SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 02:58 PM
This may be an odd question. Does anybody else have a black SVT nameplate on their engine? Every other picture I have seen of a SVT motor has a red nameplate.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 04:09 PM
That's off something else.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 04:28 PM
Originally posted by todras:
That's off something else.
Are you sure? He does have the #6 SVT ever.....
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 04:29 PM
thats awesome!
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 04:34 PM
It's as it came from the factory. I bought from original owner.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 04:44 PM
right, but i think what tod means is it was probably used on another SVT model prior to the Contour.
since yours is such a low build number it would be very likely that ford would do that. and then eventually they came up with the new badge.
Kinda how in the 98 SVT Contour promo video, the car has mystique tails and a pre-98 center console.
since yours is such a low build number it would be very likely that ford would do that. and then eventually they came up with the new badge.
Kinda how in the 98 SVT Contour promo video, the car has mystique tails and a pre-98 center console.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 04:49 PM
You have a rare one if that's what came on the car for sure. What does Goonzs' look like?
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 04:52 PM
Originally posted by todras:
That's off something else.
No other SVT product has the type of 'SVT' badge our engine does.....
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 05:04 PM
Goonz had the same thing but he replaced it not knowing what he had. This came up a few weeks ago. The black plates were from the very first runs. My original car, #173 built 4/4/97 IIRC, however had the red badge so it changed before then.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 05:05 PM
Originally posted by ElKy:
right, but i think what tod means is it was probably used on another SVT model prior to the Contour.
since yours is such a low build number it would be very likely that ford would do that. and then eventually they came up with the new badge.
Kinda how in the 98 SVT Contour promo video, the car has mystique tails and a pre-98 center console.
The one in the video has that engine badge too. Black.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 05:08 PM
FINALLY!!!! Someone beat Goonz!!
Don't change that plate. Extremely rare.
Don't change that plate. Extremely rare.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 06:19 PM
when I first purchased my car, I had that..but after joing CEG and seeing everyone have the red ones, I put on the newer one throwing the black on away not realizing at the time that I had the #9 car..sucked being a newb 
I should try to find that black badge and put it back on
ps
we share a car made the same day
I should try to find that black badge and put it back on
ps
we share a car made the same day
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 06:25 PM
Yeah, you wanted to be cool like everyone else before you realized you were cooler than everyone else.
Now spdsk8r has the cool guy SVT, and I'm still left way out near the middle where nobody loves me
...well, except the MEG guys
EDIT: you know that this means that Nov 12th may have been when #1 rolled off the line...
OH, and spdsk8r... do you have traction control?
Now spdsk8r has the cool guy SVT, and I'm still left way out near the middle where nobody loves me
...well, except the MEG guys
EDIT: you know that this means that Nov 12th may have been when #1 rolled off the line...
OH, and spdsk8r... do you have traction control?
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 06:28 PM
Originally posted by Kane:
Yeah, you wanted to be cool like everyone else before you realized you were cooler than everyone else.
Now spdsk8r has the cool guy SVT, and I'm still left way out near the middle where nobody loves me
...well, except the MEG guys
EDIT: you know that this means that Nov 12th may have been when #1 rolled off the line...
i didnt know I was the cool guy either untill a year ago when I found out myself that i had the earliest svt..lol'rz!
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 07:56 PM
If I had the earliest SVT around Id take a little more care of that engine bay.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 09:24 PM
Thats pretty cool. Congrats on having #6... Didn't Ford keep like #1 and maybe #2?
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 10:38 PM
Originally posted by Guntaker:
Thats pretty cool. Congrats on having #6... Didn't Ford keep like #1 and maybe #2?
crash testing maybe?
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/14/05 10:41 PM
Originally posted by Goonz SVT:
Originally posted by Guntaker:
Thats pretty cool. Congrats on having #6... Didn't Ford keep like #1 and maybe #2?
crash testing maybe?
they wouldnt crash test the svt would they? i mean the saftey features are the same as on the standard contour... so there would be no need to.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 02:27 AM
IIRC the first 30 SVT's were hand inspected and detailed for possible car shows and press photo duty.
There were a few write ups about it in the old archives. Well if they are still there even???
There were a few write ups about it in the old archives. Well if they are still there even???
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 03:15 AM
GOONZ SVT
You gotta find it and put it back on!!!
That thing is cool!
OH and to the person who posted.....clean that engine!
You gotta find it and put it back on!!!
That thing is cool!
OH and to the person who posted.....clean that engine!
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 06:41 AM
Originally posted by jtour:
GOONZ SVT
You gotta find it and put it back on!!!
That thing is cool!
OH and to the person who posted.....clean that engine!
im in contact with Bill right now to find a set..
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 10:34 AM
The engine bay is a lot cleaner than when I bought it a couple of months ago. Remember, this is Michigan and it's my daily driver. It will get the full detail cleaning this spring. It does not have Traction Control or a Sunroof, and according to SVT was provided to the journalists for magazine reviews.
This is my summer fun vehicle:
This is my summer fun vehicle:
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 10:40 AM
now thats sweet!
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 12:15 PM
holy crap... your 98 was built in 96??? thats insane.. usually they make a new model year the prior year of a release..
IE mine was built in 97 but its a 98 and my 99 Coug was built and bought in 98 as well.
IE mine was built in 97 but its a 98 and my 99 Coug was built and bought in 98 as well.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 05:37 PM
Originally posted by spdsk8r:
It does not have Traction Control or a Sunroof,
weiiiird no sunroof..
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 05:46 PM
Originally posted by Goonz SVT:
Originally posted by spdsk8r:
It does not have Traction Control or a Sunroof,
weiiiird no sunroof..
Sunroof, CD player, and spoiler were optional. The only options, actually, and when they became no-charge options in later SVTs you began to see a lot more with them.
More info here
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 05:48 PM
not so strange..i thnk we have at least one SVT in NE with no sunroof, maybe more.
I think it was/is owned by Pat.
I could be wrong and probabaly am.
Matty might be able to correct me.
I think it was/is owned by Pat.
I could be wrong and probabaly am.
Matty might be able to correct me.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 05:49 PM
spdsk8r.........that is a very sweet looking z....
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 06:08 PM
i dont have a sunroof 
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 06:18 PM
Originally posted by 98 SE:
Originally posted by Goonz SVT:
Originally posted by spdsk8r:
It does not have Traction Control or a Sunroof,
weiiiird no sunroof..
Sunroof, CD player, and spoiler were optional. The only options, actually, and when they became no-charge options in later SVTs you began to see a lot more with them.
More info here
AFAIK, spoilers were not even an option until 99. SVT wanted to keep the car with a more streamline look.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 06:39 PM
Me neither
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 06:50 PM
Yea I do not have a sunroof either. I had the red badge on my engine as well. So they switched somewhere before mine, which puts it in the first 48 cars built. I replaced my SVT badge with one off of a FSVT. I think it looks better.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 06:51 PM
Originally posted by SVTatGT:
i dont have a sunroof
I don't have a sun roof either.
Also, the spoiler was not a factory option until 2000. There were a few that were dealer installed prior to that.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 07:31 PM
Originally posted by Big Jim:
Originally posted by SVTatGT:
i dont have a sunroof
I don't have a sun roof either.
Also, the spoiler was not a factory option until 2000. There were a few that were dealer installed prior to that.
Actually it became a dealer installed option in 1999. It was never a true "factory" option on any year. Even in 2000 it was dealer installed. They came in the trunk if so ordered just like in 99.
Sunroofs were not offered on E0 98's.
If an E0 has one it was a dealer or aftermarket unit.
I'm not entirely positive if it was even a factory option on E1 98.5's.
However by 99 it was a no-cost option from the factory.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 07:38 PM
Originally posted by DemonSVT:
Originally posted by Big Jim:
Originally posted by SVTatGT:
i dont have a sunroof
I don't have a sun roof either.
Also, the spoiler was not a factory option until 2000. There were a few that were dealer installed prior to that.
Actually it became a dealer installed option in 1999. It was never a true "factory" option on any year. Even in 2000 it was dealer installed. They came in the trunk if so ordered just like in 99.
Sunroofs were not offered on E0 98's.
If an E0 has one it was a dealer or aftermarket unit.
I'm not entirely positive if it was even a factory option on E1 98.5's.
However by 99 it was a no-cost option from the factory.
My sunroof is definately factory, and I believe my car is an E0 (#3780). Do we know when they changed from E0 to E1?
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 07:39 PM
mine is an E0 and the sunroof is factory.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 07:40 PM
Originally posted by ElKy:
mine is an E0 and the sunroof is factory.
+1
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 08:55 PM
Originally posted by ElKy:
mine is an E0 and the sunroof is factory.
x2
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/15/05 09:02 PM
Sweet Find! 
Def. keep that black SVT engine plate!!
Def. keep that black SVT engine plate!!
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/16/05 04:29 AM
Originally posted by Matty K:I believe at the 4500 mark..
Do we know when they changed from E0 to E1?
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/16/05 05:28 AM
Originally posted by NVMYSVT:
Originally posted by ElKy:
mine is an E0 and the sunroof is factory.
x2
X3 for #1992
and
X4 for #3461
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/16/05 06:37 AM
Originally posted by RTStabler51:
Originally posted by Matty K:I believe at the 4500 mark..
Do we know when they changed from E0 to E1?
Yeah ..
http://www.hetfield.net/contour/registry/
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/16/05 06:10 PM
Originally posted by 98 SE:
Originally posted by RTStabler51:
Originally posted by Matty K:I believe at the 4500 mark..
Do we know when they changed from E0 to E1?
Yeah ..
http://www.hetfield.net/contour/registry/
My understanding is that the first E1 was built on the first workday or February 1998. I also remember (but don't know for sure) that the last E0 was a few months before.
Re: SVT Engine nameplate? - 12/16/05 07:35 PM
Originally posted by 98 SE:
Originally posted by RTStabler51:
Originally posted by Matty K:I believe at the 4500 mark..
Do we know when they changed from E0 to E1?
Yeah ..
http://www.hetfield.net/contour/registry/
Does anyone here have the rights to update that page?
We should build one here at CEG.