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for all the time and money involved it would be cheaper to trade your car in for a MTX. why a V6 swap???? ther are MANY MANY more goodies for the Zetec than a duratec 
Joe Hartley "yes I know it's a MTX Zetec but it beats having a ATX Duratec" Champagne 96 GL MTX some mods dynoed at 114.2whp and 124.4wtq (pre CTA intake) 16.858 @ 80.76mph (yes it's slow but still faster than D Davis) AIM: ZetecRacing My Site My Profile
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I bought a totaled SVT for alot less than 3500...
Oh and it only had 10K on the car.
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Originally posted by ZetecRacing: for all the time and money involved it would be cheaper to trade your car in for a MTX. why a V6 swap???? ther are MANY MANY more goodies for the Zetec than a duratec You got the right idea. 
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Originally posted by LoCo: Originally posted by ZetecRacing: [b]for all the time and money involved it would be cheaper to trade your car in for a MTX. why a V6 swap???? ther are MANY MANY more goodies for the Zetec than a duratec is there a mexican from addison looking for a MTX Zetec tour???
Joe Hartley "yes I know it's a MTX Zetec but it beats having a ATX Duratec" Champagne 96 GL MTX some mods dynoed at 114.2whp and 124.4wtq (pre CTA intake) 16.858 @ 80.76mph (yes it's slow but still faster than D Davis) AIM: ZetecRacing My Site My Profile
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Originally posted by ZetecRacing: Originally posted by LoCo: [b] Originally posted by ZetecRacing: [b]for all the time and money involved it would be cheaper to trade your car in for a MTX. why a V6 swap???? ther are MANY MANY more goodies for the Zetec than a duratec You got the right idea. [/b] Trust me I have thought about it but I want to whoop you in my ATX. :p
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Originally posted by LoCo:
Trust me I have thought about it but I want to whoop you in my ATX. :p OK I'll be waiting for you at the finish line :p
Joe Hartley "yes I know it's a MTX Zetec but it beats having a ATX Duratec" Champagne 96 GL MTX some mods dynoed at 114.2whp and 124.4wtq (pre CTA intake) 16.858 @ 80.76mph (yes it's slow but still faster than D Davis) AIM: ZetecRacing My Site My Profile
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LOL Joe. :rolleyes: 
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for all the time and money involved it would be cheaper to trade your car in for a MTX. why a V6 swap???? ther are MANY MANY more goodies for the Zetec than a duratec Main reason- Why bother putting thousands into a tiny little spineless 4 cylinder that would still come shy of a V6's potential. 4 bangers are still only good for one thing: 1. economy. The laws of physics don't change. There still is no replacement for displacement. Plus 4 bangers sound weaney too (unless their turning like 9 or 10,000 RPM)
'95 CONTOUR SE -Enkei 16s -Porsche944 Exhaust tip - Audi xenon projector headlights -Peterbilt 30" air horns -mp3 Aiwa headunit (150 songs on one disc) -dual 10s -soon to have LED tailights (real kind, not just gay bulbs) -That's it for now
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Originally posted by Josch: [b]for all the time and money involved it would be cheaper to trade your car in for a MTX. why a V6 swap???? ther are MANY MANY more goodies for the Zetec than a duratec
Why bother putting thousands into a tiny little spineless 4 cylinder that would still come shy of a V6's potential. 4 bangers are still only good for one thing: 1. economy.
The laws of physics don't change. There still is no replacement for displacement. Plus 4 bangers sound weaney too (unless their turning like 9 or 10,000 RPM)[/b]Dude, you've got the wrong idea about 4 bangers. Even I can appreciate a modded Zetec. You don't soup up a 4 cyl to beat up on SVTs and Mustangs, you do it for the challenge. To me, a Zetec Contour with mods equalling the output of a Duratec is really cool, even if I could beat it. Show me a Zetec that can beat an SVT and I'll show you my favorite Contour (turbocharge, baby). And as far as the aftermarket availability goes, Duratecs are far behind the Zetec. Sure I can supercharge my V6, but all the little things that you can do to the Zetec almost outweigh that. And you can always t-charge the I4. If you wanna race out of the box, get an SVT. If you want to show everyone that you can make something out of virtually nothing (no offense guys) and impress everyone even more when you open the bonnet, then get a Zetec and make it go.
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Originally posted by Josch: [b]for all the time and money involved it would be cheaper to trade your car in for a MTX. why a V6 swap???? ther are MANY MANY more goodies for the Zetec than a duratec
Why bother putting thousands into a tiny little spineless 4 cylinder that would still come shy of a V6's potential. 4 bangers are still only good for one thing: 1. economy.
The laws of physics don't change. There still is no replacement for displacement. Plus 4 bangers sound weaney too (unless their turning like 9 or 10,000 RPM)[/b]UMMM I dis agree... my "LITTLE" Zetec runs a 16.8 with only a few bolt ons and I have seen some of the Duratec owners post that they are running low 17's with similar bolt ons. I have also had a few people think I had a V6. and I know for a fact LoCo's 4 banger doesn't sound ricey... he has a deeper sound than most of the V6 owners in chicago.
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