Cloth Seats and other questions....

1179 Views 7 Replies 5 Participants Last post by sky_vue, Nov 3, 2005

Nemesis

Discussion Starter · Nov 1, 2005

Has anyone seen the clothe seats? Everything says they are standard now and I am wondering if GM will play the "make the cloth seats stupid so they will buy the leather game". Also, a prevous poster said that after driving the solstice, that he felt it couldn't keep up with civics? Those who own a solstice, help out here. I just read a mag saying the HP will be 177 and the torque 166ftlbs. O-60 is 7.0 seconds. This should feel pretty substantial......much better then a cvic si that lacks torque at anything less then 5000rpms........(I would think)

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sky_vue

· #2 · Nov 2, 2005

At the power ratings that it has currently and with a the solstice estimate hovering around 7.0. The new SI is somewhere between 6.8 (Road and Track) and 7.3 (Car and Driver).

That's with the extra hp but lesser torque. In this flavor.. you won't blow the doors of one.. but you'll give it a run for the money. And you'll look better doing it.

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Thraxz

· #3 · Nov 2, 2005

sky_vue said:
At the power ratings that it has currently and with a the solstice estimate hovering around 7.0. The new SI is somewhere between 6.8 (Road and Track) and 7.3 (Car and Driver).

That's with the extra hp but lesser torque. In this flavor.. you won't blow the doors of one.. but you'll give it a run for the money. And you'll look better doing it.

WAY. Better.

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sky_vue

· #4 · Nov 2, 2005

Can anyone get the realistic 0-60 times on their solstice?

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aloch

· #5 · Nov 2, 2005

From roadandtrack.com "Our measurements of performance revealed a 0-60-mph time of 7.4 seconds and a quarter-mile time of 15.8 sec. at 86.8 mph"

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brentil

· #6 · Nov 2, 2005

sky_vue said:
Can anyone get the realistic 0-60 times on their solstice?

I think I've gotten mine pretty close once or twice. I'm not willing to do a clutch drop at 4000 RPM though to get the best time possible.

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brentil

· #7 · Nov 2, 2005

aloch said:
From roadandtrack.com "Our measurements of performance revealed a 0-60-mph time of 7.4 seconds and a quarter-mile time of 15.8 sec. at 86.8 mph"

Different mags have gotten from 6.9s - 7.5s depending on the magazine. GM says the official time is 7.2s though.

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sky_vue

· #8 · Nov 3, 2005

Acceptable. I saw the sema turbo/super charger kits in the pictures. That WILL be the way I go for the extra horsepower. No need to wait..

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