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Here's my turbo 2000 Saturn SL2. It took a lot of work to get it to where it is now, and it is very hard working with and tuning such an inefficient engine. But I have managed to squeeze out 268 wheel hp and 254 wheel tq out of this bad boy at 15 psi (the stock fuel pump was maxed out at this point). I have raced and beat cars such as Evo's, STi's, SRT4's, etc. There is more power to squeeze out of it once I install a higher-flowing fuel pump. Hoping to hot over 300 whp once meth injection and Walbro pump are installed.


Mods are below

Engine:
- Crower Rods
- JE Pistons, stock bore
- 8.5:1 compression ratio
- 2000 crank and girdle
- Balanced to 9k RPM
- ARP head studs
- Fully rebuilt bottom end
- Huge P&P head
- Stock cams
- .060 valve spring shims
- High temp valve seals
- Rebuilt lifters
- Port & Polished intake manifold
- GSI throttle body
- CoolingMist Methanol Injection system

Turbo setup:
- T3/T4 Chinese turbo (.50 a/r cold side and .63 a/r hot side)
- Modified tubular 1G DSM manifold
- Chinese 38mm external wastegate (7 psi spring)
- Black 2.5" powdercoated intercooler piping
- Chinese BOV
- CX Racing intercooler
- Golden Eagle vacuum block
- Custom 2.5" downpipe
- OBX needle-valve MBC
- Vacuum solenoid enables switching from 10 to 20 psi instantly

Misc parts:
- OBX thicker spark plug wires
- OBDI spark conversion (new coils)
- New clutch hydraulics
- ACT 6-puk unsprung cllutch
- MP3 tranny with new shift cables and short shifter
- Honda Civic all aluminum radiator
- Custom radiator hoses and new coolant tank
- Slim cooling fan
- 170* thermostat
- Full 2.5" exhaust with cat delete
- Deleted A/C
- Cherrybomb resonator
- Magnaflow muffler
- 225 lph Walbro pump
- 750cc Siemens low-z injectors

Suspension:
- Aerospeed coilovers
- Ling-Long tires (lol)
- 17" IKON rims
- Drilled/Slotted rotors
- Ceramic pads
- SDA dogbones
- Ground Pounder TAM
- AMR Engineering STB

Electronics/EMS:
- Megasquirt-I PCB3.0
- Full fuel and spark control
- Launch control
- Flatshift (anti-lag)
- 2-step rev limiter with overboost protection
- Glowshift mech boost gauge
- Glowshift electric EGT gauge
- Glowshift electric oil pressure gauge
- AEM UEGO Wideband O2
- Timex digital water temp gauge
- Manual cooling fan override

Interior:
- Vue cluster
- Matching reverse glow gauges
- Full red LED conversion
- Black leather bucket seats in front
- Black leather 1st gen coupe seats in back
- Black door panels from 2ng gen SL2
- Short shifter
- RedlineGoods leather armrest, ebrake and shift boots

Exterior:
- De-stickered
- Buffed and touched up arctic white paint
- 20% tint all around
- Small chin spoiler/splitter
- Painted skirts
- HALOZ
- Projector headlights
- Rims, lowered
- Shiny muffler with stainless steel tip

Audio:
- Clarion 230 Watt RMS deck
- Infinity component speakers
- Pioneer 800 Watt RMS monoblock amp
- Pioneer 12" woofer
- Bandpass enclosure
- XM Radio receiver
- Fat ebay capacitor