I'm just not sure how much battery capacity could be fitted. Steering could be left unassisted or a Cobalt (or another option that would be compatible) electrically assisted column fitted. The non-rectilinear spaces that mentioned could be used for the electric HVAC install. Batteries and inverter, motor logic and charging circuitry installed up front where ICE was originally. One could even turn the shifter area into additional cubby hole space - interior improved. This would allow for maximum weight and complexity reduction as not only the ICE and whole fuel system comes out, but also the gearbox and the driveshaft.īuild a new trunk tub with a shelf to support the top while open, and luggage space underneath that shelf where the tank originally was - trunk improved. I know OP has never been back to reply here, but I believe that for maximum packaging efficiency, a diff motor such as the unit she suggested, or a couple in-wheel motors, would be the way to go. Better drive them as EVs than not at all. Also, if ever the ban on combustion becomes stricter then we can foresee now, to the point of making it illegal to even drive older cars, an EV conversion would be a way to save our machines. Plus, his Cobalt has the LSD in it.I can understand. With solid mounts and drag slicks, he revs to 4000 RPM and dumps the clutch - that is the way is should be. Talking to Rob Archer from Hoosier Performance reinstalled my faith in the potential of this car. That is just too hard on the clutch components and reduces the lifespan dramatically. That is not how to drag race a stick shift car. Note - I refuse to ride the clutch and slip it for 200 feet in order for the wheels not to spin. I was going through the last MPH trap just under the 7000 limit and was putting down 99.3 after 99.3 MPH trap speeds. All in all my best ET of the night was a 14.6 (pre-INTENSE ET was 14.59) with no traction, but the good news is the RPM 7000 means no shifting to 4th gear is needed. Powering second gear just spun the tire some more(you could hear the screech and see the RPM spike). Major tire slippage is the problem as the wheel would 'lite it up' after the initial grab when I punched the throttle. The technique I was using last fall & was getting 2.2x 60' times did no better than 2.42. The 60' times were consistant also, consistantly bad. Saturn Sky Redline Stage 1 2.0T LNF ECM Tune 449.00 Add to cart HP Tuners Universal Credits 49.99 Add to cart Remote Diagnostic Service 349.00 Add to cart 2007 Kappa ECM Correction Program 699.00 Add to cart Saturn Sky Redline Stage 2 Performance Pack 699.00 Add to cart Saturn Sky Redline Stage 2 2. First, the car is as consistant as hell running the same ET & MPH run after run. Last night I went to the strip (one that was just resurfaced 6 weeks ago & is a bit slippery yet) and came away disappointed after 8 runs. I witnessed several changes on a calibration do: Use him to tune, otherwise it is like spitting in the wind. A word of advise to all, the dyno is your friend. This is no slam on Sp00n's stage kit, just an explaination on why his torque is less with GM than INTENSE. The difference between 270/272 and 250/233 is just a few keystrokes on a laptop, the question is: Do you know which ones? I witnessed several changes on a calibration do:ĭyno time is expensive, but so is your car and the money that is put into the extra performance. A word of advice to all, the dyno is your friend. Scott tries to get the AF right below 12:1, and does the majority of the time. (ignore the red line, there was a leak on the 1st run causing the AF to 'flutter') Every car that was tuned that night wound up with a AF graph that looked like this regardless of what stage it was. My blue line is the final run and AF tweak.

How an INTENSE timing curve compares to GM's is anybody's guess and Scott's secret.Īttached below is my AF graph and sp00ner's. It is the AF ratio being 'flat lined' for the powerband at 11.8:1 that makes the torque (with the proper components) Also, Scott tweaks the timing curve a bit, which does not show up on a graph, and it is arrived at by multiple dyno runs. Here is the difference that gives Sp00ner less torque with the GM stage kit as opposed to the INTENSE tune.

Stage ii saturn redline kit