Woo Hoo, 1st post. So, what else to you own worth mentioning?

[JohnnyTurbo]

My summer daily driver is an '04 Saturn ION Red Line that I bought new in Sept of 2004. It has the 2.0 L supercharged ECOtec 4 cyl/Gretag 5 speed that is basically the SAAB 93 turbo 4 banger with a huffer instead of a hairdryer. GM rated it at 205 SAE crank HP and right out of the box it dyno'd 216 at the wheels which is around 254 at the crank. Bone stock it runs a 14.40 - 14.50 ET at 99.7 MPH in the 1/4. A factory stage II kit is available that has a smaller pulley, larger injectors and an ECU remapping for around $900 installed that will bump up the HP to 275 at the wheels and right around 325 at the crank. Not bad for a 2900# car with a Nurburgring tuned suspension. It is very fun to drive down on-ramps to Interstates and is a blast at autocrosses and track days and is a great DD that gets 28 MPG while driving it like it is a rental.