Bolt-Ons Help a Saturn Sky Red Line Prove it Has More in Common with the C6 Than Just

Charlie · 08-20-2009, 11:01 PM

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jr1 · 09-08-2009, 07:44 PM

If Mr P. does decide to have the next SKY based on that Renault coupe, they are going to have to rag-top it!!!!

(And grow some humps of course..... even if only to tick off the head of GM's Chevy division - you know, get him all twitchy about Corvette competition all over again - what a dufus......)

ls3ftw · 01-21-2010, 06:17 PM

Did someone just compare a C6 and a Sky?

SC2SkyVue · 01-21-2010, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ls3ftw

Did someone just compare a C6 and a Sky?

Sure enough! Why not?

So it ain't a V8, BFD.

ls3ftw · 01-22-2010, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SC2SkyVue

Sure enough! Why not?

So it ain't a V8, BFD.

takes a lot more than a torque curve / horsepower to make a vehicle a sports car, the C6 is my first V8 performance car as i've built and drove turbo 4 poppers for most of my life... but comparing a sky to a c6 is plain ridiculous.

XRL · 01-22-2010, 04:28 PM

It's a little less ridiculous than you think.

http://www.mallettcars.com/sky-conversion.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5_0_Hnt0ZA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AtZ8zQ5We4&NR=1

Really, the platforms are both pretty similar. It's too bad they didn't make a targa top style Sky, it'd really have been a poor man's Corvette. And it'd have taken care of the biggest issue of the Sky/Solstice (the crappy top/lack of space with the top down).

SC2SkyVue · 01-22-2010, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by XRL

And it'd have taken care of the biggest issue of the Sky/Solstice (the crappy top/lack of space with the top down).

The top is easy to put up and take down, and there are a few simple rules for the SKY:

NO drinking, NO smoking, NO back seat drivers, and NO Samsonite!

XRL · 01-23-2010, 02:54 AM

I don't like how the top works on the Sky/Solstice. It'd have been better if it was automated, but that woulda been expensive/heavy I guess. It storing under the trunk does make for a nice clean look, but I don't like how you've got to get out of the car to deal with it.

I think a shooting brake Sky would have been sick.

RoadIon · 01-24-2010, 09:03 AM

How the top works does not mean **** to me.

1993SC2 · 01-05-2011, 10:30 PM

THey ~2002 opel speedster should have been the Sky Gen1.

No top- standard. Who the hell drives one of these in the rain, anyway? They're classics now, as are their pontiac clones.

09-08-2009, 07:44 PM	#2
jr1 Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 89 2008 SKY Red Line	Re: Bolt-Ons Help a Saturn Sky Red Line Prove it Has More in Common with the C6 Than If Mr P. does decide to have the next SKY based on that Renault coupe, they are going to have to rag-top it!!!! (And grow some humps of course..... even if only to tick off the head of GM's Chevy division - you know, get him all twitchy about Corvette competition all over again - what a dufus......)

01-21-2010, 06:17 PM	#3
ls3ftw Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 203 2006 VUE 3.5L	Re: Bolt-Ons Help a Saturn Sky Red Line Prove it Has More in Common with the C6 Than Did someone just compare a C6 and a Sky? ... -2006 Saturn VUE V6 AWD...built by GM, powered by Honda. -2008 Corvette MN6...poor man's Porsche. Knowledgable enough to know intelligence comes with humility.

01-22-2010, 04:28 PM	#6
XRL Master Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 2,841 2004 VUE Red Line	Re: Bolt-Ons Help a Saturn Sky Red Line Prove it Has More in Common with the C6 Than It's a little less ridiculous than you think. http://www.mallettcars.com/sky-conversion.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5_0_Hnt0ZA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AtZ8zQ5We4&NR=1 Really, the platforms are both pretty similar. It's too bad they didn't make a targa top style Sky, it'd really have been a poor man's Corvette. And it'd have taken care of the biggest issue of the Sky/Solstice (the crappy top/lack of space with the top down).

01-23-2010, 02:54 AM	#8
XRL Master Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 2,841 2004 VUE Red Line	Re: Bolt-Ons Help a Saturn Sky Red Line Prove it Has More in Common with the C6 Than I don't like how the top works on the Sky/Solstice. It'd have been better if it was automated, but that woulda been expensive/heavy I guess. It storing under the trunk does make for a nice clean look, but I don't like how you've got to get out of the car to deal with it. I think a shooting brake Sky would have been sick.

01-24-2010, 09:03 AM	#9
RoadIon Advanced Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Down the road I on Posts: 978 RoadIon's Photos 2007 ION Red Line 2007 ION-3 Sedan	Re: Bolt-Ons Help a Saturn Sky Red Line Prove it Has More in Common with the C6 Than How the top works does not mean **** to me.

01-05-2011, 10:30 PM	#10
1993SC2 Advanced Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts: 792 1993 SC2	Re: Bolt-Ons Help a Saturn Sky Red Line Prove it Has More in Common with the C6 Than THey ~2002 opel speedster should have been the Sky Gen1. No top- standard. Who the hell drives one of these in the rain, anyway? They're classics now, as are their pontiac clones. ... Then: 1993SC2m Now: 1996 Jeep XJ, 2007 Kawasaki Ninja 650

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