They used a T-56. It lists every part.Rogue Pro5 said:i wonder what tranny they used, because the tranny from a 'Vette is mounted at the rear of the car.
see thats where the lines get blurry. would it be the same? i mean what if someone (for the sake of argument) swapped the 2.0 in the protege with a 2.3 DISI found in a mzspeed6. i can see a JDM engine swap, but when you frankenstien a car with parts not meant for it, at what point is it just a shell of its former self?Hughes412 said:It's still a Solstice. The car it self it still all there. They just beefed up the drive train. Same thing as the MSP. Isnt this the same as if you change to a FMIC new turbo built block and trany?
Boston5761 said:For you guy's that must have one of these...
http://www.mallettcars.com/solstice-conversion.htm
basically you buy car, then the package.....
meGrimlock said:see thats where the lines get blurry. would it be the same? i mean what if someone (for the sake of argument) swapped the 2.0 in the protege with a 2.3 DISI found in a mzspeed6. i can see a JDM engine swap, but when you frankenstien a car with parts not meant for it, at what point is it just a shell of its former self?
Dimitrios said:It's what hot rodding rests its' laurels on. Most people that never grew up around it [non traditional engine swaps, etc] won't understand.
meGrimlock said:i may not have grown up around hot rodding, but you make it sound like i have no respect for it. i respect and admire the work that these people have done. but do you call it a solstice when its not really one underneath?
mikeyb said:I finally get the Mag from my uncle.
Crate LS7 with a "GM Hot Cam" and headers...
- 585whp
- 540 lb-ft torque to the wheels.
- thanks to a lot of weight-saving measures, 2,880 lb curb weight
At Firebird Raceway:
- 1.05g on a 600-ft skidpad
- 60- 0 braking in 96 feet
- 600-foot slalom (cones 100 feet apart) at 74.9mph Finally...
- 1/4 mile: 10.99 @ 133 mph (lots of traction issues, 1.88 second 60-foot time)
- 0 - 60 in 3.32 seconds
- 0 - 100 in 6.58 seconds
I'd be confused as hell if I heard and LS-series V8 and all that came around the corner was a Solstice.Hughes412 said:I bet that sounds great.
Yeah, I think the Mallet Solstice pulls 1.3 on the skidpad.vindication said:well, there goes the "well it wont be able to handle good now" remarks. heheh
Maybe it's because there is much more of a waiting list for a Solstice, and they don't want you to testdrive unless you're really serious? They know they've got something good, and don't want to let it out. This is a guess, of course.mikeyb said:I actually stopped at the local Pontiac dealer today on my way home from work that had a Solstice on the lot to see if I could test drive it. They would not let me because they wanted a down payment first before then would let anyone drive it. I was like screw you. After that I went by a Chevy dealer that has a used one and they would not let me drive it either.
I have no problems with either my Nissan and Mazda dealers letting me testdriving 350zs, RX-8s, or Miatas.
Yeah, but people get hardons for the LS-series, as opposed to a Ford 5.0chuyler1 said:There are numerous examples of doing this with the Miata...why is it all of a sudden a revolution when the Solstice comes out?
