12/30/2023 0 Comments 08 cobalt![]() ![]() Suspension Powell Raceshop subframe braces, 1.25" (f) & 1.5" (r) antisway bars, rotated mounts & steering rack spacers Powergrid sway bar endlinks Pedders springs/stock strut combo ![]() Pop your head inside Matt’s Cobalt and you’ll also immediately notice the WERKS rear seat delete, along with the blacked-out interior trim and headliner.Įngine Modifications WERKS PTE 5557 billet wheel turbo kit, downpipe w/ cutout, cat-back exhaust, Race intercooler w/ heat-extractiown coating, crash beam, chargepipes, intake manifold, intake w/ AEM DryFlow filter & coolant reservoir TIAL Q blow-off valve Boomba catch canĮngine Management WERKS hp tuners reflash by Dave Gilbert at Performance Autowerksĭrivetrain Spec Stage 3+ clutch & lightweight flywheel B&M shifter The Black Cat Custom 120-mph main gauge cluster is also a pretty cool piece, allowing you to choose whatever LED color you want and add custom logos or names like Matt has (note the Omiotek name on the speedo). Matt’s known best for his custom interior work, most notably his Omiotek custom triple-gauge dash housing, which he’s filled with a trio of Aeroforce Inteceptor digital gauges (capable of displaying over 100 parameters). Powell Raceshop also fabbed up a custom harness bar so Matt can strap himself down into the fresh set of JDM Recaros he installed. GM equipped the SS Turbo with some seriously stout Brembo brakes, so Matt didn’t need to touch this part of his Cobalt, but for grip to match the grunt provided by the upgraded turbo system a super sticky set of Bridgestone RE-11s to go along with Pedders springs and struts and a whole host of custom goodies from Powell Raceshop, including subframe braces, front and rear antisway bars and steering rack spacers. Sure, I did bolt-ons, but then I wanted more from the car.” As you can see, that didn’t last long too long. At first I told myself this was just going to be my daily driver, and I wasn’t going to do anything more than bolt-ons. That’s when I picked up the Cobalt for a steal from a dealership here in Illinois. After the papers were signed, the night before I was going to pick it up someone broke into the dealership and stole a bunch of parts off six of his cars, including the EVO, which had about $18K worth of exterior, interior and performance parts on it. Next I started looking into EVOs, but they were mostly beat, too, but I did finally find one I had my heart set on. So I moved on to looking for a ’04–07 STI, but the astronomical insurance rates shut me down on that one. “Originally, I was looking for a SRT-4, but they were all beat to crap, and when I finally found a clean one the dealer was unwilling to negotiate on price. "To think that we're going to be able to move all this back into the United States in short order and be self sufficient is not right.“I acquired my Cobalt in March of 2009 after a long, hard road of car shopping,” Matt says. "It will be a while before we can actually say that this is going to be a growth industry," says Brad Martin, director of the RAND National Security Supply Chain Institute. Enough for several hundred thousand electric cars, the company says. Once fully operational, the Idaho mine is expected to meet only about 10% of overall U.S. The $100 million enterprise that publicly traded Jervois is launching will, even at full production, amount to a small blip in the global market. "So we viewed it as a strategically important asset for the country." "Idaho's is the only cobalt mine in the United States and it's going to remain so," Crocker says. Most of its production goes to China, which also controls most cobalt refining globally. Most of the cobalt mined in the world today comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there are widespread child labor and other human rights problems. Electrifying transportation will require massive amounts of new mining. Not far from the famed Salmon River, the mine is the latest reminder of the environmental quandary for the United States and world as economies shift away from fossil fuels and toward greener energy. Department of Energy's Geri Richmond told workers and dignitaries gathered at the remote mine site. "We're talking about building a world class clean energy economy, and this mine, this project. The opening of Australia-based Jervois Global's Idaho facility, near the site of a defunct cobalt open pit mine, is being hailed by state and federal officials pushing to fast track development of minerals that support domestic and national security. SALMON, Idaho - The first - and only - cobalt mine in America in decades opened Friday in Idaho amid rising demand for the unique metal, a key component in electric vehicle batteries and battery storage. Cobalt is an important component of lithium ion batteries, like those in many electric vehicles. ![]()
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