Originally posted by OhSigmaChi:
every Zetec in every contour, ZX2, and Focus, in america is DOHC. I am pretty sure that Zetec means a DOHC setup period, but I know there were several older versions of the Zetec running around in the UK with different displacements, there is a 1.8L zetec listing in almost every UK Ford tuner catalog. Dr. Boom: there are tons of contour owners who would love to "be different" and get crazy doing all kind of custom engine work(myself included), but most of us own a contour because its cheap, thereforewe don't have 4 large to just throw into our cars.
I know that I personaly have invested waaay to much time and money in my contour, I think the running tally is about $5K over the course of the last 3 years.
OH, WELL I THOUGHT SINCE ON THE FOCUS SIGHT THAT THEY MADE SUCH A BIG DEAL ABOUT CALLING IT A DOHC ZETEC MOTOR EVERYTIME THEY MENTIONED THAT PARTICULAR VEHICLE(AND SAID NOTHING ABOUT IT AS FAR AS THE BASE FOCUS IS CONCERNED)I THOUGHT IT WAS A SEPERATE ENGINE. MY BAD. OH AND I KNOW YOU GUYS BUY THE CONTOUR CAUSE IT'S CHEAP (MY MUSTANG ONLY COST ME $400.00 I.E. $$$$ FOR PERFORMANCE)BUT IT WOULD STILL BE NICE TO SEE SOMEONE GO ALL OUT AND MAKE A BIGGER FOOTPRINT FOR THE FORD PRODUCTS BESIDES JUST THE FOCUS. I MEAN HONDA HAS MORE THAN ONE CAR DOMINATING THE IMPORT SCENE. WHY CAN'T WE? LOTS OF GUYS BUY CIVICS CAUSE THEY'RE CHEAP BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP THEM FROM PUSHIN' THE ENVELOPE. JUST MY $.02!
