Why are you like this when it come to zetecs? do you just like to talk down on them because you owned 2 ATX's and they were slow? You seem to like to rate cars on how fast they are. why? I will continue to back zetecs up when people like you just like to talk down on them, like they're worthless, slow, piles of ****.
For the most part they are (Duratecs aren't a ton better). Ford designed them as a conservative econo-box. Don't try and make them something they're not. Why are you like this when it comes to Zetecs? Do you just like to talk them up because you own two and need to validate your purchase? And why is it wrong that I'm rating a car (engine) on how fast it is.
That is the point of this thread. The original poster wants a faster car. The Duratec is a better option for that.
simply put, of course the same mods on a zetec'd contour vs a duratec'd contour, the duratec will have more power, that's all i was trying to say (apparently you didn't understand what I said (more like didn't read), what gives).. I was also mentioning the SVT zetec because that would be a more fair comparasion, you jump off the deep end.
I quite understood what you said, and I read it several times. I'm not saying you don't have a valid point, I'm saying it's not relevant to the topic.
another link for the second one.
google video this time
No thank you. It sounds like a Mazda 323 that drives around here.
I'm a hot rodder. I mod what I've got.
I also like being the underdog. There are a bunch of high power turbo 3L's running around. It's been done. How many high-powered Zetec Contour's are there?
None.
Be unique. Mod your Zetec.
Did you ever think that there's a reason for this? Here's what you're saying: Lots of people have found that modifying an initially more powerful car to be more practical and it produced good results. I, in my effort to constantly 'be different,' cannot bring myself to travel down this road of practicality, and I must spend more money, time, and effort to achieve the same results.
I have an idea: Be practical. Treat your Zetec like it was meant to be treated.
Like I said, if you got the money, than zetecs are great for modding.
How many high hp zetec contours do you see? On here, none. Best I've seen was sleeper's and he just had bolt ons and nitrous, not a whole lot of power but a quick car. There is a reason you don't see a lot. It initially takes more money or atleast more know-how to make a zetec contour have power. Most contours owners that mod thier cars don't even shoot for high hp numbers, so the duratec is thier best option.
Generally speaking the duratec is the better option for modifying when it comes to your average CEGer. The zetec is a good engine if someone wants to spend the time/money to add power to it. The aftermarket is there for making the engine as strong as you need. So no zetec bashing from me, but just common sense. I don't want to spend a lot of money on a contour, which is just what I'd have to do to just get my zetec to the power level of my svt. SVTs are so cheap, it's better to get one and not only do you get the higher hp engine, you get the body, interior, suspension, etc.
And about sound, duratecs do sound great. Zetecs can sound good. I like the svt exhaust w/ no mufflers on a zetec. But duratecs have a very specific sound that almost no other engine has. The sound is one of the things I remember most the first time I heard/saw a modded svt.
Summary: Duratec if you're thinking practically, Zetec if you want to spend more money (the same could be said about any engine). Oh, and I bolded the most sense anyone has made in this thread.
Cool! My exhaust was linked. And I don't have a tach so I rev'd it until the limiter kicked in.
I'll make a simple comment.
If you want power, go with the Duratec.
If you want fun, go with the Zetec.
But I'm not saying the duratec is not fun, just the more powerful of the two.
BTW, its still a Contour.
I don't quite understand how an engine with less power and equal weight is more fun. More fun because you have to modify it more? Perhaps. More fun because you had to do more work on it to make it livable? If that's your thing. More fun to drive? I honestly don't see how.
PS Why don't you have a tach? Didn't Ford intend for the Zetec to be TEH ULTIMATE!!1!1! racing engine? Wait no, it is the slow economy engine.
Dang.. Us DUHRetech owners must B reel stupid cuz we choosed a EZ engine to have.
Weerrrre stoopid.
Just to clarify:
I don't hate Zetecs. They have their place, and that place is generally not modification. If you want to modify your Zetec, first off make sure it's not an ATX (I will personally come and kick you in the nuts if you think modding an ATX Contour is worthwhile, unless you have circumstances that would prevent you from driving a manual, I understand). And secondly don't try and convince yourself that the Zetec is somehow secretly a superior platform. Admit that it's inferior, but you're modding it because of either a desire to be unique or current circumstances.
