Car is running good and still strong, holding awesome Oil Pres. I have done 4 oil changes using Valvoline Prem, non synthetic. My next oil change in 1500 miles will be Mobil 1, I'm sure by then the rings will have been set good.
I now have AC, as the old compressor was bad. Got a rebuilt job off ebay for $150, and we did the work ourselves. Good set of AC pres hoses and borrowed a sniffer. I now have ice cold AC, just in time for summer.
I also did AIR block-offs and smog pump delete. I think the valves were going bad, as the car seems to run even better now, no more back-popping when reving the engine.
some more pics, including my SS Cobalt and my friends Formula (who helped me with build, his is next):
This pic, I still hadn't got my block off plates for the air, but it looks much cleaner with them gone.
Now I am looking for a set of better wheels/tires... I was wanting to put a set of WS6 wheels on, polished, so if you got some, hit me up.