DoubleD's 1999 SL2 - N/A Daily Driver

[DoubleD1DT]

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1999 Saturn SL2 N/A Daily Driver
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Goal: Make a fun, but reliable Daily Driver that can also do some Auto X on the Weekends.
(Would also like to make a 15 or faster in the Quarter Mile.)

Start Date: May 28, 2006

Planned End Date: Most likely never.

*Have a Q&A thread up if anyone has any suggestions, advice, or commits. (PLEASE USE IT)*

http://www.sixthsphere.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=29914

Current Mod List and Pic

Next to be Done
-Install Rear Disc Brakes


Engine:
-CP 2.5” Cold Air Intake
-SDA Throttle Body
-SDA Power Cams
-Intake Manifold - Port and Polished (Gasket Matched)
-Head – Milled .040 Over (Up compression to 10.3:1)
-Head – Port and Polished (Gasket Matched)
-Head – Hi-Temp Valve Seals
-Block – Bored .040 Over
-Hyperutectic Pistons
-Hastings Chrome Moly Ring Set
-Clevite 77 Main and Rod Bearing set
-PCV Catch Can

Exhaust:
-OBX Header
-2.25” Mandrel Bent Exhaust
-2.25” Magnadflow Hi-Flow Cat
-31” 2.25” Thrush Glasspack Resonator
-2.25” Magnaflow Street Series Muffler

Tuning:
-97 SC2 DOHC Manual PCM
-Apex’i SAFC-II
-AEM UEGO Wideband O2

DriveTrain:
-Valeo Clutch Kit
-Lightened Stock Flywheel
-TAM (Top Axis Mount) from SDA
-Dog Bone Mounts from Baldy
-Chop Top Shifter

Suspension & Handling:
-Tires - 205/55R15 Kuhmo ECSTA ASX
-Progress Competition Coil-overs
-Bomz Front Strut Bar
-Revotec Rear Bar /w Custom Brackets
-Front SPS Drilled and Slotted Rotors (not installed yet)
-Hawk HPS Pads (Front and Rear) (not installed yet)
-Rear Disk Brake Conversion (not installed yet)
-RPM 17.5mm 3-Way Adjustable Rear Sway Bar

Exterior Visual:
-BSA Racing Rims – 8 Spoke, Black w/ Chrome Lip 40 offset, 15x6.5, Model #243
-Blacked Aftermarket Headlights
-Brilliant White Highs and Lows 6000k
-Brilliant White Fog Lights 6000k
-Clear Turn Signals
-Custom Back Panel
-Custom Tail Lights
-Custom Side Markers
-Black Emblems
-Painted Drums, Rotors, and Calipers
-15% Window Tint

Interior Visual:
-Matching Shift Knob
-Custom Shift Boot
-White Face Euro Gauges
-Half Converted Black Interior.

Sound System & Electronics:
-Whistler Radar Detector (stolen)
-8” Bazooka
-150w RMS Kicker Amp
-Sony X-plode Radio
-Sony X-plode 6.5” Speakers X4

[DoubleD1DT]

Re: DoubleD's 1999 SL2 - N/A Daily Driver

May 2006
Bought my 99 SL2 after graduating high school. Unfortinatly I had to sell my baby to get it (1979 Camaro).
My parents were moving to Goshen, IN (10 hr drive) and I need a vehicle that could get me from the University of Tennessee
(I'm a Mechanical Engineering student there) and back without costing a $1000 in gas.
So I bought the Saturn with the intent on not touching or putting any money into it.
Good on gas and simple to keep running. That lasted about 3 months.

My 79 Camaro




Stock SL2

[DoubleD1DT]

Re: DoubleD's 1999 SL2 - N/A Daily Driver

August 2006 and September 2006
Well I know that I had told myself not do anything to the Saturn, but lets be serious here.
After building my camaro almost form the ground up, I was just itching to work on another car.
So I broke down and looked around on eBay for some cheap little upgrades.

-CP 2.5" Cold Air Intake
-OBX Header
-Bomz Front Strut Tower Brace

Working on the Header






Was pretty impressed with these slight upgrades.....and it was all downhill form here.

[DoubleD1DT]

Re: DoubleD's 1999 SL2 - N/A Daily Driver

October 2006
Ok, so by the time October rolled around, I had saved up some money and it was time to work on the exterior a little bit along with trying to get rid of wheel hop and some tunes.

-TAM (Top Axis Mount) from SDA
-Dog Bone Mounts from Baldy
-Chop Top Shifter
-Custom Back Panel
-Custom Tail Lights
-Custom Side Markers
-Black Emblems
-Painted Drums, Rotors, and Calipers
-Painted Back Bumper "Saturn" Black
-15% Window Tint
-White Face Euro Gauges
-8” Bazooka
-150w RMS Power Acoustic Amp
-Sony X-plode Radio
-Sony X-plode 6.5” Speakers X4

[DoubleD1DT]

Re: DoubleD's 1999 SL2 - N/A Daily Driver

December 2006 and January 2007

Well got a few gifts from the girlfriend for Christmas (gauges being one) and had some extra cash, so I also bought springs and struts from someone one Saturnspot (back before I move to here). I also picked up some rims and an SDA Throttle Body while I was at it.

-SDA Throttle Body
-KYB GR-2 Struts
-Spring Springs, 2” Drop
-BSA Racing Rims – 8 Spoke, Black w/ Chrome Lip 40 offset, 15x6.5, Model #243







Love the look of the springs and not to shabby on the handling. Throttle Body made only a little difference. I love my gauges though.

[DoubleD1DT]

Re: DoubleD's 1999 SL2 - N/A Daily Driver

July 2007 - Sept 2007
Well I started saving up my money in March for a Full N/A build (Including Tuning and Exhaust). I was on mission trip all May and June, plus I helped Robert(boomerw06) with his N/A build. So I started on my N/A build in late July.
Over all I am extremely happy happy with both my car and my build. The car runs great and the speed isn't bad either. Lost to my Friends RSX Type-S by a little more than a car length, so Cams and I'll be happy!

-Tires - 205/55R15 Kuhmo ECSTA ASX
-Intake Manifold - Port and Polished (Gasket Matched)
-Head – Milled .040 Over (Up compression to 10.3:1)
-Head – Port and Polished (Gasket Matched)
-Head – Hi-Temp Valve Seals
-Block – Bored .040 Over
-Hyperutectic Pistons
-Hastings Chrome Moly Ring Set
-Clevite 77 Main and Rod Bearing set
-PCV Catch Can
-OBX Header
-2.25” Mandrel Bent Exhaust
-2.25” Magnadflow Hi-Flow Cat
-31” 2.25” Thrush Glasspack Resonator
-2.25” Magnaflow Street Series Muffler
-Apex’i SAFC-II
-AEM UEGO Wideband O2
-Valeo Clutch Kit

[DoubleD1DT]

Re: DoubleD's 1999 SL2 - N/A Daily Driver

March 2008

-RPM 17.5" 3-Way Adjustable Rear Sway Bar

All I can say about this upgrade is wow. Talk about a totally different feeling car. My car handles so much better on the street, and it really helped in Auto X last weekend too. The body just feels much more solid. Now all I need to do is get some better endlinks.






Also Never put pics up of the exhaust after I got the muffler rehung.

[DoubleD1DT]

Re: DoubleD's 1999 SL2 - N/A Daily Driver

April 2008
Well got ahold of a set of SPS rotors, and bought some Hawk HPS's to go with them. Also installed a manual fan switch.
I noticed that I didn't have any newer interior pics up, so they are going up as well.

[DoubleD1DT]

Re: DoubleD's 1999 SL2 - N/A Daily Driver

Summer 2008
UPDATE!.
Well it was a wonderful summer.....not really.
I went home to IN to visit to Folks, and my mother backed into my car and knocked it 10ft into the yard....got new headlights and fender, but still looking for a bumper.

After I had got home, i got a hairline fracture in my tranny from the diff pin, so now I'm in the process of getting another tranny.

On a lighter note....I bought THESE!!!

AND THESE!!!.

MORE INFO TO COME.

[DoubleD1DT]

Re: DoubleD's 1999 SL2 - N/A Daily Driver

July 2008
Okay car is all back together and I have to say.
I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH MY CAR.
The coilovers are flat out awesome. The ride is nice and the handling is even better. Also the Cams are freaking Awesome.

N/A Madness baby.