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RE: Saturns???fast???? - 3/22/2007 3:32:34 PM

Patrick

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ive never seen one...

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RE: Saturns???fast???? - 3/22/2007 5:02:12 PM

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Yeah, a Saturn Sky Redline comes with 260hp turbocharged engine.

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RE: Saturns???fast???? - 3/22/2007 7:54:12 PM

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the pontiac slowstice gtp comes with the same engine

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RE: Saturns???fast???? - 3/22/2007 8:11:37 PM

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i thought that we were talking about the IONs, and the SC cars...im aware that the newer kappa cars come with a turbo engine.

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RE: Saturns???fast???? - 3/22/2007 11:10:40 PM

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I think the only jbody's to ever come stock with a turbo were the sunbirds

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RE: Saturns???fast???? - 3/22/2007 11:44:19 PM

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i agree.

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RE: Saturns???fast???? - 3/23/2007 8:20:24 AM

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Maybe there was an APC edition in the 95-02 SL2's, but I need to look into it

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RE: Saturns???fast???? - 3/23/2007 10:53:55 AM

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APC was the only tuning game in town for the 1st gen Saturns. They had the only +hp kits around. This is when the "factory tuning" craze started taking off (2001?), and GM jumped on it, inking a deal with APC to produce a limited number of SC2s with APC bolt-ons as the "APC Edition" -- I think they even had unique paint from the factory. Anyway, yeah, some Saturns are pretty fast, stock 1.9L DOHCs make 124HP & weigh 2400 lbs, so they're comparable to an EX civic (right? about 2400lbs, 126HP?).

The major problem with the original Saturn engines is that they used a lost-foam casting process that made the engine components very weak. It takes a lot of care to boost / tune a Saturn. Usually more time than it's worth.

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RE: Saturns???fast???? - 3/23/2007 12:29:51 PM

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didnt they use something like plastic resin for ther camshaft lobes?

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RE: Saturns???fast???? - 3/23/2007 11:18:21 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: dragoth
The major problem with the original Saturn engines is that they used a lost-foam casting process that made the engine components very weak. It takes a lot of care to boost / tune a Saturn. Usually more time than it's worth.

umm the lost foam process is used a lot, not just by saturn. the ecotec block is the same way, and that is proven to be strong as hell. and it takes time to boost a saturn because noone does it, so it doesn't have the aftermarket support for tuning that a honda does. a turbo kit is a turbo kit no matter what car its on, its just in the electronics.

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