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Anyone know if the Taurus SHO motor/tranny will fit under the hood of a Contour? I'm not happy with the stock 170hp for the Contour Sport 2.5L Duratec and would love some extra power!
Marc
'98 Dark Blue Metallic Contour Sport "SE"
2.5L Duratec V6
Automatic 
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Um, have you searched? (I hate beign a search nazi).
Anything can be done with money. First...can you afford to buy a 3.4L V8? Um, probably not, they still cost quite a bit from a junkyard. Second, can you afford the fabrication to put one in?
The easy answer. NO!!
The SHO V6 will not fit either...
Ryan
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I wouldn't touch a V8 SHO engine with a 10ft pole... They have serious cam problems that destory the engines... I know...I had a 96 V8 SHO that decided to grenade on me at idle  also finding one of thoes engines is a needle in a haystack because of this specific problem...you'll pay for it...I've heard of USED V8 SHO engines needing slight rebuilds for 5-7k
Matt H.
90 Saleen Replica w/N2O 300rwhp/390ftlbs
98 Ford Explorer 5.0 to run civic's over with
96 Contour GL Zetec (Wifes Car)
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Yes, but there is a fix out there for them, $500 to get the cams welded or $5k in a 'used' engine...
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then make it a 3.0L and then add a turbo or super charger!
95 SES Sold
99 SE Sport Sold
99 SVT T-Red Tan Interior. K&N, Magnecors, 19' Theorys, And some audio stuff.
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Originally posted by SVT ST PETE:
SEARCH
exactly, this has been beaten to death. 
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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i thought you could remove the rear seats and and place it mid-engine and turn the tour into rwd... 
--Chris--
1999 Silver Frost SVT
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Look at my sig, a guy in Canada put a V8 SHO block in his 92 Topaz, but it took a lot of modding to get it to fit. I would assume that you could put a SHO in a 'tour but the time and money could be better spent elsewhere.
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No he didn't. He put the V6 SHO motor in his car. Olympic is his name over at shoforum.com
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