Originally posted by The Striped SVT:
My only question is this, why doesn't it have more HP to compete with the SRT-4, its main rival in the market



205/205 (underated) out of 2 liters vs 230/250 (still a bit underated) out of 2.4 liters.

Power ratio is about the same for displacement.

The Cobalt is lighter while the SRT-4 makes the fat TQ curve with the small turbo.

Cobalt runs ~3psi less boost...


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