Nope, I ran the Saturn with stock shocks the entire time I owned it. I was too cheap to buy shocks. (at the time, the only available option was a semi-custom setup that sold for over $800... which was a lot of money back then, especially for me)

The Konis were on my Miata. When I went from 375 to 450 springs in the front, full stiff was required to keep them from bouncing. The revalved/degassed Konis weren't much better because they were merely revalved for greater compression damping. The knob on a Koni (and most other generic single-adjustables) primarily adjusts rebound damping. Higher spring rates require more rebound damping.