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Saturn Motorsports/Mavrik Ion; the search for respect.
Byline: ANDREW LUU
Will a turboed Ion win over the streets?
In the sport compact world, Saturn has a reputation problem. Not that it's bad, just almost nonexistent-especially when it comes to the aftermarket scene. You don't have to tell the kids about Honda or Nissan; they already know. But Saturn lacks street cred.
On the NHRA sport compact circuit, the Saturn Motorsports team and aftermarket tuner (not to be confused with GM subsidiary Saturn), led by racer-turned-director Jim Epler, is on a mission to change that. It started last year. The team took home three victories with Lisa Kubo, the fastest female front-drive drag racer.
Still, Saturn is better known for laying the smack down on grocery carts than for turning heads. So when Epler decided to promote and ready for market a turbo kit for the Ion, he called upon James Chen, owner of Axis Tuning in Santa Fe Springs, California (see page 21). Chen is to the tuner crowd what Russell Simmons is to hip-hop.
Axis-prepared cars have won the Ultimate Street Car Challenge (a tuner test for the best balance of performance and streetability in a road car) twice in three years. The reigning USCC champion is Axis' Nissan 350Z. In other words, Chen has street cred.
When Chen wants to make cars that go fast, really fast, he turns to Teddy Hiraoka. If a suspension kit won't fit, Hiraoka's Mavrik Motorsports shop makes it fit. If a turbo or crankshaft doesn't exist, Hiraoka machines one. Appropriately, Hiraoka's motto is, "Where almost anything is possible.''
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