Originally posted by ZetecGL:
Originally posted by mike king:
I had good luck with Ford Tempos (owned two before)86-89 Accord are good bets too.
+1 for tempos.. little 2.3L will never die!
I have a friend with a tempo with 250k on the clock and he beats it harder then i beat my contour.. I have a tempo also but I don't drive it (only has 119k on it)
+2 My mom had an 88 Tempo with the 2.3 and ATX. Then in 94 we traded that in for a 92 Topaz with the same setup but two doors instead of four. I beat the sh!t out of that car it took it. The 2.3L I4 is a redesign of a 60's I6 truck motor with two cylinders chopped off, so it's pretty bullet proof. I ran it without coolant for 15 miles at 50mph (at first I didn't know then I did but I was in the middle of nowhere during hunting season in Killdare County, WI) and it was fine after the hose was fixed. The parts are pretty cheap too.
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