|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 54
Member
|
OP
Member
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 54 |
Hi everyone!
Having recently read a whole bunch of performance posts (bulletproof MTX, 3.0l swap, turbo news, etc) I'm having visions of my own "Perfect Driving Machine" - upgraded drivetrain but a COMPLETELY stock exterior, except possibly slightly wider tires.
Current status - '98 CSVT, stock, pristene condition @ 57,500 miles.
Potential mod list:
PHASE 1:
1. T Haines "Bulletproof MTX75" with ugraded flywheel & Quaife (or Torsen)
2. New shoes
PHASE 2:
1. Chris Hightower turbo on stock 2.5 Duratec (those 3.0 swaps look too expensive for the gain!)
2. Exhaust (catback or including cats?)
What's missing from the list? What other work would YOU do, if you had the $$ to do it? And what do you think the total bill would be, not including the tranportation to & from Terry's shop?
BB
'98 SVT #53 of 6535
Born on 3/26/97
Reborn 8/21/01
MODS:
Driver v 2.0
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 5,805
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 5,805 |
Brakes & suspension, in that order....now you have to stop it and make it handle!!
V6 MTX
'Don't p**s up my back then tell me it's raining!!!"
'Its only nuts & bolts!'
'If I build it,fix it,upgrade it or modify it...MAYBE they will come....!
Haines Motor Sports Inc,
Dealer for 'Quaife America' & 'Autotech Sport Tuning'
SOLE USA Dealer for the American Axle 'AUSSIE BAR'...
Get a Turbo for you Zetec from HMS Inc...by 'The Demon' ...www.DemonDynamics.co.uk
..don't talk about it DO IT !!!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 4,476
Moderator
|
|
Moderator
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 4,476 |
nobody has mated 2 Duratecs together - you could have the first 6L Duratec V-12!!!  although, your car would need a snout like a '60s Jaguar 
Todd Christ SVT Contour Registry
MODS: KKM Intake, SHO Shop Y-Pipe, Bullit Fuel Door, Edelbrock RPM Resonator
'98 E0 SVT Contour #1037 of 6535
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 1,090
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 1,090 |
Originally posted by Toadster: nobody has mated 2 Duratecs together - you could have the first 6L Duratec V-12!!!
although, your car would need a snout like a '60s Jaguar actually, isnt that what they sort of did for both the GT90 and the Indigo? I thought i read that somewhere...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 1,682
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 1,682 |
Originally posted by Toadster: nobody has mated 2 Duratecs together - you could have the first 6L Duratec V-12!!!
although, your car would need a snout like a '60s Jaguar aston martin uses a couple duratecs for their v12 engine.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 449
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 449 |
Alright, I'll just go out and get a rear ended Aston Martin to do an engine swap! That'd be a wide car!!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 5,805
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 5,805 |
Not so fast......
History lesson (sorry cant resist !) On sept 23 1995,the first V12 6.0L burst into life! Yes it was 2X3.0 V6 Blocks welded together,it was fitted in the Ford 'Indigo' concept car,3 more engines were built in 1996,when he was at Ford, Bernard Ibrahim was the project leader,he now works for Riccardo in Mi,during that time of the V12 development many OEM's supplied prototype parts for the V12(later to be Aston-Martin V12) one of those companys was Benteler in Grand Rapids,who make the existing 2.5 Duratec exhaust manifolds,project engineer at Benteler at that time for the V12 manifolds was....you guessed it ....me! Small world eh!
V6 MTX
'Don't p**s up my back then tell me it's raining!!!"
'Its only nuts & bolts!'
'If I build it,fix it,upgrade it or modify it...MAYBE they will come....!
Haines Motor Sports Inc,
Dealer for 'Quaife America' & 'Autotech Sport Tuning'
SOLE USA Dealer for the American Axle 'AUSSIE BAR'...
Get a Turbo for you Zetec from HMS Inc...by 'The Demon' ...www.DemonDynamics.co.uk
..don't talk about it DO IT !!!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 3,598
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 3,598 |
First V12 used in the GT90 was made from two Romeo (modular 4.6) V8's with a pair of cylinders chopped off each block. They were "electron beam welded" or whatever. Shortened stroke gave it a displacment of 6L. The second motor to go into that car was indeed the 6L Duratec based motor that Terry speaks of, and that of course was also used in the Indigo concept and the new Aston.
\'94 Cobra #4963/5009, black on black, not quite stock Formerly owned a black '00 SVT, #1972 Join the SVTOA! RIP - Ray "Old Fart Emeritus" McNairy
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 5,805
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 5,805 |
Sorry,it was the 'first' in 1995,got a fax # ,I'll send you the letter re the 'first' V12!
V6 MTX
'Don't p**s up my back then tell me it's raining!!!"
'Its only nuts & bolts!'
'If I build it,fix it,upgrade it or modify it...MAYBE they will come....!
Haines Motor Sports Inc,
Dealer for 'Quaife America' & 'Autotech Sport Tuning'
SOLE USA Dealer for the American Axle 'AUSSIE BAR'...
Get a Turbo for you Zetec from HMS Inc...by 'The Demon' ...www.DemonDynamics.co.uk
..don't talk about it DO IT !!!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 3,598
Member
|
|
Member
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 3,598 |
Originally posted by Terry Haines:
Sorry,it was the 'first' in 1995,got a fax # ,I'll send you the letter re the 'first' V12! My mistake, I was under the assumption that the GT90 (with engine #1 being the 90* V8 based V12) was developed before the Indigo. Both were prototyped in 95, right?
\'94 Cobra #4963/5009, black on black, not quite stock Formerly owned a black '00 SVT, #1972 Join the SVTOA! RIP - Ray "Old Fart Emeritus" McNairy
|
|
|
|
|
