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[Jason]

200 hp supercharged...should be kick to drive and not too hard on the wallet.
Blown high rev tuner cars are the cats a$$. These cars are nothing new. I remember years ago driving a buddies Omni...the fastback..not the box..with 2.2 turbo and chipped to increase boost. You couldn't stay out of the throttle when driving that car...was like a drug...a rush.
George

[George M]

1990 735iL/149k...close to stock...M-technic suspension/lowered 1.0 inch.
Kenwood head unit, E-38 pistol shifter, heavier weighted non-servotronic steering. Have the valve cover off right now and changing the color from red shown in the pic to silver to be monochrome with the rest of the car. Color scheme of the entire car will be silver and black.
George

[Jason]

You put a lot of effort into it and it shows. The M-tec suspension is a great mod for that car. Does your steering mod apply to the E-34 w/ the M30? If so can you give some detail? I feel that is where my car lacks the most.

[George M]

Thank you brother...a labor of love really...these cars are special as you know. My car drives...and I mean this...as close to flawlessly as any car I have every owned...not a squeak or rattle...pulls hards...corners flat...a joy to drive on a nice day.
Love to take the big 7 through the twisties with the top back and CD turned up :-)
As to the steering on these cars...agree with you. No magic pill either...we are stuck with recirculating ball...and not a real fast ratio to boot. Further both the E-34 and E-32 were overassisted from the factory in my view...the E-32 with servotronic even more so. The mod I made is not directly applicable to the E-34 as most come without servotronic. Servotronic is both a scourge and a benefit. The benefit is you can circumvent the overassisted servotronic module and substitute a linear resistor to dial in whatever effort you prefer. I have a toggle switch under the dash to have either a cruising or lower effort setting (still more effort than servotronic) and a more moderately weighted steering effort for more spirited driving....what I keep it in most of the time :-)
Thanks again,
George

[winfred]

here ya go george, get a hood badge like this

I bought it to subordinate my ego. One can't be too proud if you drive a Saturn :-) What is odd is, I get as many compliments on this car as I do my BMW...lol. It is a lot of fun to drive....pretty quick and handles well. Skies the limit as to what you can do...some are running turbo's and creating big power. Mine just has a few subtle mods.
George
P.S....the kids today have it right about small displacement tuner cars.

[George M]

thought I may take some ribbing posting my Saturn on this forum...lol.
I really do like that little car...a big go kart.

George

[Bill R.]

transmission....that and the fact that they are going to be using the honda v6 now...

thought I may take some ribbing posting my Saturn on this forum...lol.
I really do like that little car...a big go kart.

George

[George M]

on automatic cars is a very cool feature...girlfriend has one on her Saturn.
As to the V6...don't want one...too big...more front weight bias on a FWD car...not in the spirit of the car. The Saturn 1.9 liter 4 valve per cylinder DOHC engine at 124 hp and just over 1 hp per cubic inch is a tremendous engine. Simple, cheap for parts, reliable and very strong for its size and the later silent shaft version which I have revs like a dentist drill...just right.
Also great fuel economy which helps at $2/gallon. Best features of the car over and above the styling which I like is the steering precision and plastic body panels.
George

[Bill R.]

vue gets a honda 5 speed automatic now too , very light 250 hp package that really helps the vue....

on automatic cars is a very cool feature...girlfriend has one on her Saturn.
As to the V6...don't want one...too big...more front weight bias on a FWD car...not in the spirit of the car. The Saturn 1.9 liter 4 valve per cylinder DOHC engine at 124 hp and just over 1 hp per cubic inch is a tremendous engine. Simple, cheap for parts, reliable and very strong for its size and the later silent shaft version which I have revs like a dentist drill...just right.
Also great fuel economy which helps at $2/gallon. Best features of the car over and above the styling which I like is the steering precision and plastic body panels.
George

[George M]

yeah...hard to fault Saturn for going to Honda for the driveline for the Vue. Sure agree that Honda drivelines and their cars for that matter are hard to beat...250 hp from a NA V6 is very strong.
George