{"id":131,"date":"2008-02-05T23:52:35","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T04:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=131"},"modified":"2021-04-21T17:10:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T22:10:30","slug":"videos-of-lsx-swapped-skysolstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=131","title":{"rendered":"Pontiac Solstice with a LS7 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Pontiac Solstice was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotrod.com\/articles\/hdrp-0607-ls7-pontiac-solstice-road-test\/\">built by Hot Rod<\/a> and GM Performance Division. The team installed a 7.0 L LS7 V8 making 585 horsepower and 540 lb-ft of torque. The motor features a GM Hot camshaft, Tri-Y heeaders, and Burns Mufflers exhaust system. A T56 six-speed manual transmission from a Chevy SSR truck sends power to the a Cadillac STS-V diff with 3.23 gears and Corvette Z06 clutch pack.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Sw6zzz2219Y\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/LqpPzXo0Sqc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCZ0A09ZFfPZ6kS32Eg9vjvQ\">Phillip Mennemeyer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCZHpHfl5uc2PLOCMifBu2wQ\">jts895<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Pontiac Solstice was built by Hot Rod and GM Performance Division. The team installed a 7.0 L LS7 V8 making 585 horsepower and 540 lb-ft of torque. The motor features a GM Hot camshaft, Tri-Y heeaders, and Burns Mufflers exhaust system. A T56 six-speed manual transmission from a Chevy SSR truck sends power to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=131\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pontiac Solstice with a LS7 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solstice"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71096,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=71096","url_meta":{"origin":131,"position":0},"title":"2006 Solstice with a Turbo LS7 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Mallett Performance Cars built this 2006 Pontiac Solstice at their company when it was new. 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