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Old 05-28-2005, 01:38 PM
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against my advice, my friend got a saturn ion (i dont have anytihng against saturns, i just tihnk the ion is ugly as sin) so anywya he went form a 1993 5.0 t-bird to this, so whats some cheap stuff to get the performance up? cai, plugs/wires, anytihng else?
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Fuzzy dice, 8 track player and hamster steroids

The usuall to start with, exhaust and cold air intake, not sure if they have a header for those motors yet?
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Is it an Ion Redline?
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It'* got the same ecotech as Cavaliers right? Start there.
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Originally Posted by Sol
Is it an Ion Redline?
i havent seen it yet but i doubt it, the redline is supercharged yes? i know he didnt want a car that needs premium
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Originally Posted by jwikoff99
It'* got the same ecotech as Cavaliers right? Start there.
an ecotech? I have a pdf file thats 123 pages of ecotec mods, all the way to 1000hp

I'll go away and find the link..........
http://www.gm.com/company/gmtunersou...build_book.pdf
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Originally Posted by Sol
Is it an Ion Redline?
Weird blower mount but cool
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I was gonna say, if it was a Redline, intake and exhaust alone puts it at high 13'*, low 14'*.
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trade it in on a either a vue or ion redline...
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dammit im surrounded by saturns, my parents just got an ion too
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