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My 98 CSVT shows a build date in June of 1997. How can I find out how many were made before it?
Second question: Anyone know of another CSVT with more that 245,000 miles? Just curious if I might have the highest mileage one around. (yes, I know the signature below is out of date)
Meado
Richmond VA
'98 E0 Contour SVT
245,000 miles and counting.....
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You have that many miles?? How is it running. I have 148000 and thought I was doing pretty well. Same engine?
1998.5 Silver Frost SVT
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160,000 miles and still going..
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Originally posted by Meado1555:
Anyone know of another CSVT with more that 245,000 miles?
I do believe you might have the highest svt. I know others are pushing more than that on other models. Do you have any pics of the vehicle?
Jim Hahn
1996 T-Red Contour SE Reborn 4/6/04
3.0L swap and Arizona Dyno Chip Turbo Kit
364 whp, 410 wtq @ 4,700 rpm
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Originally posted by beyondloadedSE:
Originally posted by Meado1555:
Anyone know of another CSVT with more that 245,000 miles?
I do believe you might have the highest svt. I know others are pushing more than that on other models. Do you have any pics of the vehicle?
Yeah, that is pretty amaizing, any tips or info for other Duratec/SVT owners? Is it still on its origional engine? What work have you done on it?
98 Corolla LE 1.8L DOHC 1ZZFE
TEIN H.Tech Springs
Tokico HP series Struts
Short ram air intake
Tsudo Axel Back Exhaust
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dammn and i thought mine with 124k might crap out on me soon..goo duratec!! 
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I would probably be there now except that I no longer drive 120 miles a day. I'm at 212,000. Everything is still original, engine (except for water pump), clutch, and trans. Agressive maintenance helps.
Jim Johnson
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03 Escape Limited
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Thanks -- I'll look that up soon.
Meado
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I drive a lot of highway miles, which helps. I've always used synthetic oil, changed every 10k miles. It still only uses a quart in about 7000 miles.
Everything is original except the alternator and waterpump (on which I shattered the impeller during some redline driving a few years ago). Oh yeah -- new front brake rotors last summer.
I think the one secret besides the obvious is to keep your foot out of it until the engine is at or near full operating temperature. Baby a cold engine! Once they're warmed up, you can run the snot out of most DOHC engines and not worry about it. My tach has seen 6000+ RPM many thousands of times, but only at operating temperature. I still do it now, even with all the miles on it.
As far as posting a picture, I'm not sure how to post one. It looks like any other silver "E0", but with plenty of wingdings and lots of nicks in the paint, particularly on the front end and windshield. Oh, and paint damage from where the battery exploded in August -- that kind of made it jump the shark, appearancewise.
Oh well, it's still reliable, fun, and paid for!
Meado.
'98 E0 Contour SVT
245,000 miles and counting.....
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