Saturn performance question

The air box on the Saturd SC1 has a air charge temp sensor in the lower half of the box. The air box also has the inlet size of a gnats nuts.

1: Will opening the lower section of the air box make any improvement in performance? (more air could be taken in)

2: Will the ACTS be negatively affected by the larger (atmosphere) air chamber?

3: Will removing "the straw" create too much of a loss of torque?

4: Anyone out there LIKE putting automatic transmissions in Saturns?

I think that quite a few cars have such a small breathing tube for noise regs. My Speed3 had a very small hole to draw air from. Since changing out the stock air box for a cold air intake the power and noise is up significantly.

It may be a less dramatic change for your normally aspirates Saturn.

1. The noise level will go up very sllightly, but you'll be hard pressed to notice a performance improvement
2. Uh, what? The car will run fine
3. GRM did a test on a Civic where they took that thing away and torque went down like .02 ft/lb
4. Hell no. Unless you have a medical condition that doesn't let you use your left leg, or you live in LA and drive in traffic all the time, manual is the way to go.

LOL. I can't find a manual parts car right now. As soon as I do find one for dirt I may keep the car. (How many $100.00 stick SOHC/DOHC cars were given away over the past 3 years?) Until then I need to make the car go backwards.

1. About the only thing that will give an SC1 a noticeable performance increase is a DOHC+Manual swap.

2. No.

3. What torque?

4. No.

the cheapest dohc 5 sp saturn I've had was $300.

they're out there.

My sister has been driving a $400 DOHC 5spd for 2 years now.

A local car dealer has a 5 speed SC2, but finding a Saturn, anymore, with a manual tranny is about as hard as finding a Toyota, ANY Toyota, new or used, with a manual transmission.

Saturns have performance? That's the first I've heard of it.

Some say the same about Neons... ;)

I am changing up to an Escort with an automatic at the end of the week, so yes... Saturns AND Neons ARE performance cars.

NYG95GA wrote: Saturns have performance? That's the first I've heard of it.

The Porsche 996 driver who was 2 seconds slower than me in my very stock 180k mile 1995 Saturn SW2 at my last autocross probably disagrees.

HStockSolo wrote:

NYG95GA wrote: Saturns have performance? That's the first I've heard of it.

The Porsche 996 driver who was 2 seconds slower than me in my very stock 180k mile 1995 Saturn SW2 at my last autocross probably disagrees.

And One Lap of America participants from 2001-2003

I've never seen anybody to a stick-to-auto swap in an S-series car... but I've seen plenty done the other way.

Performance-wise, your best bet is a DOHC engine/tranny swap (the gear ratios are different) and a few bolt-ons will give you 150HP in a 2400 pound car.

And yes, Saturns won the econo class in One Lap for three years running...

Hahahaha...you said Saturn and performance...you funny guy!(bad Jackie Chan voice)