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Ok here the situation its kinda long so bare with me I have a 99 se with a duratech on that has about 115K on it its acually is running very strong but i dout that that would be for long. I want to drop a zetec turbo in it, my first question is which turbo kit can I get to make about 260 to 280 HP at the wheels, and on a scale of 1-5 how hard is it to do the swap? Thank for all your help you guys always give me good ideas.
99 contour se sport
mods: scautosports intake, custom exaust(2.5" pipe slipt into 2.25 into two mufflers)
H&R springs
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Are you asking how hard it would be to pull the V6 duratec, and swap it entirely for a turboed I4 Zetec??
Or...
Are you asking if you could use a turbo kit from a Zetec on the Duratec??
99 Cougar V6 MTX...Plenty of mods
My best mod thus far:
Trans: Brand New MTX-75 with B1 gear set, Quaife LSD, 4.5 Final Drive, Spec Stage 1 Clutch, Spec Aluminum Flywheel...
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I ment putting a a zetec motor with a turbo kit on it. Cause im not sure of the difficulty of the swap. Plus I wanna know if it would be cheaper (if it is how much cheaper)than rebuilding my motor with strong internals and putting a streetflight kit on it.
(I also plan to put strong internals in the zetec motor as well)
99 contour se sport
mods: scautosports intake, custom exaust(2.5" pipe slipt into 2.25 into two mufflers)
H&R springs
B&M short shihter
bsa rims 17"
too much audio to list
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i see the street flight costing you less than a zetec swap and turbo mainly because the axles, motor mounts, tranmission, etc are different.
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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dude, rebuild your current engine, all you need for a descent rebuild and mild boost are new gaskets, new bearings (main+rods) which will run u $500 tops.
And a turbo kit.
If you want to run in some REALLY HIGH boost conditions, you'd have to get forged pistons with different rings, since the stock rings show problems. . .you can run stock rods. . .but if you have extra $$$, might as well, eh?
And then a turbo kit.
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how much boost do u think I can run on the rebuild motor, I was thinking like 10 max? I'd like 250 at the wheels and with 8-10 psi, a few good bolt on, and a lot tunning that might be possible.
99 contour se sport
mods: scautosports intake, custom exaust(2.5" pipe slipt into 2.25 into two mufflers)
H&R springs
B&M short shihter
bsa rims 17"
too much audio to list
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well warmonger is running 9psi on stock pistons + rods, on his 3L...I think the last time I talked to him on the phone, when he had his old 3L (my new one!) he said on 8psi with the stock pistons+rings his dipstick tube would pop out like 3 inches!...10psi may be a little on edge, the EGT would prolly be pretty high at that level of boost and with the stock rings I think you would have a little blow-by. I would suggest at the least when you rebuild it put in some good pistons+rings and some clevite 77 rod bearings. The you could run 10psi safely.
-Jeff-
1998 Black SVT
Morette Twin headlight conversion
Street flight turbo kit collecting dust!
Rebuilding my 3.0L
check it out
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2002 ZO6...462whp/410wtq
pretty darn fast!11.70 @ 122
silver/black
2006 Trailblazer SS(wifes car)
silver/black
2000 SVT-Turbo-sold
silver/blue #1699/2150
13.83 @ 102.82 on 5psi
13.51 @ 107.56 on 8psi
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Originally posted by Qwk98svt:
well warmonger is running 9psi on stock pistons + rods, on his 3L...I think the last time I talked to him on the phone, when he had his old 3L (my new one!) he said on 8psi with the stock pistons+rings his dipstick tube would pop out like 3 inches!...10psi may be a little on edge, the EGT would prolly be pretty high at that level of boost and with the stock rings I think you would have a little blow-by. I would suggest at the least when you rebuild it put in some good pistons+rings and some clevite 77 rod bearings. The you could run 10psi safely.
-Jeff-
On a 3L, rings on the 3L pistons are WAYYY diff from the stock ones on a 2.5ler. . .I think 10psi is MORE than enough, wavdr like he said was posting 13's WITH a boost leak (what, maybe 6 psi?? then). . .I'm putting a manual dual stage boost controller for 10 and 15psi. . .
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The car would only hold 9psi for a moment or two then begin to bleed down to 6psi...oh well, nothing like trapping 105 with a boost leak! Maybe "next time", who knows the planets may be aligned and I'll have everything working perfectly.... 
2002 ZO6...462whp/410wtq
pretty darn fast!11.70 @ 122
silver/black
2006 Trailblazer SS(wifes car)
silver/black
2000 SVT-Turbo-sold
silver/blue #1699/2150
13.83 @ 102.82 on 5psi
13.51 @ 107.56 on 8psi
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