stupid_but_tough wrote:We've been looking at $400 DOHC 5-speed saturn, 125 hp stock, add cheap turbo & intercooler = bye bye ringlands. Junkyards are full of spare parts
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Saturns are one of the worst cars to try and do a budget turbo on. The stock PCM has only recently been hacked, and I've only heard of one person ever running it under boost. Outside of that at part throttle they will go lean and blow up with standard AFCs. You'd need at least an MS, or limit it to 3 psi and just enjoy the extra 25hp.
That said, we ran all of Capitol Offense on a blown headgasket. When we finished the oil looked like muddy water. They are reliable and if you want to open up the motor and swap some parts around/do machine work, 140whp isn't terribly hard to hit (and you can cure the oil-burning).