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The much-anticipated, high-performance variant of the Pontiac Solstice roadster will be unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show, packing turbo power as we predicted six months ago (News, July 11, 2005).
A 2.0-liter, turbocharged direct-injected four-cylinder making 260 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque will power the Solstice GXP. Look for the boosted Pontiac in showrooms this summer as a 2007 model—at a $4,000 to $5,000 premium over the naturally aspirated Solstice.
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Did you see this month's Car and Driver? Solstice with a 400hp LS2 V8. It's black too.
Supa sweeet! Mallet, the tuner, had it at SEMA last month or so. Awesome job they did.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackzx3_13
The new Solstice is gonna kick some ass, hope Mazda pulls their heads out cause they are beginning to disappoint me here lately.
The Mallet Solstice is also twice the price of the regular car, which is silly.
This thing is only $4-5k more, which means you could be looking at a stripper model for around $25,000. Even if they're running $28-29,000, that's still a helluva deal for a 260hp roadster. ::EvilBana
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What's silly about that? Please tell me where else I can find a brand new, 400hp , convertible sports car with a two-year warranty for just over $40k. A C6 convertible is the closest thing I can think of, and it starts at $52,690.Quote:
Originally Posted by srivendel
I think a Mallet Solstice is actually a hell of a deal, when you think about what you're getting.
lugnutjon and I were just talking about that yesterday. The Solstice GXP looks like it's going to be quite a winner, especially if you could option one out for $26-27k. Yeah, the top is fiddly. Yeah, it's got no trunk space... but 260hp/260ft-lbs of torque in a package the size and weight of an S2000 sounds like a whole lot of fun. :mrgreen:Quote:
Originally Posted by srivendel
Didn't lugnutjon tear up a few Camaros, he needs to be sure he gets the extended warranty if he goes with another modern era GM product! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Well, if you insist on it being a convertible, then you are correct. Otherwise, this car comes to mind, and it's only $30,773.73 during GM's Red Tag event:Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
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You can get one cheaper than that if you act semi interested, I went and drove one during my "never ending" car search. As the guy at the Pontiac dealer said, "they are not a big mover" The one I looked at had been at the dealership for 6 months (The inspection Sticker gave it away ;) )Quote:
Originally Posted by srivendel
While I think the GTO is an impressive car for the money, at 3600+ pounds it will never be a sports car, at least in my book.Quote:
Originally Posted by srivendel
It's definitely not a good sports car but makes a great GT car. It's fantastic on the highway and probably gets better gas mileage than the Miata running at 80 mph.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
:confused: Damn lugnutjon must be one crazy driver to tear up a couple Camaros! I've been in the Camaro crowd since before I got my license and they are not easy to break. The interior may be a pos, but they run good.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Ya, its not a sports car really but a 2 door sports sedan aka Grand Touring car IMO. And yes having an actual overdrive with 6 gears can do wonders for gas mileage!Quote:
Originally Posted by Miatamoto
He had a '99 SS that he raced for a little over a year - it was on its third diff and its second tranny when he sold it 20,000 miles later. :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by icepenguin66
Well, I was wondering if that was what he was doing. Drag racing can take heavy toll on any car in that case. Hmm...2nd tranny, I understand the diff.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
lugnutjon doesn't drag race but nice try! ::Clown::Quote:
Originally Posted by icepenguin66
:lol: That's usually the case with truck axled F-bodies!::Bus:: Mad props to him road racing the Camaro then! (I assume that's what kinda racing we're talking about) Wonder what mods he had to blow 2 trannys and 3 diffs if he wasn't doing hard drag racing launches. That tranny is the same as in the early Vipers and they held up fine while making up to 500 tq to the wheels.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
No road racing either, unless you count a couple of DEs. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by icepenguin66
This was a cone-dodging car. The suspension was pretty well worked over, but the power mods were pretty mild. I think what tore up the driveline was hard launching 3600 pounds of Camaro with 315/35-17 R compounds. :burnrubr:
:lol: Well, that's strike 2 then! Okay, so he was doing "drag" style launches just inbetween cones instead! Yep that'll do it. If you're gonna launch on R compounds or drag slicks with any hp, then you need something like a total built solid axle rear with upgraded axles/wheel studs. That's what I've learned after seeing so many car buddies snap parts!Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Anyways, I can't wait to check out the new beefed up Solstice! Wonder if I can get my mother to trade hers in for the new one!:burnrubr:
I've seen in some magazines they make the cv axles lighter and stronger with a new material for drag racing. For the wheel studs, do you know any websites that carries them?Quote:
Originally Posted by icepenguin66
A certain yellow ZX-2 cone dodger purchased some for his car from Jegs I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mouglie
Back on the original topic of this thread....
Link to official Pontiac Solstice GXP release info
Sounds pretty sophisticated. Direct gasoline injection, dual scroll turbo, dual-phase cams (think VTEC). Five speed manual transmission (thank God GM didn't feel the same ridiculous pressure Mazda did to add an unnecesary 6th gear for the marketing idiots), and a 0-60mph time of less than 5.5 seconds. Add that to the existing Solstice platform that can get more than 2.5 degrees of negative camber at each end, plenty of room for serious rubber, and you've got one serious contender.
Yummy. I'll take mine in yellow with the optional hard top. Maybe A Stock in a GM product in '07? :wink:
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Supa Sweeet! Glad they are coming out with the yellow now! Just not right to make a badass sports car and have red as the only bright colour.:rolleyes:
Wow, didn't know they were making a hard top, cool!
*adding a 6th gear isn't a bad idea, if they actually make it an overdrive...and leave the first 5 gears the same.
Fifth gear would be overdrive.
ya, but not in an NA Miata. 5th is just like a regular gear you can race with if you go FI. Running at over 4k rpm in 5th isn't much of an overdrive IMO!Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
Gear ratios for a NA Miata.Quote:
Originally Posted by icepenguin66
Miata
- 3.136:1
- 1.888:1
- 1.330:1
- 1:1
- .814:1
4th is 1 to 1. 5th is overdrive.
Same as in just about every other 5 gear tranny out there.
Absolutes are one thing, perceptions are another.
Well, since ya had to get all technical and everything!::Clown:: I know technically its an overdrive gear but with the 4:11 rear gears the overdrive doesn't exactly do a great job...hence my reference to driving at over 4k rpms on the highway in 5th. The Miata's have some pretty aggressive gearing. The 1st gear ratio is much greater than a lot of other sports cars. I believe my 96 Z28 had a 2.7xx:1 1st gearQuote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell