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How much power can the Contique handle?

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Nezerconezer

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There seems to be a point when the contour cant handle a given ammount of horse power. I've seen videos and demonstartions of some of these 3L turbos, having severe traction problems. So what is the threshold when anymore horse power goes up in smoke?
 
Traction issues start happening as little as 200 whp and similar torque. With a good suspension, tires, and a quaife it does improve it quite a bit. With a 3.0L the power can certainly be contained. With any sort of forced induction, good luck.
 
So you'd say 200 hp/tq on the stock drive train.

What about a quaife, some wider stickier tires and a good suspention?
 
Nezerconezer said:
So you'd say 200 hp/tq on the stock drive train.

What about a quaife, some wider stickier tires and a good suspention?
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I never mentioned a stock drivetrain. I mentioned all of those things above.

Upgraded axles aren't going to give you better traction. They are just stronger IF you do get traction, which nobody has done yet. Hense why nobody is in the 12s or lower.
 
Nezerconezer said:
There seems to be a point when the contour cant handle a given ammount of horse power. I've seen videos and demonstartions of some of these 3L turbos, having severe traction problems. So what is the threshold when anymore horse power goes up in smoke?
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IMHO 200 horsepower. I think Ford engineers knew what the drive train could handle when the CDW27 was designed and when it was, ~200 hp was the limit. Any more and durability of the rest of the drivetrain becomes suspect.
Karl
 
elraido said:
I giant front tire ala the flintstones? :laugh:
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Why wouldn't he just get better shoes and cut a hole in the floorboard if he were going flintstones style?

And I would agree that around 200whp is the most you're going to get to the ground at least in the first couple gears. Though I'm sure the 400whp monsters are a good time on the highway ;)
 
Pole120 said:
Stock maybe.....

~Josh
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Even Y2KSVT's old SVT with 206 whp and about 195 wtq with Konis, Quaife, and essentially drag radials (60 treadwear Dunlop tires) would have massive torque steer in first gear. It was like my turbo car in 3rd gear trying to keep it on the road.
 
Jim, would you agree that traction issues in first gear are a little different than his statement of the first FEW gears? I took that to mean up to about 3rd, which a stock contour can achieve even with 200HP IMO.
 
Pole120 said:
Jim, would you agree that traction issues in first gear are a little different than his statement of the first FEW gears? I took that to mean up to about 3rd, which a stock contour can achieve even with 200HP IMO.
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I took it we were talking about getting traction in every gear. If were talking traction in 3rd gear and up then you would probably have to be below 300 whp. 2nd gear and up your probably looking at 250 whp. And like I said before, 1st gear and up is about 200 whp.
 
I was more looking toward 2nd 3rd. As first gear is so low I wouldn't expect it to take to much to over load traction with that gearing.
 
SquareHead said:
Or, just drive it into a pole and buy a SVT???
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nitto neogen's, a spec stg 3, poly roll resistor inserts, and eibach springs could contain my 2.5 on N20 in every gear but first. before i got the new suspension and tires, it would spin in third ;(
 
Good 8in (235's) tires along with suspension and a few other things, make all the difference. On a nice day, I could hold 2nd all day long with my 3L boosted at 10 and even 12psi. Of course zetec fd had ALOT to do with that too. :)
 
Reebs said:
Good 8in (235's) tires along with suspension and a few other things, make all the difference. On a nice day, I could hold 2nd all day long with my 3L boosted at 10 and even 12psi. Of course zetec fd had ALOT to do with that too. :)
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Nice as in hot?
 
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