Yep, last month I joined the ranks of 3 litered Contours.
I dynoed on Saturday with the SE-MI SVTOA group and ended up with 190 HP and 187 TQ. http://people.mw.mediaone.net/sgrzesiak/img/dyno.jpg
They had some problems at first getting a signal over 6k RPMs, anybody know why that might happen?
I figure I'm probably losing some HP by running the stock cat, so I plan to put in a new one with a 2.5in pipe before too long.
With luck, that and some more miles on the engine will get me over 200 HP. I'm pretty happy with the torque. Those extra 40-odd ft-lbs are *very* nice.


'00 CSVT #570 - 3L