nice, any vids? I would take 1 of those! U have stock exhaust?

 

No i dont have any vids. I don't even have a damn video recorder, lol. Its running on solo center exhaust. The tune is not complete but is still having some hiccups that need to be taken care off. You can't even tell anything is done to the car it all still looks stock except for the exhaust setup.

 

Wow, sounds like fun man. Dunno if you know but the RBtexasstampede.com is accepting registrations again!

 

I dunno about the Solstice/Sky... I question the reliability of them, and there haven't been enough people with them to get a good idea if they are good cars or not. I've heard of all kinds of computer related malfunctions causing strange issues.

I've driven 3 different Sky's, one was the N/A version which was slow... but felt like it had more torque off the line than the turbo. Did your mods help reduce lag and lack of torque or not really?

Another problem I have with these cars is the lack of electrically operated top. Granted its a lot less to go wrong but the car is too expensive new to not have it as far as i'm concerned.

Also I did not like the 5-speed... just didnt feel natural in the car, think a 6-speed would of been better but thats just me.

And I don't know about the Solstice but the Sky's didnt feel very tight in the higher speed cornering, felt really floaty and disconnected from the road.

Out of all the RWD convertibles i've test drove the Z is still the best all-rounder, doing good in all categories, where all others lack in in one area or more. Only other car i'd consider along with the Z is the Corvette because of that lovely V8, but the interior really puts me off on those.

Let us know what you decide...

 

Man, im so busy i wish i could make it. I work 52 hours a week and i go to school so my schedule is crazy. Anyhow alot of people in the near future will be surprised of the performance of these solstices running around. I know quite a few people running around on with a tuned gxp. They are also begining to swap the turbo out to a bigger single turbo like a gt35r uprgrade.

 

that would be sick. But op i think they make like 260tq at 2k rpms if i remember correctly

 

that is right stock they come with 260tq.

 

Because of the external wetsump oiling system...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_sump

A Solstice? really? Uhhh they are just too.. I dunno..,. Pontiac crappy. It's a bit of an ugly duckling. They do handle well, and the SRT-4 engine is a proven motor for power and reliability. The overall Pontiac package however is uninspiring, cheaply built and just well. Pontiac...

Don't get me wrong its not a bad car, but it's not a good car either. There just isn't anything really about it that is better than anything else on the market. With so many great roadsters available these days (Z4, 350Z Roadster, Miata, TT convertable, Boxster, Mercedes SLK, even the Mini, etc etc) why would you even look at one?

Pontiac is 10,000 parts to the lowest bidder...

 

 

You ain't heard? GM and Dodge powers combined and summoned Captain Planet!

 

thanks for bringing up the other choices, but I've really decided its the Z, pending all your input.

I want to be certain that there isn't an 8mm bolt that is causing total engine failures. Anyone out there with motor issues...

 

If you go with a 07 & 08 HR motor no issues I have heard of. Get a Nismo Z .

 

Haha, whoops, I mean Ecotec lol...

 

Nope there isn't. My dad has been racing a 98 Maxima with a VQ35 (350Z engine) in it for about 3 years now and he had one motor failure where solenoid for his nitrous kit failed, of course it was the fuel solenoid so it was shooting a 200hp shot with no fuel added which burnt up a piston. Surprisingly even with the burnt up piston he was able to drive the car home 3 hrs away and it wasn't smoking. The cylinder had 0 (read ZERO) compression. It held the 200hp nitrous shot at least 100-150 times that year before the solenoid failed.... So ultimately it was the nitrous that caused the engine failure, not even a motor related problem.

Look at this attached picture. As you can see, my dad is racing his maxima with the VQ35, and in the background past the fence do you see whats parked? too afraid to go down the track even once? Not that it would have been fun to run 14's when my dad runs 12.3 in his maxima with no power adders...

 

Not to go too OT, but how difficult was the engine transplant in the Maxima?

 

damn 42k miles for a 07, thats kinda a lot. i bet you love driving it. props to you on 13.19 1/4 mile

 

That maxima had the VQ30DE engine not the 35 unless he did a swap for the 2002-2003 Maxima VQ35 engine. That engine isn't the same as the 350z engine. Same code, but different parts.

 

Its a swap from a 2003 maxima with a VQ35. Yeah I realize that it's the same code but a slightly different setup. I was saying that so the OP would understand what a VQ35 is. Yes it's not a "350Z" engine because they are longitudinaly mounted in the engine bay, vs a FWD car being transversely mounted. Otherwise the engine is fairly similar in operation and overall design. So it's a Maxima VQ35 engine which is similar to a 350Z engine except for a few very small differences. He is running a 350Z intake manifold on it as well as Cams and headers, upd, torque converter, utec etc etc.. the list is huge. So it's as close to a 350Z engine in a FWD car as you will ever get.

It has a 2003 VQ35 on a 4gen Auto trans and a whole bunch of engine mods. Its running around 285whp N/A and runs 12.3 @ 112mph and with a 50 shot last weekend (tried for fun) went 11.8@117mph.

 

...it should be ready on Friday and I'll be trying to deal for this car Friday eve or Saturday.....wish me luck.

its an Enthusiast, now priced at 27,999 (MSRP 30,965) we'll see.

Already have my plate picked out....EX PORSHA.

 

^ Nice. Better to go with the coupe than the fugly roadster.