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alright i have a 1996 Contour SE 2.5

ya and....

1) What is the lowest street legal tint i can get on my windows and how much would it cost? like 60%?

2) I want to basically make the car faster than it is, like hp and torque, what mods can i make it faster?

You can buy a cold air intake for your car and have that installed. That will increase your horsepower. Just type into your address bar "Ford Contour Cold Air Intake". Something will come up.

thnx, umm

what kind of exaust could i get if i wanted a good sound but not like freaken loud like those damn honda kids

put all of you questions into the magic box, they have all been thoroughly answered, brought back up and re-answered time and time agian, you will find all the answers and opinions you want.

MAGIC BOX

I knew that when i saw a newbie question some smart a$$ couldnt help but to say use the search.
There are more replys saying use the search then there are viable questions. You guys should be ashamed. That search feature SUCKS! If you dont know the answer then stop getting a free reply to boost your #`s.

To answer your question most states have a limit of 35% tint on cars. Trucks, suv!s, and wagons have diffrens rules that apply to them.
As far as go fast parts. Try a Diablo chip. Or maby a cold air intake. And of course upper and lower SVT intakes, throttle body, and mass air flow sensor. The more of a hp gain you desire the more CASH you will have to spent. Like maby mmm nitrose. Hehehe

You obviously don't know how to use it. :rolleyes: Works fine for me every time I use it.

On topic, each state has its own different regulations. For example, depending on what government agency you ask, PA is either 70% or "can see through both front windows". Gotta check with your state DMV or DOT.

If you are looking for mods, read the topics in the "Performance" forum and check the "Parts Sources" on the main page. That question is entirely too vague for anyone to give you a good answer, because it depends on your budget and what you are trying to accomplish. If you want to ask about specifics on particular mods, first search for them (searching one forum at a time, like "Performance" and "General Mods") and if that doesn't answer your question, come on back and ask away - somebody is bound to know what you need to find out.

EDIT (didn't read your second post at first) - There are 3 main catbacks readily available for the Contour: Borla, Bassani, and Brullen.

No what sucks is people who can't figure out how to search. Take you for example. What is so hard about the search function?

And what the hell do we have to be ashamed of? Knowing how to use the resources made available to us?

Maybe in all your spare time saved not using our shiity search feature, you could put us together one of these made for the Contour and Mystique?

And save your belly aching about people telling the n00bs to search and use the FAQ and so on. why is it there? Read the main CEG page.

And who cares about post count? You mean to tell me every time you post you have something helpful and/or worthwhile to add?

1st of June, we all know what that means now, don't we? Time for the monthly whine and cry session. Thanks for keeping the tradition!

I've got a sound clip of my 98 2.5 with magnaflow muffler and res at

www.homepage.mac.com/ptrlib/

Not the best qualtiy but it will have to do.
Oh yeah the mufflers sound real nice no fart cannon here, just make sure you replace the resonator too.

Whatever, if you actually think somebody cant figure out how to use the search feature. Well i guess your somewhat mentally impared to say the least.

But it is somewhat cumbersom by design. If i didnt have DSL it would take days for the search to complets its cycle.

This forum is to help and learn. If someone ask a question why reply with a (TRY THE SEARCH)?
Why not simply answer the question. But then again if you dont know the answer how could you possibly answer huh ?

Point made !
:rolleyes: :p

I use Dial up service (I'm poor, in the army, and can't afford $50 a month the local services want) and I use the search feature all the time, granted it does take awhile, but it always comes up with the post/info I am looking for; BTW I entered "performance exhaust" in the search engine and came up with just about every possible alternative for exhaust on a contour with stats and prices on many of the posts.