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i am with ya' on that Antonio. I do not want to sink anymore cash into the tour. I am seriously looking at mid/rear engine cars right now, to replace the tour once she is gone.
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Well Mike you may want to swing by re rear/mid-engine cars, we have a Lotus Esprit Turbo in the shop...maybe a bit too much for you though!!!!  
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'Don't p**s up my back then tell me it's raining!!!"
'Its only nuts & bolts!'
'If I build it,fix it,upgrade it or modify it...MAYBE they will come....!
Haines Motor Sports Inc,
Dealer for 'Quaife America' & 'Autotech Sport Tuning'
SOLE USA Dealer for the American Axle 'AUSSIE BAR'...
Get a Turbo for you Zetec from HMS Inc...by 'The Demon' ...www.DemonDynamics.co.uk
..don't talk about it DO IT !!!
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Hey I delivered the Lotus, so I got first dibs! -Mark
You can do something for Love...
You can do something for Money...
But there is nothing quite so satisfying as doing something out of Spite.
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Originally posted by Terry Haines: Well Mike you may want to swing by re rear/mid-engine cars, we have a Lotus Esprit Turbo in the shop...maybe a bit too much for you though!!!! Money is not an option Dr. Haines BTW, a Lotus Espirit is what I am looking at right now. The Jag and Hummer dealer on 28th Street currently has one on their lot. I will have to swing by your shop for sure Terry. 
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And you think I'm expensive with Contour...wait until you bring a Lotus/ Jag or Range -Rover!!!!
V6 MTX
'Don't p**s up my back then tell me it's raining!!!"
'Its only nuts & bolts!'
'If I build it,fix it,upgrade it or modify it...MAYBE they will come....!
Haines Motor Sports Inc,
Dealer for 'Quaife America' & 'Autotech Sport Tuning'
SOLE USA Dealer for the American Axle 'AUSSIE BAR'...
Get a Turbo for you Zetec from HMS Inc...by 'The Demon' ...www.DemonDynamics.co.uk
..don't talk about it DO IT !!!
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I miss the thrust and sound of a good V-8, but I like my contour, especially after getting 17" wheels on it.
I might go to the 3 liter and then I probably would never sell it.
I hardly see contours and people love my car, I like it a lot, but dont love it.
I hardly see any around the cincinnati area.
Subframe Connectors, H&R's, Koni's, Rage 5.0 17's, Pole Position Tires
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3 liter to be built by Terry Haines or BNoon one of these days...
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Originally posted by bkent:
..The funny thing is if we could get the svt to, say, a 13 second car with 3-4 K in mods the overall perception among riceburners, crapparo drivers, stang owners would change considerably. If these idiots require a car to be sub 13 or 14 or whatever in the 1/4 before they even look at it, that is a prime reason (for me anyway) NOT to get to SVT to run those times. The last thing I want to see is a bunch of Civic owners buying Contour's and slapping yellow park benches on the trunklid and NOS stickers everywhere. Screw 'em if they don't give the Contour props. We know and thats all that matters.
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"Unprofessional driver, wide open course."
#9 - Hitting .400 for ever
"Wake up the damn Bambino; I'll drill him in the ass." -- Pedro Martinez
"The MTX75 was not designed to be a drag racing transmission" -- Terry Haines
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Originally posted by bacoSVT: Originally posted by MarkO: [b]Sometimes I seriously doubt that. Mention "Alfa Romeo" around here or "Renault Clio V6" and see the sniggers you get... What's shameful ?? My opinion or the fact that people laugh at Alfa's & Renault's ?
'98 Mystique LS V6 MTX
"Unprofessional driver, wide open course."
#9 - Hitting .400 for ever
"Wake up the damn Bambino; I'll drill him in the ass." -- Pedro Martinez
"The MTX75 was not designed to be a drag racing transmission" -- Terry Haines
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Originally posted by Terry Haines: And you think I'm expensive with Contour...wait until you bring a Lotus/ Jag or Range -Rover!!!! Thats okay. Do you take warranty work? BTW, I am going either British, Itallion, or german for now on.
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Let's be honest, in most cases it's not a matter of genetalia or intestinal fortitude. Americans have the attention spans of gnats, and after 3-5 years want something new and different. Not necessarily better, but new and different.
I'm planning on keeping Ross until he dies, and friends have joked that I would be buried in it.
Personal opinion, if you enter price/value in the equation, the SVT Contour still represents the closest thing to the perfect no-compromises car sold in America in my realm of expertise.
You can pillage an enemy once, but a customer is an endless resource.
James Oerichbauer - PFPC Global Fund Services
Ross: 1998 E0 SVT Contour, Toreador Red, Konis, Superchip, KKM w/heat shield, SHO-shop y-pipe and rear strut brace, no res, ScotchCal, Moda Sport 16x7.5 wheels with 205/55ZR16 Dayton Dayton tires... more
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