Originally posted by SVTatGT:
Because a turbo 3 liter and a atx zetec shouldn't be in the same class...
Why? Should the SCCA have 483 different classes? The rules are there so that they can be pushed to the limit. If you want to win, you buy a car that has been proven to win in that class and prep it as far as you can. If you bring a butter knife to a howitzer party, you will lose. Don't whine because you have a non-competitive car if you want to win.
That being said, learn how to drive it. Run what you brung if you will. Locally, you might do well, but the rules aren't designed for the local driver, they're for national competitors.
Look at GS, STS and ESP (where the Contours were located) nationally. There are zero Contours. Celica GT's, 1989 Civic Si's and Camaros/STi's rule there. In DSP, they will not beat E30/E36 BMWs.
But to address another posters lament about STS, you should embrace it. You have the opportunity to gain spring rates, camber and a rear bar, all for under $600 and *cannot* run DOT race tires. And this rawks. 
Whirling dervish of FFOG.
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