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High output cougar S

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i found a "high output cougar S" engine plaque at a swap meet earlier today. i thought it looked different, but wasnt sure if it was a mass produced plaque or if i would be wasting money buying it (probably somewhere between $10-$20). did i make a mistake to not get it?
 
cougar S was a concept vehicle. There are pictures around here of it....i have a road and tack article of it with the car on the front cover. :)

So it might be a duplicated engine plaque. If it is from one of the original...then you got a great deal:cool:
 
Harrry said:
cougar S was a concept vehicle. There are pictures around here of it....i have a road and tack article of it with the car on the front cover. :)

So it might be a duplicated engine plaque. If it is from one of the original...then you got a great deal:cool:
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i doubt it was a replica part. the vendor selling them had all genuine ford parts in all ford packaging. im thinking i should have picked it up anyways
 
beyondloadedSE said:
From what I recall, the Cougar S was nothing more than the Cougar with an SVT engine.
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http://www.scottgrundfor.com/forsale/1999cougarS.html

nope, AWD 3.0L

"Matching the concept's increased horsepower and improved AWD handling characteristics required meticulous attention to detail from Ford's aerodynamicists. The Cougar S concept has two spoilers, one on the conventional decklid location and another that is integrated with the rear window header . At the rear a new fascia with integrated exhaust pipes flanked by rectangular air vents continues the front air dam's theme. A very Euro-style radio antenna on the windshield header gives a cosmopolitan touch that well suits the image of the Cougar S concept.

Had the Cougar S been put into production, it would have been a dream come true for "tuners and tweakers." The Cougar S is powered by a modified modular 24 valve V-6 Duratec prototype engine. This strong breathing engine at 3.0 liters is a half liter larger than the production counterpart. It is fed by a modified intake system that feeds cold air through a functional scoop at the base of the wind screen. With available SVT modifications, the motor is capable of over 400 horsepower. Mounted to the modular Duratec powerplant is a drive line taken from the all wheel drive Mondo prototype - A drive line developed in Europe for the Mondo but never put into production. A 5 speed MTX-75 viscous drive, limited slip manual transmission is specially designed to accommodate the drive line."
 
its real. i got the plaque on the coug myself. even came in a ford bag.

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The Cougar-S concept was an AWD 3.0, but it was just that - A CONCEPT CAR. A show piece for the PR tour.

The production Cougar S was going to be produced in 2001, as a Cougar with a complete SVT powertrain. The decision was made at the last possible second to NOT release it. The only parts SPECIFICALLY made for the Cougar-S were the engine badge, trunk badge, and logo floor mats, and a few Ford parts counters actually had them in stock before the model was cancelled. So there are a FEW examples of NOS parts out there.
 
WTF??? so you mean mercury could have done us all a favor and went ahead and made the darn thing so that by now a few of us could have had awd tour that would not have taken a complete fortune. Thou I can believe it still would have taken half of a fortune
 
Andy Bennett said:
The Cougar-S concept was an AWD 3.0, but it was just that - A CONCEPT CAR. A show piece for the PR tour.

The production Cougar S was going to be produced in 2001, as a Cougar with a complete SVT powertrain. The decision was made at the last possible second to NOT release it. The only parts SPECIFICALLY made for the Cougar-S were the engine badge, trunk badge, and logo floor mats, and a few Ford parts counters actually had them in stock before the model was cancelled. So there are a FEW examples of NOS parts out there.
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actually theres quite a few more parts out there than just that.

I guess there were about 500 of those plaques produced, and appears to be the widest produced of the S parts. but there are also S guage clusters out there, S rims, S dual exhaust, S clutch and flywheel (seperate part number from the SVT but probably identical), and I want to say pedal assembly. There are SUPPOSEDLY 200 of the rims in fords inventory and was about a dozen of the exhausts, not sure about the guage clusters because it has a 700 core charge.

I would've been a god pickup for 10-20 bucks as they are hard to find. NECO had a GB for them a few years ago so theres a number of members who has some caches of them but they don't come up for sale often.
 
JnCsvt picked up a Cougar S clutch not too long ago and installed it. The general consensus is that it is the same as the SVT clutch.
 
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