This is the most decent kill stories forum I've found. Most are Honda, Honda, and more Honda, and if you question their story about outrunning an LS1 Camaro with the awesome power of a VTEC Civic with a cat-back and CAI, you get flamed to all hell. There are all kinds of cars here and reasonable people post here.

I'm not pimpin' a Saturn, I just drive one. Don't knock the Saturns, though. I've not met a Saturn that didn't last well over 100,000 miles despite being driven hard and abused, which is what they were made to do.

 

A saturn--pushed hard over 100k???? Ya sure the odometer goes that high.

 

well dont call it a saturn then, why not just call it an ecotec


ill admit the new ecotecs r a shitload faster. some bitches over at j-body.org r hittin low 15s with i/e

 

I'd agree. One of the reasons I like visiting here is the population of realists.

The NHRA conversion factor from 1/8th to 1/4 is 1.56, so a 9.93 would be a 15.49, which is what Integrity said.

 

No fast saturns? Yeah, thats how it used to be.
The new saturn ion redline sounds like it can pack a punch..
read up.

http://www.modernracer.com/saturnionredlinecoupe.html

 

Well, if my car is that quick in the 1/4, I wouldn't believe it either. When the track opens up, I'll run it through the 1/8 again and post a timeslip.

 

Given that Saturn's weight and horsepower, it should be a low 15, high 14 second car. I'm not sure if I'd call that "fast" but certainly quick, especially for a Saturn. I'd hope that it would be more on par with the SRT-4, since that seems to be the new industry benchmark.

 

:werd: ME! This kinda smells like bull$hit to me. the ion has like 20 more HP, but weighs 200 lbs more as well. If it went up against a new VTEC civic (1.7 liter), it would lose...my $ would be on the civic at least. now we know if it went up against an SI, it would be no contest...

 

first off...my $$ would be on the ion, not the new civic ex. the new civic has way less torque, and way less hp. 200lbs would not make enough difference to make up for that much power. the new civic si might be a closer race, but a lot of people have trouble getting the new si's into the 15's stock. now...the older si's would be a good race. they have about 15hp more, less torque (i think about 10ft-lbs less) and weigh about the same. the 99-00 si would prolly take the car up top. i don't see why you're calling it "mighty vtec". in the ex, anyways, it's not too impressive. there's also not too much of a difference between the dx, lx, and ex. the si is a huge step up though.

 

have u driven an ion??? everything feels plasticy and flimsy, and it seems to lag when u go thru the gears... one of my ex GFs had one, and having driven both VTEC civics and the ion, from DRVING it, my money would definitely be on the civic, even though the specs are against it