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does anyone have a ballpark figure for a new or slightly used SVT engine? also the labor for the install...im not a newbie so i know about search but as many of us know it is off right now so i can't. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Tom
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Buy a new car...swapping from I4 to V6 would cost alot...figure the cost of the engine AND swapping tranny's, wiring, computer, coolant piping, exhaust, and a few other things....
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I was decided a long time ago that it would be cheaper and easier to sell your Zetec Contour and buy one with a V6. Lots more needs to be done than just swapping engines. You could just spend the money on a turbo and other engine mods for the Zetec 
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Originally posted by CRZYDRVR:
You could just spend the money on a turbo and other engine mods for the Zetec
Thats the idea...spend the money on a turbo and walk all over almost every contour on this site...
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not thinking of doing a swap...found a cheap SVT with a bad engine...wondering how much it would be after everything
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if you can do the work yourself, you can do a 3L hybrid for under 1K for a basic setup
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Originally posted by LUK A LYK:
not thinking of doing a swap...found a cheap SVT with a bad engine...wondering how much it would be after everything
Ah, well that changes everything 
If your gonna spend the money, do whats already been said and go with a 3L.
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Originally posted by LUK A LYK:
not thinking of doing a swap...found a cheap SVT with a bad engine...wondering how much it would be after everything
I saw that car too. Very nice condition. I would search around the 3L section and read up on it. Some of the parts off the busted SVT engine can be brought over to a 3L.
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Originally posted by LUK A LYK:
does anyone have a ballpark figure for a new or slightly used SVT engine? also the labor for the install...im not a newbie so i know about search but as many of us know it is off right now so i can't. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Tom
I know, I know!! I got ripped off by a dealer and bought a *$#@!d up SVT. When I test drove it I didn't hear anything and it drove like a dream. Couple months later I hear this wierd noise and after about 3 diagnostic from a SVT dealer I found out that my SVT had a rod knock. Well the cost of the labor and the engine was almost 5500.00. Good thing that my warranty covered it. My advice, get a 3L and turbo charge it!! Good luck!
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