On Wednesday we posted some data about the amount of Cobalt SS Turbos built and how many were painted in each color. We’ve been hounded by Turbo owners about making that info available for quite some time so we were quite excited to finally get it out to all of you. Of course, when you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to want a glass of milk to drink. Once we posted the year/color match up, we heard questions and comments about factory options like the RPD, Advanced Audio, G85 and just how rare each one of these packages were.

ECOtec-powered vehicles have dominated the FWD Sport Compact Drag Racing scene ever since they first rolled into the NDRA series back in the day. These drag-prepped ECOtecs produce up to 1400hp and literally leave competitors in the dust. All year long, CSI (Charlie Schafer Industries) has been rocking the Mobil 1/Borg Warner Chevy Cobalt at Drag Racing events across the county and spreading the ECOtec love along the way.

There has been a lot of coverage of the Cobalt SS Turbo Stage kits on GMTS lately and for good reason - it's kind of big deal. However, even with all the coverage of the kit, the talk around town from all of you has all been "I want to drive it!" Not ones to let anyone down, GMTS and Bill Duncan, Design System Engineer at GM HPVO, teamed up to get some enthusiasts some seat time in a Stage 1 equipped 2010 Cobalt SS Turbo. Bill was actually so excited to see what fans and current SS Turbo owners would think of the kit, that he went out this past weekend to several stops in Southern Michigan to see fans reactions and answer questions firsthand.

The Cobalt Stage 1 Kit is well along its way to being available at a dealer near you. As such, we hear more details weekly that we can then pass on to you, the Cobalt SS Turbo owner and fan. If you are the lucky owner one of these turbocharged monsters, you’ll be able to run out and buy the new Stage 1 kit from a GMPP dealer and instantly add 20hp and 60lb.-ft of torque to your Cobalt and keep your full factory warranty intact. In addition to the added power, the kit serves as the gateway mod for the Cobalt and will disable the “learn down feature” of the stock PCM. This nifty feature allows your Cobalt to fully utilize any other modifications (intake, header, exhaust, downpipe, etc) that you’ve may have or wish to add in the future – making your dream 350hp Cobalt a very close reality.

It's all Cobalt all the time here lately at GMTS! Well we just received a small update and in our true form of releasing info as soon as we get it in, here we go. It comes direct from deep inside as we now have confirmation that there is a Cobalt LNF running around town with the infamous stage 1 kit on it. We just got a call from a friend that was driving the car and pulled over on the side of the road and he seemed a little out of breath.

The LNF Turbo Upgrade Kit for the Cobalt SS Turbo is going to bring the Cobalt SS into a whole new arena in terms of performance and power output and is the only upgrade available to enthusiasts that want to retain their factory warranty. In addition, GM wants to make sure that regardless of which one of the 50 United States you live in, that you will be able to enjoy this new upgrade. That ability comes via the form of a CARB EO approval and is the main hurdle that the team in charge of the upgrade has to deal with to bring this upgrade to all enthusiasts across the country.

Pro FWD driver Jason Hunt and I were privileged to be invited to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America induction ceremony here in Detroit Wednesday night.

The May issue of Super Street Magazine has a great feature on Marty Ladwig and his Chevy Cobalt racecar. Marty is a pioneer when it comes to Chevy Sport Compact Racing and is being recognized for not only that, but his incredible consistency on the track year in and year out! The story highlights Marty in a great way.

 There is always room for improvement and Gardella Racing is no exception to this rule. Once the team got back from the first NHRA event at Moroso we sat down to talk about the improvements that needed to be addressed before the next event in Virgina.

Even detuned, the Chevy Cobalt's stock, 2.0L I4 turbo motor provided stiff competition during an exciting weekend of racing in Daytona Beach.