solstice vs. ss/sc
06-14-2006, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by PuSha050
with the solstice not having to spin teh blower... that has no bearing on the HP numbers. FOR EXAMPLE.. if the solstice was supercharged... its flywheel HP rating would have the power loss from teh supercharger already accounted for. and if the cobalt and solstice both dyno at ..lets say 215whp... the solstice isnt faster bc it doesnt have to spin a blower.. thats already accounted for... what then would be the difference makers are gearing, weight, driver, traction, etc....
Originally Posted by Brandon97Z
What they put down at the wheels is what it is, power at the wheels. 215 whp is the same no matter weither it be turbo, supercharged, or NA because thats the power that acutally touches the pavement.
Of course, there are other variables, but it is likely, not only because GM rates the hp much higher, that the GXP will make more whp than the SS/SC because it uses a theoretically more efficient form of F/I.
06-14-2006, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Brandon97Z
What they put down at the wheels is what it is, power at the wheels. 215 whp is the same no matter weither it be turbo, supercharged, or NA because thats the power that acutally touches the pavement.
06-14-2006, 11:35 AM
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It also doesn't hurt that the 2.0 in the Pontiac has VVT and direct injection...2.0l, 260hp, VVT...that's not a far cry from an EVO engine in a 2-seater convertable. 
06-14-2006, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by West Palm SRT4
I dont know about the 260hp ones, but the base ones do the speed of snail.
0-60 drops from 7.0 to 5.5 (estimates as im to lazy to look up numbers).
To the HP thing, most of what I was going to say was already covered, but the point I was making is that the 2.0T will make more power, and thus put down more to the wheels than the SS/SC will despite it having higher parasitic loss.
06-14-2006, 09:40 PM
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They also have a twin scroll turbo which shortens the lag time even more. It should be a real beast. The only problem that I am seeing is the lack of larger injectors. DI is still fairly new and not really used (atleast that I have heard) outside of production vehicles.
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