ION Redline

[SabreKhan]

And also, to gt50, I wouldn't waste my money on the srt4. As fast as it is (and it is fast, don't get me wrong), it's even less reliable than the regular Neons. With the money you'll spend fixing it, you might as well have gotten the Redline and upgraded the 'charger. Or, better yet, in 3 years buy an STi or an Evo used for cheap.

[gt50]

Originally Posted by SabreKhan

And also, to gt50, I wouldn't waste my money on the srt4. As fast as it is (and it is fast, don't get me wrong), it's even less reliable than the regular Neons. With the money you'll spend fixing it, you might as well have gotten the Redline and upgraded the 'charger. Or, better yet, in 3 years buy an STi or an Evo used for cheap.

That civic still has the gas record though doesn't it :-P That civic used a centrifugal sc to get that power(belt driven turbo ). There are street b series turbo motors that make more power than than setup.

I have a wrx already with light mods. I have considered trading it in for an evo, but the interior on the evo is fugly. Hopefully there will be a redisign of the evo next year. Rumors have a 2.4 in the works for the us spec model, and hopefully better interior. The boxer engine configuration in the wrx's puts the turbo too far away from the engine. The evo is a much better setup for big power...for now. With more R&D the wrxs/sti's will be there also.

The srt-4 would replace my sc2 as my work car, so if it breaks I would just drive the wrx, or whatever I may own by then.

[SabreKhan]

The Saturn was gas-powered, and it holds the record over the Honda as of this posting. The Japs may come back and take it again, just out of spite, but the Saturn is the king of the mountain right now.

[blueburbboober]

FYI, i know this is an old thread, so maybe this is old news. My fiance just bought the ion2, and it is awesome. I was talking to a guy at the dealer, and he seemed to have the inside scoop on the ion. He says that gm already has the parts (you can order them right now through your saturn dealer) that will put any ion to 500 hp, and with more modification and some custom work on your end, you can push the 700 hp mark. his only remark was to make sure you got the room on your mastercard....

wow, 500 hp in a car made of plastic. how cool is that.

-Rob

[gt50]

The stage 3 neon package is around 350hp, and it comes with a turbo upgrade over the stock 16g. I doubt you can get 500 from an sc on a 4 cylinder.

[300+]

Reply to early post. Not just team up, the Cavalier and Ion are the same car.
Just different trim.
Saturn ain't Saturn like it used to be.
But reading this thread it seems they know what they are doing to get sales.