For the money they are tough to beat. Not great straight line but well balanced. They are just a lot of fun. If you shop around you can get a pretty good deal. I do not hammer mine off the line so my diff is still in one piece. Other than that I have the same maintance problems. I also have smoked a few "hot" cars, especially where there are turns involved.

Rich S


1998 SVT 1995 Contour 2.5 MTX 215K miles Son's car(dead and buried) 1997 Contour 2.0 ATX 1998 Contour 2.5 ATX 2004 Tauras Wagon 3.0 Duratec