Just thought that I would resurrect this thread to reply on the turbo setup in the Contour that I bought. Let me start by saying that I'm totally floored with how "ghetto" this entire thing was made.
1) The external wastegate is placed off the downpipe, NOT the up-pipe. I can't explain that other than to say the installer/designer had their head 100% up their ass!
2) The welds are HORRIBLE!
3) Did you read #1?
No surprise that the car runs like crap and has a constant misfire. Luckily for the car, she isn't pinping or knocking ... thank god! Completely removing the system from the Contour and fixing A LOT of issues on the car (headlights, grill, sunroof, radio antenna, etc.). The only mechanical shortcoming that I have found is the passenger's side CV boot is split and there is CV grease everywhere in the suspension on the passenger's side. She hunts for idle badly and stalls when slow shifting (IACV no doubt). I think that uninstalling the turbo system and chip and reverting to stock components, the car tuning issues will be completely resolved ... <crosses fingers>
Looks like I paid top $$$ for a POS turbo system. I completely hold myself responsible for buying a car sight unseen on the internet ... I will NEVER make that mistake again.
I plan on spending the next few weeks uninstalling the turbo system and reverting the car back to stock. On a good note, the exterior of the car is beautiful!
I will be using the turbo components on a fresh built system in the Cougar. The Cougar's system will be done pretty much from scratch now since I will need to account for the wastegate and don't like some of the tubing routes. Oh well, serves me right!
Last edited by fastcougar; 11/14/05 10:19 PM.
