If 200 hp from a 2.5 liter V-6 scared me, I'm really petrified at the thought of grenading engines in a NA 2 liter with 170 hp. The tipsy thing scares me as well. I could never get one as a substitute for the Contour, but as a second car for my daughter??? I just think it is too much to spend for a third car, I won't be that crazy about. If they had trouble selling SVT Contours, I think it will be doubly hard with the Focus. No reflection on SVT....they gotta work with what they got. I just drool at the thought of what the Contour could have been if SVT had made a 3 liter engine!!! I'm not so keen on the Spec V anymore, either, after reading about its shortfalls. I doubt they will move the Neon ACR back to D Stock, because the CRX and Celica seem plenty dominant.
Fastest Contour at SZ 2002 Auto-X. 10th in PAX out of 125. CEO of FOGEY(Fast Old Guys Emasculating Young-uns), Inc. Terry Haines, Chairman, Senior V.P.s: (alphabetical)JavaContour, Jet Mech, MFE, SeicoRacing, SVTSTS, Vern Kilburn. If your not a member, yet, wait a few years. I'm not just the CEO, but I'm a member, too. Working with the rank and file to get the job done right!
Historical:
63 TVR (1K in 74), 75 TR-7 (paid cash new), 79 RX-7 (zoom,zoom), 81 RX-7GSL (autobahn-driven),82 Mustang GT (autobahn-driven), 85 Mustang GT (SE Division F Stock Solo II Champ), 86 MR-2 (3rd SE Division D Stock), 88 Civic DX (had 1st born and still owned MR2) 92 Sentra SE-R (all go and no show), 98 EO SVT Contour (FTD SZ 2002). 02 Altima 3.5SE 5 spd!!!
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