not kidding when I type this. I've waited since the SS Cobalt was released for some individual to man up and make this. It looks good.
I love ZZP and this shows what they can do. I'm a Wbody guy but I enjoy dealing with this company so much I'm looking for something else they support. Cobalt ss, Ion recline, Cruze, Buick GS, ect. Love this company!!! Congrats ZZP on having the Dude in Blue test/drive one of the beasts. Next Zooms GTP, or Bo's GS please 🙏
@Saucy 345 i agree 🤣
@Saucy 345 im a BNR person myself
@Saucy 345 😂😂😂 who is it that ran a 10.9 in a Sonic, and who is stuck all the way back at 13.4? Who’s made nearly 600whp on the 1.4? Who holds every record in the LTG market? And the Ecotec market? Huh, don’t think it’s BNR….
H-body isn't too different from W-body if you are scared of anything too different 😂 I love my bonneville lol
It doesn't get much easier to make reliable power than the LNF/LHU platform. Factory wideband ECU, easy to tune boost control and since you can use an LT4 HPFP you can push the DI system to 600hp on E85. It is a hell of a capable platform.
What?
@@PeterFeltersnatch852 It's an easy car to tune and make fast. It's always been the cheapest DI 4cyl to get power out of.
@@maxwellhughes7821 4g63T has entered the chat..
@@FordPickUPRed I said Direct Injection 4 cylinders.
@@maxwellhughes7821 dude makin reallll specific accolades lol. great to hear its direct injection, its great theres nothing to think about making more power other than turning up boost 🙂
I own a 05 Cobalt SS and love every min of it. Wish I had more money to make these type of mods and a trustworthy shop to take care of it all. The car was given to me by my brother at my lowest point in my life and i will love this vehicle forever.
So happy to see the cobalt getting the love it always deserved. And it’s cool to see us Michiganders going crazy with the cars !!!!
Wow the intro was amazing. Really grave me 2016 review vibes.
Also I had to read the title a few times lol
It looks and sounds like a TCR race car you can sort of daily. I approve.
ZZP is from my home town Grand Rapids Mi . I remember when they started out specializing in gm 3.8 .
Whoever designed that livery is awesome, it looks seriously good. Eye catching, not obnoxious, ZZP branding, 👌
I remember the Cobalt SS existed back then cause it was in Need For Speed Most Wanted 2005 and it’s always the go-to car that I always start with when I start a new story mode. The only thing I remember about the Cobalt was it was a Supercharger instead of a Turbo in the game. In real life through my childhood, I never saw a Cobalt SS version on the street when I was growing up, but I do see some Cobalt base model versions only. I guess the SS version is kinda rare here in California 🤷♂️
This car totally reminds me of the OG most wanted days 😌
I was always impressed by how well they handle with some good tires
Can't agree more. I have an 09 LNF that is a beast in the corners even with stock size summer tires. I love this build so much, but I think the sweet spot for these cars is 330-350whp. It's very manageable, but much quicker than most people expect.
That intro was so good, I felt like I was choosing a car from Gran Turismo!!
Im looking at a Saturn Sky Redline, same engine but mated to a 5l40 transmission, ZZP has tons of goodies for that platform as well
I had a 2006 Cobalt and really liked it for a compact car, would've loved to have gotten a Cobalt SS. This Cobalt is the Nutzzz
cool music and probably one of the craziest modified chevy cobalt's i have ever seen in any automotive CZcams videos ever no questions asked and cool intro btw dude!!!! it sounds about as loud as an old school rally car and any good ole jdm cars from the early 1990s and early 2000s as well
Always loved ur intro edits and music for the car, dont like cobalts but that one looks great.
Holy mackerel!! Yes yes yes another cobalt video 😍😍😍I'm in love ❤️
Loved it when GM cars broke the 8sec fwd barrier back then with Lisa Kubo driving formerly driving for Honda.
ZZP is such a good company can’t give em nothing but thumbs up, made my HHR LT sound pretty rowdy and shoot little baby flames so no complaints
This car has been around for a minute. I had a Z24 Cavalier with a LE5 2.4L ecotec swapped in it. ZZP gave me the tune for it back in the day.
This is a beautiful car!!! Done so well!!!
This made me want to get a cobalt SS lol this thing is sick!
Just purchased an 09! Loving it!
I've been trying to talk him into bringing this car to Gridlife Track Battle for years lol.
I’ve been waiting for you to review this car lokey. I love zzp; love the cobalt platform. It’s just a great street car all around when done right!
The Cobalt SS was one of my fav cars in NFSMW growing up.
This video itself takes me back to the first FF, nfs prostreet, and the early 2k car scene 🙌🏾
Ahhhhh yes. I dont know how i missed this video, i had waited years for someone to lend you a cobalt to drive.
My '09 ss tc just hit 100k miles finally😭 fixin her up to sell in the next couple months.
I had a 2004 Corsa with the z12xe ecotec (1200cc) engine and even that sounded pretty mean without exhaust although mine was completely stock, it’s a pretty good platform and a reasonable reliable engine and I’ve seen people do some crazy stuff with these cars and motors, I loved that car
Different engines. not related sadly. 1.0, 1.2, 1.4 all the same family but it ends there.
It looks the same but isn’t it the same family as the 1600 and 1800cc engines? I remember they are very different internally
For oddball GM rigs, I'd love to see a feature done of the HHR SS if you could find one, especially a panel wagon version
We got one at zzp!
Or a good sorted LSJ-T redline on here.
Always like that panel van HHR SS. My neighbor had one a few years ago. Very cool unique quick car
When the HHR SS was still pretty new and unknown I knew someone who had a red one with light mods that used to beat up on local mustang gt owners. It was pretty funny people did not see it coming at all.
I want to see a 2012 Impala with a turbo on it.
So happy to see ZZP on here..cobalts all day
that cobalt actually doesnt suck, I am impressed.
Never thought i'd like a Cobalt. This car looks great!
this cobalt really gives off NFS most wanted vibes 🤣🔥
I notice you're at their shop. Hopefully you got to record some of their other shop vehicles while you were out there!
This car and NFS Most Wanted made me love cobalts. Now I have one and I love it. Such a fun car.
My 2009 only has 500hp but I have a ZZP race engine . Car has 10300 original miles
Had a Trailblazer SS that thing was awesome, I miss the hell out of it.
I want one, But damn they held their values and have stayed out of reach
Makes me miss my nitrous powered Sunfire and the Jbod community.
Remember, the ecotec is a relative of the Quad 4 days. If you don't know what the Quad 4 is/was, look up the Oldsmobile Aerotech. I worked as a CNC operator at one of the two shops responsible for making one of the engines. We had it on a display stand (the engine). It was single turbo and made something like 800-900hp on high octane *pump* gas and iirc, 1000-1100hp on methanol.
David, you have to remember my silver Cavalier back in VaBeach. I had that sound before the cobalt! Back when your channel was just starting.
Is that Ryan's Snowbalt??
I would think so lol.
I rewatched this after I noticed how many times he said COLBALT SS. So now it’s a drinking game 😂😂
Really cool seeing you in my home town. How’d you like Grand Rapids ?
Funny enough I went to a cars and coffee this past weekend and found this guy with a 700 hp dodge srt4 made for hpde events. Made me think I wonder if there a cobalt/cavalier or escort/Taurus around this hp and sure enough you post a video lol
So glad that Grand Rapids and ZZP are finally getting recognized in the car world
Makes me want to hunt for a blue Cobalt ss/tc again.
Ive been looking here lately, Im missing the fun I had with my old 05 that I had in my early 20s. I just need a house with a garage
i’ve been waiting for this video my whole life
This thing is f***ing beautiful. Sounds reaaaaally good too!
FYI David, this car has Camaro ZL1 Brembos on it. Definitely not the stock Cobalt Brembos that you seemed to think it had. Also, that bumper is custom. INGS didn't actually make a Cobalt bumper. The lower half is from a DC5 RSX/Integra.
The big brake kit from ZZP is actually Cadillac brakes and that diffuser is from aeroworks and not an integra fyi
@Phillip Rodarte This specific car has ZL1 brakes. They literally still say ZL1 on them. And the BUMPER, not diffuser, is a custom piece made using an INGS DC5 Integra bumper.
@@BUFFALO-PHIL626 Hey man, so the 14.5 brake kit can use V brakes, but the 5th gen Camaro ZL1 share the same calipers. I have ZL1 brakes on mine. And the rear diffuser is custom made from "Functionality +". The body stuff is from a DC5, modded to work with the cobalt. :)
@@ryanderrick656 damn that's crazy af it looks like all the stuff from aeroworks lol. And that conversion for zl1 brakes is that usual over the Cadillac brakes???
@@BUFFALO-PHIL626 Yeah the Aerowerks stuff looks WAY different than mine. its made for a stock body cobalt. Its not usual, but there are a few out there.
So with it being a zzp car, did they also let you do a sssc? the tcs are cool, but the sc just has a very cool sound.
Derrick used to have a SC but he upgraded to a TC
He recently did a blower Ion Redline, we didn't have him drive any blower cars while he was here, but he's got some other sweet reviews coming.
I am in love with this car... The cobalt has always been one of my favorite cars
thank you OPEL Z20 motors always slap
Different engines
I love it!! I have an 05 ss and these cars are so much fun. Worth the buy but now prices are going to start going up 🤣
Damn ryans shit nice
Love the way my cobalt sounds and the looks I get when the younger gen sees a real life hot wheel ❤
Had at least one cobalt for 13 years. Seen this thing up close at Tail of the Dragon in 18. The things people sleep on I tell you
I have a base model 06 grand prix that I'm planning on modding through zzp(I'm only a college student so broke boy status at the moment. ) so it feels good seeing you drive this car.
Are base model grand prixs even superchargerd
@@dangernoodle2020 no they are not. Doesn't mean you can't add one though
@@dangernoodle2020 That's what turbo kits are for
Fellow college student here, being broke sucks😂 I've got a bonneville w zzp goodies on it, make sure you get the equalizer (unless you go turbo). It's expensive, but worth it for the sound
@@ethanvink1710 honestly I wanna go NA
Love the American 4 cylinder forced induction cars, especially the Cobalt SS.
Also anyone know the intro song/music? Ty.
Really sweet intro, would love to know the name of the song also
Lol you drove by my house in the video. Nice!!
I’m currently touge building my cobalt. It performs surprisingly well around corners when it’s stripped. I may even rally build it as it’s thrilling to drift high speed corners on snow and gravel
Never mind i know it is lol
A mechanic I used to work with put this similar engine setup in a Baja Bug he built, it was stupid fast and would pull the front wheels on a hard launch. This car was immaculate, even every single bolt was treated or coated.
I've got a s257 6spd HHR SS. Love this platform
I always forget such a local shop does such wilds stuff. Grand Rapids is crazy