Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications General Mods Diffrence between a regular 2.5L Contour and SVT?

I've done quite a bit of rebuilding let me tell you. I built my camaro from scratch to make it everything I wanted it to be. It costs money and a lot of it.

Yea if I had the money to buy a short block CSVT engine I might consider it. But on the flip side the CSVT is the same deal as my SHO if something breaks parts are hard to find and expensive. If you have just the regular guts the parts are relative cheap and available. I just ran into this actually and am still dealing with it. My SHO blew out the end of its oil cooler and the seal isnt sold seperately so you have to buy the entire oil cooler. So isnt that great the oil cooler lists for $379.99 not to mention Ford doesnt build it anymore so no one carries it. I was lucky and found someone off of an SHO forum that had a spare one from a parts car and I was able to buy it. Some might say go to a junk yard and find the parts you need. Well thats nice if you can find a junk yard that happens to have the car you need parts for. I'm sure you are all aware of problems locating CSVT in junk yards, there basically non exsitent, the same goes for the the newer gen SHO's.

I guess all I'm looking for is a way to make the regular tour into a good looking half way decent performing car and not have to pay the premium on replacement parts and gas. After all this car is replacing my SHO as a daily driver. As soon as I finish this little project I'm going to sell the SHO. Once thats all done I can save some money to buy a brand new car with a warranty and no previous drivers so I know exactly whats happen to it. At that point I'll start pouring the money in for performance, just not with this car.