My friend beat a V6 mustang with his 97 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS (had a cold air intake and exhaust), and I beat his eclipse with my stock 98 svt contour...

I also kept up with a V8 mustang GT, but he walked away in 3rd gear

You can't just look up the Horsepower and Torque and tell people whos faster... to me the V6 Mustang is extremely slow.

(both of those mustangs were year 2000+, dont know the exact year) but I doubt any stock mustang V6 can go against a V6 contour, especially not csvt.