hotdimmes
Hard-core CEG'er
haha, I wasn't complaining, I was just providing a reference point. No more spending money on unnecessary car parts until I pay off my cc.
Unless it's an opt. or msds y pipe.
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The flying brick
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haha, I wasn't complaining, I was just providing a reference point. No more spending money on unnecessary car parts until I pay off my cc.
Unless it's an opt. or msds y pipe.
hotdimmes
Hard-core CEG'er
Wuteva...I don't have room for broken contours. I gotta make this thing last!
striker2
Official CEG Vendor
ill give any 2.5L N/A SVT some straight road and a little head start and they'll still be trying to keep up with my zetec:crazy::laugh:
hotdimmes
Hard-core CEG'er
ill give any 2.5L N/A SVT some straight road and a little head start and they'll still be trying to keep up with my zetec:crazy::laugh:
not exactly a stock zetec you got there...
ill give any 2.5L N/A SVT some straight road and a little head start and they'll still be trying to keep up with my zetec:crazy::laugh:
I would hope so
striker2
Official CEG Vendor
no its not but i just hate how people always rag on the zetec for being "slow". even before i went FI my zetec with 240K miles on it was faster than non SVT v6 tours.
it may only have 4 cylinders but it responds amazingly well to basic mods. with intake, exhaust, headers, UDP, and a tune (all the same things most SVT guys do) and i would bet that the zetec would give a good run to the SVT. if you let the zetec up the compression to same 10:1 as well then i have no doubt the zetec could beat the SVT.
hotdimmes
Hard-core CEG'er
yeah but....if an svt had intake, exhaust, headers, udp, and a tune, then the svt would be faster. None of these cars are all that fast in stock form but relative to each other, the zetec is factually the slowest. :shrug: so we rag on them for fun, which is fine as long as we all know that our v6's aren't all that fast either. That way, no one gets a big head. :laugh:
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TheMexicanJob
Banned?
a 3L contour is technically stock....if by all factory parts means stock, just not factory for a contour. :laugh:
striker2
Official CEG Vendor
the problem is that so many SVT owners on here DO think their cars are fast.
out of curiosity whats an SVT put down with those mods? and whats the average weight of an SVT?
out of curiosity whats an SVT put down with those mods? and whats the average weight of an SVT?
hotdimmes
Hard-core CEG'er
a fairly modified svt is around what? 185whp? 3000lbs?
striker2
Official CEG Vendor
now do i get to up my compression ratio to 10:1 also?
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zorrex
Enjoys the Abuse
Racing on da intarnetz! But seriously, I think striker is right. Modify the Zetec with all the bolt-ons, and you're looking at what, 140 hp maybe? Or is that an overestimate?
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I only rag on the zetec because I drive one. It isn't a bad engine at all, but it isn't a power house either, nor is a SVT anymore.
However I only see it being as fast or maybe slightly faster then a V6 atx if it has a manual, no way its faster then a V6 with a mtx. 103 vs 140 hp at the wheel stock if both are mtx's
I do not agree that a zetec with basic bolt ons would give a SVT a run for its money. Maybe off the line and to 60 mph but no way to will hold up on the top end. same for a non SVT duratec with mtx
it really is a night and day difference between a zetec and a duratec in power, stock for stock.
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un-tuned yes, SVTavaino made about 185 HP with just intake, optimized y-pipe and alittle exhaust work, not much else I believe.
hotdimmes
Hard-core CEG'er
must get y-pipe!!! I think I'm going to a uconn dyno meet this weekend at bristol dyno. If there's time I may dyno, so we can see the diff throughout exhaust, headers, then ultimately ypipe when I get one :blackeye:
Is that a dealbreaker? I have to agree with brian. The zetec is a fine engine and people like you do awesome stuff with it. But with contours just being as cheap as the are and the nautilus kit costing as much as most focus turbo kits. I'd personally rather start off with a bigger engine if going the performance route :shrug:
Reebs
meester super sleuth
I thought my SVT was fast. :shrug:
striker2
Official CEG Vendor
no IMRC to worry about breaking on the zetec though
considering i could build a turbo zetec that will make 200+ WHP for less than the cost of an SVT (including the purchase of the car) ill take the zetec. although its getting harder to argue that since the price of SVTs has come down a lot. :nonono:
also the focus turbo kit will not work on the contour without serious modification. so much so that you might has well build your own from scratch (like i did).
Edit: who doesnt like the super sleeper of a turbo zetec either :crazy::drool:
considering i could build a turbo zetec that will make 200+ WHP for less than the cost of an SVT (including the purchase of the car) ill take the zetec. although its getting harder to argue that since the price of SVTs has come down a lot. :nonono:
also the focus turbo kit will not work on the contour without serious modification. so much so that you might has well build your own from scratch (like i did).
Edit: who doesnt like the super sleeper of a turbo zetec either :crazy::drool:
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Steeda, with his black SVT, did tru duals on it and put down 187 at Spring Zing, and thats all he had done to the drive train.