#SATURN ION REDLINE TURBO MOVIE#

The half-shaft setup does an admirable job minimizing torque steer, a perennial bugaboo for front-drive hotrods. Still, 0-60 in 6.2 seconds isn’t half-bad for a car that shades a hair over the $21,000 mark.Ī limited-slip differential, part of a $1,470 Competition Package that also includes boost gauge, ladder-style tach and projector-beam fog lamps, helps keeps the tires planted. The Getrag’s tall and evenly spaced gearing is intended to keep the engine in its sweet spot throughout the gears, but combined with the ION’s 2,950-pound curb weight, curtails quarter-speed times. Indeed, we found power delivery via the electronically controlled throttle to be immediate.Ī five-speed, short-throw Getrag gearbox ties the power plant to a pair of equal-length half shafts. General Motors prefers supercharging to turbocharger because it eliminates turbo-lag, delivering power more smoothly across a broader torque band. Cooling shouldn’t be a problem, as the Red Line gets an enlarged radiator core and bigger cooling fans. With its truncated stroke and reinforced crankshaft, connecting rods and pistons, the engine is potentially capable of greater rpm and more power. Fitted with a Roots-type supercharger, Laminova air-to-water intercooler and high-flow air intake and exhaust systems, it pumps out 205 horsepower and 200 foot-pounds of torque at 4,400 rpm. You can tell an ION Red Line by its distinctive front fascia, body sill extensions and 17-inch low-profile tires, but the heart of the package is a beefed-up and de-stroked (from 2.2 liters) 2.0-liter Ecotec engine. No late nights on cold, concrete floors installing balky custom exhaust systems, no wrestling with ill-fitting aftermarket body add-ons and, perhaps most important, no warranty hassles.

#SATURN ION REDLINE TURBO MOVIE#

The tuner category has been dominated by the Asians and was mythologized in the 2001 movie “The Fast and the Furious.” Unlike the over-the-top, owner-modified cars lionized by the film, though, the ION Red Line is a “factory tuner,” a car ready to romp right off the showroom floor. We drove an ‘05 Saturn ION Red Line ‘06 editions are essentially unchanged.īased on the innovative ION “quad coupe,” the ION Red Line competes in the same tuner space as Dodge’s Neon SRT-4, the Civic Si, the late lamented Ford SVT Focus and Chevy’s Cobalt SS, itself a mechanical cousin to the Red Line. The up-level “Red Line” editions of the ION coupe and VUE SUV featured supercharged power plants, sport-tuned suspensions and a bagful of cosmetic upgrades. No dogleg for me thats ugly man.Saturn builds solid cars, sells them in a customer-friendly environment and services the heck out of them.Īmend that: Saturn didn’t build exciting cars.Īnxious to grab a chunk of the youthful tuner market, Saturn introduced two new performance models for the ‘04 model year. Ill try to get them first and build from their. will clear the firewall,If not find some way to tilt the engine forward some how.The manifold and intercooler is cheap. Or you could surf eBay and buy one of the turbo manifolds on sale there. He should be able to hook you up with some solid turbo pieces in a little while. I am confused though, why you would want to modify Sky Redline pieces when you could get together with Kevin over at Speed Mafia. There was a hot trend for a while over on TurboSaturns where people were getting the Saab turbo manifold and turbo in an attempt to make something, but there wasn't enough clearance between the engine and the firewall to fit the thing. You wouldn't want to put a big dogleg in your exhaust pipe, that would be worse than going with a tiny exhaust.įrom what I've heard, the Ion Redline manifold will bolt up to the standard 2.2, so it's possible that the Sky Redline manifold will bolt up to the 2.2/2.4, but you will need to make sure that you will have the proper clearance. You would need to be sure that the manifold will clear the firewall and somewhat line up with the exhaust system in order to function. The big thing to look out for in using the Sky Redline's turbo manifold, turbo, and intercooler is that the engine in the Sky is placed longitudinally in the chassis, as opposed to transversely in the Ion.

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