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Sable23

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Location
Paynesville, MN
Just picked this car up this past Tuesday. Drove down to Kansas City to meet the previous owner (from the Austin area of Texas) I got an incredible deal on the car, and I am very happy with it. This is basically my first manual shift car (had 3 others but each only lasted a couple weeks) so I'm getting my practice, and it is certainly a learning experience driving it every day.

from the previous owner:

The Basics:

Originally a Sport model. powered sunroof (Webasto) and leather seats installed by the dealer when new. 2.5L V6 grenaded around 70k miles. Black exterior, black leather interior 6 disc CD changer Currently@ 99kmiles. 3.0Ldrivetrainhas ~30kmiles. 4 wheel disc brakes, no ABS (standard)

The Mods:

2001 Taurus Duratec 3L short block
1998 SVT Contour heads,mildly polished combustion chambers (11.2 : 1 compression ratio)
1998 SVT Contour cams
1998 SVT Contour lowerintake manifold engine wiring harness rebuilt using parts from 2002 Cougar, 1998 SVT Contour, and 1997 Contour V6 ATX
SVT Contour airboxwithK&Nfilter
SVT Contour radiator
SVT Contour oil towateroil cooler
MondeoST220throttle body
2.5L V6 Cougar upper intake manifold, extrude honed (flows more air than SVT intake)
1996 Taurus Duratec 3L 24# injectors (rebuilt)
MSDS y-pipe and headers , wrapped
TruBendz single outlet2.5"stainless mandrel bent cat-back exhaust MagnaFlow oval body muffler in place of stock resonator MagnaFlow round body muffler in place of stock muffler
2002 Cougaralternator
1997 Contour 2.5LV6engine frontcover
1997 Contour radiator fan shroud, modified to fit SVT radiator
1997 Contour engine andtransmission mounts,filled with94A
SVT Contour frontandrearroll restrictors,filled with94A
pre-98 Contour rodshift transmission,updated internals (floorpanmodifiedtofit) Quaife torque biasing differential 3.8 : 1 final drive
1998 SVT Contour flywheel
Sachs SuperSet clutch kit
Braided stainless steel brake lines (4 wheel)
BAT Euro Suspension
Jaged rear strut tower brace
Pioneer6x8speakers
MTX 421D monoamplifier
Polk Audio C4 monitor isobaric dual reflex bandpass subwoofer (uses 4 6x9 subs)
Scosche LOC80line out converter
1999 Cougarheadlamps
aftermarket foglights
SCT tuner,tunedbyTorrie McPhailofFastPartsNetwork/ Unleashed Tuning
Hello Kitty exhaust tip
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It's a fun car for sure, needs just a couple of things, but drives great as is. Welcome Hello Cougar!

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Don't really want to start a new thread for this. Got some new wheels and tires a couple weeks back. Focusing on catching up on some maintenance and trying to find some fogs and a headlight yet.

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Yup this is the same car. This drivetrain was originally build for his 97 SE but tuning issues and a tornado took that car out and everything got put into this cars shell. It has about 35-40k miles on it since the build. Car just turned 100k on its way to Minnesota. Paid 3750 for it, worth every penny so far.
 
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