Thats cool but this is way more impressive http://www.celispeed.com/forums/7th-generation-celica-zzt230-zzt231/37733-suprica-56k-warn-first-2jz-roadgoing-7th-gen.html

Nice!

I guess it's OK, but I think you should keep your GM a GM. Same goes for American V8 swaps in imports too.

haha that's freakin cool! i agree about keeping a gm a gm...somewhat. but in the solstice's case, i don't mind it. a turbo'd solstice sounds pretty awesome to me

Yeah slap a vette motor in that thing and completely rape everything.

lol, love the 2JZ

The thing about the Solstice is it already comes with a great powerplant for modding. That 2.4 Ecotec can be turboed and has all kind of aftermarket shit and can be built with better than 500 horses if you know what your doing. I think I remember seeing an Ecotec in the magazines (a Cobalt if I remember correctly) on the salt flats with close to 1000HP. Obviously the people doing this swap know how to do pretty much whatever they want and probably have no limit on spending, so under that scenario I woulda just built the 2.4 that was in it an had an all GM vehicle with a 4 banger that could still wax almost any Vette on the road.

Wonder if anybody has had the balls and $$$ to stick an LS9 into one yet...

Retro, check this one out. Its an LS7, but its been done. http://www.hotrod.com/projectbuild/hdrp_0605_pontiac_solstice_project_v8_engine_build/index.html

2JZ is not a bad choice. The guy could have craved for the 2JZ's well distributed torque ranges over all RPM bandwidths.