All calibration work has been finished on the Stage 1 kit and all necessary paper work has been submitted to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for certification as you all know. The CARB timing is such that the certification process could be as fast as 30 days with the average time for certification occurring between 60 and 90 days. With the current state of affairs in California though, we’re not taking any bets. On the GM side of things, once the Executive Order (EO) is issued from CARB there will be a two week lead time to get the emission certification sticker, which will be included with the upgrade, updated with the number and ready to be put into kits to go out to owners nationwide.

Stage 1 is almost here - we can taste the rubber. As a purely speculative release date based on the info we received, it looks like we're looking at a mid-September release date but it still sits in the hands of CARB. We also apologize for the lack of an official release date; we are at the mercy of another party but once GM receives final from CARB this kit will be moved out the doors very quickly. GM wants to put this kit into Cobalt SS owner's hands immediately and with processes outside of GM being responsible for the kits actual release date, it would be unfair to choose an arbitrary release date that would possibly hold up the kit for release if things over in CA move along faster than anticipated.

As always, we'll bring you all of the latest information regarding the LNF Upgrade Kit as it happens.