# Got our first Solstice in today. **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 26, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855 "2005-10-26T07:54:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hycomp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Hycomp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hycomp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/21 "2005-10-26T09:30:49Z")
Sounds like a decent platform to mod since there has been a lot of development for the ecotec motor related to drag racing. Seems like for under $30K you could have a new, rwd convertible putting out over 300 hp at the rear wheels with the right bolt ons. If they can handle anywhere near an S2000 honda may have some redesigning to do. ---
**Author:** ![Swarzkopf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Swarzkopf](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swarzkopf)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/22 "2005-10-26T10:13:12Z")
Nice looking car. I wouldn’t mind owning one with the forced induction motor coming out next year. ---
**Author:** ![jinxxycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jinxxycat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jinxxycat)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/23 "2005-10-26T10:20:49Z")
I saw a truckload of solstices not too long ago. They’re pretty cute. Too bad you say the interior sucks. ---
**Author:** ![grindpunk16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9f8e36/32.png) [@grindpunk16](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grindpunk16)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/24 "2005-10-26T11:11:12Z")
ill wait til the turbo edition comes out to look for one ;). ---
**Author:** ![81Boo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ac8455/32.png) [@81Boo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/81Boo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/25 "2005-10-26T11:13:52Z")
teacher here at school got one a couple months ago ---
**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/26 "2005-10-26T11:16:23Z")
solstice is badass looking and i’ll take a less than luxury interior for that cost ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/travelbuff/saturn2.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/travelbuff/saturn2.jpg) never saw that sky until today, cool looking with a nice ass too ---
**Author:** ![1320](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1320/32/5949_2.png) [@1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1320)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/27 "2005-10-26T13:50:16Z")
🤮 ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/28 "2005-10-26T14:16:26Z")
> [@flyinglow57](#): > > 171 hp ecotec if i remember correctly mid 15’s in the quarter. the 2.4 ecotec? ---
**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/29 "2005-10-26T16:14:07Z")
> [@The1SloShelby](#): > > the 2.4 ecotec? yes ---
**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/30 "2005-10-26T16:19:39Z")
> [@Old Dirty Georg](#): > > Yeah, I’ve been keeping a close eye on the supercharged one. There’s already been some spy pics of it. The Sky is way better looking than the Pontiac, but some of the rumors put the supercharger only in the Pontiac. These are all internet rumors, so who knows. There is word from someone inside GM performance that it will have a turboed motor instead. And will likly do away with the LSJ all together (i hear at the time they couldnt get the turboed motor to pass emissions so they went with the charger) -The new motor will be a 8.5:1 compression -turbocharged ecotec - with a variable vein turbo pushing 12 psi. -This engine has 2 liters of displacement and variable valve timing. (same system from the current 2.4 VVT). -90% of its peak torque at 1900 RPM, with a flat torque curve all the way to redline. Its a monster. They will produce 250 hp for the production version but GM will provide staged upgrades like the mopars. Depending on the final tune, it will turn around 240 hp to the wheels (heavily underrated, just like the SRT’s). ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/31 "2005-10-27T05:30:58Z")
![[http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/DSC00787](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/DSC00787) (Medium).JPG]([http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/DSC00787](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/DSC00787) (Medium).JPG) ![[http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/DSC00789](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/DSC00789) (Medium).JPG]([http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/DSC00789](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/DSC00789) (Medium).JPG) ![[http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/DSC00791](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/DSC00791) (Medium).JPG]([http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/DSC00791](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/DSC00791) (Medium).JPG) ---
**Author:** ![smokeyburnouts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/smokeyburnouts/32/5987_2.png) [@smokeyburnouts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smokeyburnouts)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/32 "2005-10-27T05:37:47Z")
i think its pretty nice lookin ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/33 "2005-10-27T06:56:18Z")
The interior looks pretty dam nice to me for GM ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/34 "2005-10-27T07:03:37Z")
looks like the next miata ---
**Author:** ![imported\_showtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@imported\_showtime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_showtime)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/35 "2005-10-27T07:06:12Z")
> [@fshowcars](#): > > looks like the next miata nawwww the new miata looks better then this IMO… i don’t like the “pontiac” grill on the front ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/36 "2005-10-27T07:08:05Z")
no… i meant in the small convertable homosexual way… not actual appearance. ---
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/37 "2005-10-27T07:22:46Z")
seems odd to me that if you lean on the rear quarter of the car you’d actually be sitting on top of the tail light… ---
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/38 "2005-10-27T07:24:09Z")
what do they look like with the roof up? those humps remind me of the old school batmobile. DUNNA DUNNA DUNNA dunna BATMAN ---
**Author:** ![vtecsol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@vtecsol](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vtecsol)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/39 "2005-10-27T07:24:15Z")
i dig it and at the ndra finals i got a book and a cd that tells me step by step with illistrated pics how to build a 1500 hp eco tec motor with parts numbers all from gm ---
**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855/40 "2005-10-27T08:30:15Z")
> [@showtime](#): > > nawwww > the new miata looks better then this IMO… > > i don’t like the “pontiac” grill on the front being a pontiac guy, and liking the pontiac grill on pontiacs, i think it would have been a shame if they didnt have it. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-our-first-solstice-in-today/177855.md?page=3)