2006 Pontiac Solstice, Mallett Cars, Corvette Ls2 V8 Conversion, #004 / #100 on 2040-cars
Merced, California, United States
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2006 Pontiac Solstice. Shipped new to Mallett Cars LTD in Berea, Ohio. With only 6 miles on the odometer this was number #004 / #100 authorized by Chevrolet to do a complete new 2006 Corvette LS2 Engine swap with many upgrades. 100% genuine Chevrolet parts. It's Sly Silver with black interior, leather high back buckets seats with bolstered sides so no sliding around. A factory 5 speed manual transmission, Corvette LUK Gold Clutch Package, CTS-V, 3.42:1 rear axle ratio and posit-traction/Limited-Slip. When it's taken to a Chevrolet dealer or other dealer, you tell them it’s a 2006 Corvette down to the catalytic converters and Oxygen sensors. It now has 3" Corsa S.S. true dual exhaust, Big brake upgrade includes 13” slotted and coated rotors, Tri-calipers up front and single calipers on the rear with braided Stainless Steel brake lines on all four corners. Big wheel upgrade includes 1 piece billet 19.5” wheels with Mallett’s Hammer logo center cap with Michelin 265/35R/19.5” PS2 Series tires on all corners, 4 core aluminum radiator. A/C, power 4 wheel anti-lock disk brakes. From looking at it you couldn’t tell anything was customized except for the wheels and tires. You look at it and you know something is different, then when it starts you hear that un-believable V8 sound. It has custom Penske\Mallett coil over shocks. Everything was designed for the man or woman that loves the thrill of drag racing, track or rally racing or just plain old cruising around town. This car was shown at the 2006 International Florida Car Show. Too Much to list what all has been done. I was living in Arizona when I had it shipped to me from Florida. I have a home in California also. My youngest Son started to add to the number of grandchildren, so back to California. I took it to a smog referee and they denied me certification. California is the worst state for smogging a modified car. This whole engine package is exactly like the E-Rod Engine Packages that General Motors had California certify as a drop in replacement for kit cars, or any car for that matter. I have the same year motor by the way which only has barely over 10,000 miles on it. I’m not done with the refs here yet. I called Chevrolet in Michigan and their engineers totally disagreed with Ca Smog Refs. They said it should have been allowed certification based on same year and all of the correct equipment as their E-Rod Certified engines for California are. It even passed all of the emissions test. Either I drive it back to Arizona (700 miles) where it has always passed smog or fight these California Refs who won't change their minds. Mallett is was a well known Corvette shop that's done many modifications for Chevrolet vehicles. They were contracted by Chevrolet as "Consultants". These cars are and were a well thought out process. They are not dragsters or a race cars or ralley cars, but you could do them all and have lots of fun with them. The Kappa platform was designed to handle quite a bit of power. Some of Malletts cars were putting out over 1,000 horse power. Mine is putting out conservatively around 500 rear wheel HP. It’s a blast. Driven, but not abused. I'm a 59 year old retired man, disabled, but love my cars. This is the only Solstice Signed by Chuck Mallett on his carbon fiber valve covers and his hand drawn flames. It's also the first one sild to the public the other three were prototypes. It goes and looks great and stops on a dime every time. My upgrades are as follows. I installed a Texas Speed & Performance Magic Stick 3 camshaft. 237/242, .604”/.610” all at .050” (50) HP minimum gain up to 90HP with the right combo. Nice old fashioned rumpity rump. Upgraded the valve springs with PAC .650” max lift and TS&P 7.4” chrome molly .080” 5/16” chrome molly pushrods, a CNC’d 92mm GM Throttle Body by Pete Incaudo owner of VMax Motorsports in Florida, also modified the stock intake manifold to which the old timers would call porting and polishing. By flattened the floors and removing the resonators. Increasing the initial port width on a stock LS2 manifold which averaged 0.940” inches, while I ported the LS2 manifold runners to an average of 1.051”. These are very specific tolerances to follow. After completing the intake porting and carefully replicating the porting template, attention turns to the 90mm throttle-body opening. The focus here is on the floor and roof, allowing the air to transition to the runners more smoothly. A careful measurement of the area directly behind the opening indicated that it was increased from 91.6mm to 94.8mm by the rework. It runs and sounds awesome. Good luck to the winning bidder. The HP to weight ratio on this car makes it just right. |
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