http://www.solsticeforum.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=18833

future is looking good for durability and the solstice being the test mule lol

 

This is awsome ,awsome news for you guys who are goin to turbo,for me im still goin for a 220-230 na,hopefully

 

Very good info. I think the 2.4 is going to surprise people.

 

Im surprised they did all this without lowering the compression

 

Good news!

 

Thats alot of power( stage 3), this is why i would not go that far,I love the car as a daily driver and I think I would stop at stage 2

 

But why?? Higher compression is not that bad of a thing. You just have to have it tuned correctly. Lower compression is more forgiving on bad tunes. YOu can make more power with higher compression on the same boost level if tuned correctly. This is how most of the race teams in FWD racing do. With HPTuners out you have better tuning. I think more boost will be possible than where they are currently.

Wait until you get addicted to the power!!!

 

Thats a couple of different threads I read now where peaple say if tuned right the higher compression is a good thing,and yeah I might get addicted to the stage 3 power

 

They did use a higher octane so that helps on not lowering the compression.

 

I had the power on my vibe, turbonetics 280hp it just was not a great daily driver,plus the toyota tranny was getting to me

 

this sounds awesome well since I'm staying with the 2.4 I'll be happy with around 250whp. I wonder how much longer will it take to come out with a kit for the 2.4?

 

is anyone a member of the solstice forum, if so you should post a question about our cars on that thread see if you can get an aswer on updates/release date.

 

Should be in the next few 1-3 months. 3 at the very very latest.

 

I dont know... what really impressed me about that thread is that they are running a stage 3 kit on stock internals. That's pretty amazing.... especially considering the amount of boost they were running. So much for the theory that our engines can't handle boost.

 

I was thinking the same thing.

 

I have ben saying (before I ever joined this site, and before the 2.4 Ecotec was out to buy) that this would be the surprise motor. People expect the 2.0 supercharged to be good and it is. I think the 2.4 has a lot of to give.

 

who is making those stage kits for them?...hahn?....and also that just goes to show you that our cars are gonna be badass once we get a urbo an some stage ks...i think the ss/sc is good...but it is limited on how much powr it can make...where as a tubo for our car is pretty much lmitless for the tie being...thats just what i think though

 

i don't understand this concept of lower compression = more boost. it's not that simple. a supercharger does not "ram" more air and fuel in, it raises the air pressure on the inlet side of the motor. the intake stroke still is what fills the engine with air/fuel. the same volume of air with the same amout of fuel will produce ROUGHLY the same power regardless of where that air comes from.

high compression engines actually do better under low boost situations because there is less possibility of surge at low boost. if you think a knock is bad, try a boost surge. that'll ruin your night.

 

You guy! if I have a change of heart, and get a truck also,then maybe, i just might Turbo only if i have that second vehicle,Insurance is stupid here they make you take out individual policies if you own two vehicles instead of stacking them

 

well im very anxiously awaiting our kits to come out cuz this engine is gonna be bad ass with a turbocharger on it, may possibly make 300 hp stock engine

 

290 whp w/ 14-15 lbs damn thats nice and on a stock motor .

 

That is not all completely so. You can upgrade superchargers as well. Plus find ways to cool intake temps (alky injection, nitrous). Of course those things can be done on a turbo car as well. Supercharged cars usually have better torque and some wnat that more than HP. Torque is what moves you.

 

whoever proposed that theory was ignorant at best, and a total moron at worst. if you've looked at the specs of the 2.4, its got the same head (though i believe sans the sodium filled exhaust valves) of the LSJ and the rods are forged i-beam just like the LSJ as well. The only thing working against it so far as boost is high compression but if you have a tuner who knows his stuff thats not a problem at all.

 

Holy dog ***** Batman... That is some awesome ****!