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2.5L SVT engine vs. 2.5L regular engine #66872 07/22/02 09:07 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 30 hedgesville, wv S svtguy OP Junior Member
OP svtguy Junior Member S Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 30 hedgesville, wv	i just went to pick up my motor today in pittsburg. i just wanted to know the plenums on the new motor are silver and the ones from my svt are black. plus the new one doesnt have the svt name badge. i got this engine from a salvage yard and i stressed to them that the engine was for an svt. they even asked if it was early production or late so i know they knew what i wanted. so can anyone tell me if svt engines came with silver plenums and no svt badge on the top of the plenums

Re: 2.5L SVT engine vs. 2.5L regular engine #66873 07/22/02 09:11 PM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 592 Alexandria, VA R RTStabler51 Member
RTStabler51 Member R Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 592 Alexandria, VA	IIRC, the silver or gray intakes are 'regular' 2.5L duratecs Ryan 98.5 Silver Frost Tour SVT 5979/6535 Born: May 15, 1998 Some Mods, still not fast enough.. 90 Black SHO SVT Performance.Com

Re: 2.5L SVT engine vs. 2.5L regular engine #66874 07/22/02 10:06 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 316 Indiana University H HoosierContour Member
HoosierContour Member H Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 316 Indiana University	That engine will fit, it will just be lacking 25-30hp. :rolleyes: 98 T-Red Contour LX V6 Mtx 106k miles 9" K&N, Aussie Pipe, Dual Mode Damper, 19lb. injectors, SHM MAFterburner, Ford 9mm Wires, Mystery Mod, ShoShop Off-road Y pipe, Dynomax Resonator and Muffler, 2.5" custom cat-back.

Re: 2.5L SVT engine vs. 2.5L regular engine #66875 07/22/02 10:09 PM
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,419 Conshohocken, PA P PA 3L SVT Member
PA 3L SVT Member P Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,419 Conshohocken, PA	The magic words are: "VIN G". When I was calling around for engines last summer, this removed any confusion about what I needed. Sounds like you got a VIN L. 1998 Silver Frost SVT Contour born on...8/28/01[/i] American Iron Shootout Radial Tire 2 Class Champion, Cecil County Dragway April 20, 2002

Re: 2.5L SVT engine vs. 2.5L regular engine #66876 07/22/02 10:10 PM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,355 Las Vegas, NV, USA S Simon96SE Member
Simon96SE Member S Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,355 Las Vegas, NV, USA	Does ithave any plack or marking onthe UIM (where the normal "Special Vehical Team SVT" is or does it say "2.5L V6 24 Valve"?). Look on the TB for the SVT sticker. There are a few ways to indentify an SVT engine to a "regular" V6 engine. Simon W. Las Vegas. 96 SE V6 MTX Tereador Red (1st Blown Engine, better be the last!) 1999 SVT Engine SVT Exhaust w/custom DTM Tips and optimized Y-pipe and no Res (thanks to Po-Jay!). LSD Quaife(thanks to Terry!), SCA CAI w/KKM, Grizzly clutch, FMS 9mm wires, Airknights custom short shifter. "You can only get more rice at one time by ordering Chinese" - Davo7SVT "it's only nuts and bolts" - Terry Haines "Drive it like you stole it" - Me!

Re: 2.5L SVT engine vs. 2.5L regular engine #66877 07/22/02 10:56 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 30 hedgesville, wv S svtguy OP Junior Member
OP svtguy Junior Member S Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 30 hedgesville, wv	it has no svt written anywhere and i am really pissed off. my receipt says 98 Ford Contour SVT 2.5L engine VIN G. will i have to pay to ship it back to them. i called ford and they says it is a regular engine also. 7A 828 AA engine code. FOrd says that the SVT's has 8A or 833. at any rate they said that the engine i have is not an svt engine by the code. i talked to a manager at ford and he says he can give me the lowest possible price set @ $2800 for the long block. should i just save up some more money

Re: 2.5L SVT engine vs. 2.5L regular engine #66878 07/27/02 01:01 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 30 hedgesville, wv S svtguy OP Junior Member
OP svtguy Junior Member S Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 30 hedgesville, wv	one more question. the salvage yard gave me $700 back out of the $1000 that i payed for the engine. i wanna know if all the svt electrical stuff will work with the regular 2.5L. also i will have to use my svt intake. will all of these things match up. i wanna get my svt 2.5L rebuilt with better pistons, rods and things like that. anyone know where i can find just a shortblock?

Re: 2.5L SVT engine vs. 2.5L regular engine #66879 07/27/02 01:37 PM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 114 Parsippany NJ. S SVT 1418 Member
SVT 1418 Member S Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 114 Parsippany NJ.	Why are they giving you just $700 back? I would get a 3.0L and call it a day. 2000 SVT # 1418 95 Center Console B&M Shifter KKM Edelbrock 5503 Resinator Replacement 16" Focus Wheels and tires for winter Custom Grill inserts

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