Thinking about doing a motor swap

[bloodredguitar89]

I have a 96 GL with a lightly modified zetec currently, i am saving some money and was wondering if anybody knew if its possible to swap in a 2.3L duratec motor and tranny and how hard would it be? i've seen pictures of it done to the focus but i haven't really gotten a good look at the motor mounts what all is involved in this swap? any help would be appreciated

[TribalTour]

with the very little knowledge I have of the 2.3l I would imagine it'd be a lengthy and tedious process. I'm sure the modifications would be extensive. I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help.

[BrApple]

more trouble then it worth ...

[striker2]

its a completely different setup than the Zetec. the reason it swaps in the focus is because its a stock engine option from the Focus ST.

[2000ZxT]

Buy a v6 Contique all blownd up and fix it. People basically give broken Contours away.

[ohsigmachi]

Or buy my cylinder head and have more power than a 2.3 while keeping your zetec and spending a lot less money and having a lot less engineering hurdles to overcome.

[ButtonPuncher]

Yep. Buy Ohsigmachi's head, and I have a new '96 Zetec motor for sale that you can put it on. That will get you over a stock 2.3L's 160HP. Throw a turbo on it and you'll still be financially ahead.

To put a Focus 2.3L in a Contour, you need to have a complete wiring harness and have custom axles and motor mounts made. Also, you'd need to adapt a Focus instrument cluster to the Contour. A '96 Contour's speedo is driven from the VSS off of the transmission, the tach is driven off of the PCM. A Focus instrument cluster is driven completely by the OBD-II bus.

I hate to jump on the V6 bus, but it would be easier to drop in a 3L Duratec.

BP

[2000ZxT]

Or buy a broken V6 Contour for $20 bucks and a stick of bubble gum and put a 3L in.

Seriously you can get them for $300 bucks and $400 for a 3L and $300 in other stuff you'll need and you have a great start at $1,200ish. And have a car to sell. Or you could spend that on just a head...with turbo cams for what appears to be an n/a build..that's a great head but I feel like whoever buys it is going be in the middle of a pretty intense build.

[contourspd98]

Just stick with what you got and build on to it some more...

What do you have done now?

Things to do:
-Head(ohsigmachi)
-Cams(zxtuner.com)
-UDP(zxtuner.com)
-Header
-Exhaust

[2000SE]

Just stick with what you got and build on to it some more...

What do you have done now?

Things to do:
-Head(ohsigmachi)
-Cams(zxtuner.com)
-UDP(zxtuner.com)
-Header
-Exhaust

Save that money and buy an early 90's civic. Then sell your contour and build a much faster honda. I've come to the realization, and you will to, that zetecs will never be overly fast.