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  1. 12-17-2006 07:58 PM #1
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    Default rwd contour svt

    http://www.ford-v8-focus.com/images/productsnew1.html
    i want to put a 4.0 sohc v6 in my contour
    does anyone have any idea if the kit they have will work in the contour?
    i know ford made a focus concept with 2.5 svt engine
    wonder if this v8 swap kit will somehow work on my contour.....
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    4.0 SOHC V6.....
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    I dont believe anyone has yet to make the contour a rwd car yet..IMO.Alot of work and alot of fab work.Just buy a rwd vehicle.IMO.
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    Ive got a RWD contour svt powered by an eaton charged big block chevy using a mustang rear end and a 9" ford. whats the problem here?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Pudmunkie View Post
    Ive got a RWD contour svt powered by an eaton charged big block chevy using a mustang rear end and a 9" ford. whats the problem here?
    Theres no problem as long as i can see some pictures..lol..
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    please search ....


    fyi, I don't know how it turned out but I do remember seeing some mondeo pics where the guy had stripped the car down and was starting to make it rwd ....
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    ^^ he put a land rover V8 IIRC and it was RWD. i saw a video of him starting it up and running. no more development that i know of.
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    Quote Originally Posted by drivebymashing View Post
    http://www.ford-v8-focus.com/images/productsnew1.html
    i want to put a 4.0 sohc v6 in my contour
    does anyone have any idea if the kit they have will work in the contour?
    i know ford made a focus concept with 2.5 svt engine
    wonder if this v8 swap kit will somehow work on my contour.....
    hell yes its possible, well boy I remember the odder day when ma buddy put a dang ol ferrari engine in his civic and boy I tell you dem make da car go fast. YOu unscrew the old engine, and screw in the new engine its so easy.
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    Must see with own Eyes to believe, I'm sure I speak for MANY other as well...untill then LOL!
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    If you can put a DOHC Wankel turbo-supercharged V7 in a Geo Metro...then you can put a RWD V8 in a contour...if it was easily done, it would have been done already and there would be a how-to for it.
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