Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Dyno and Drag Turbo quarter mile capablities....

Boy you have a bug up your butt don't you.

This car will never be a DRAG car. Why compare it on such basic, rudimentary skills.

Without a lot of chassis work I don't see this car going very quick in the quarter mile ever. Plus most folks set it up for corner carving & handling (big surprise) & that makes getting traction even harder.

Fair guess - (low to mid 13's @108+)
Yes with that amount of power 12's should be had, but the chassis is not willing without sacrificing a lot in other areas...

Also you have to look at; once moving a S/C or T/C car is a monster. I've seen PhatSVT's car eat a C5, a WS6, & numerous Cobra's on the highway.

Throw in some corners and the LSD and you have one very mean package.

Think outside the 1/4 mile box for just once...

I've smoked more than my share of "much more powerful" cars at the local autocrosses.

It is all about one thing: Love for you car. You love the car you're driving, it doesn't matter how much money or time you put into it.

Contours are hit or miss, I have 28k on one with zero problems (other than dash board warp) and 89k on another. I am the third owner (I think) of the 95SE and the only major problem is a water leak in the trunk and my waterpump died (might be original for all I know)

I see nothing wrong with boosting the car. Like Buckshot, if this puppy blows, I'll just have to pick up the peices (literally ) and start again. All cars are prone to failure and even more so once you start tinkering with them.

Well, you guys keep talking about the amazing handling of the SVT, but a Vette will out-handle and out-accelerate the turbo SVT. And if we're going to go back to the cost discussion, you can get a Z28, spend a good $5K on suspension upgrades, and have one hell of a corner carver that still hauls ass in a straight line. And if you decide that low 13s isn't good enough, there's a ridiculous aftermarket to make it faster.

No bug up my butt, I'm just waiting for someone to make a valid arguement to justify the costs..

But that is not the point. The point is it has been done before. I've seen too many Z28s, Mustangs, Corvettes, etc hooked up. It is about doing something different. It is about giving more options for the Contour. Who really cares how it compares to another true sports car? Comparing a turbo SVT Contour to a Corvette, Z28, or Mustang is ubsurd. They aren't even in the same class.

Like I said before it comes down to love for your car. Just my .02

:rolleyes:

Officer about that comment on suspenison mods on vette or z28 there is no way in hell you can tell me that dollar for dollar they win in both catagories our car stock beats them just as bad as they get us in the quarter. It hard to get a heavy car to take turn against our cars even with suspesion I hand them the butt at the autocross stock and even the ones with race slicks

Waht really gets me at first people complain about the reason we can't compete is torque.

And now we have buttloads of it and now it transmission work. Duh more power more parts are needed to handle it .

great example go put nitrous or induction or even some bolt ons on a camaro and watch there clutch slip and also watch there rearend fall outfrom underneath which happens regularly . Oh but that okay that they have to get the rearend with eight bolts instead of one and a beefer clutch and add lsd to handle there 12 sec runs.

Face it guys there not many cars that run 12's besides 35k + cars without spending money to achieve it. Hell look at regular atx vettes running mid 13's with all the goodies.

Speed cost money and there no exception.

I think you will have a rather hard time hanging with 03 Cobras in the handling department. Remember, they are 4 wheel independant suspension also, and Ford seems to have worked the bugs out of the IRS this year. Too bad they haven't fixed the traction lok with something better. :rolleyes:

I think turboing the 'Tour is entirely worth it. It makes one hell of a sleeper. Just don't inflate your ego to the point where you think you can take on anything on the road.

If you figure this out We got Phatsvt's tour Vs. a Cobra.

Theres Plenty of room for 4 in Phats and pretty much room for only 2 in a Cobra.

Phats can out corner a Cobra
Phats Cost about the same over all say 23k plus well say about 5k for the SC and its just as fast there are less of them and it can out handle and carry more people. Now we all know the problems with the SC and hopefully the TC won't have the same. Hell you gotta figure LSD for a Tour is 600 buck uninstalled its 300 more than the stock ford one i know i just had a stock differential put in.

ANyone can go out and Buy a cobra pretty much and anyone can Buy a SVT contour. But a Contour is alot more rare than a Cobra and A Forced induction SVT is even more rare. I love my SVT to death. and i want to supercharge it. Do i care if it breaks? ya but its the price you pay. Any car that is not N/A is gonna have problems sooner or later and if you make a N/A car Forced induction its gonna have problems alot sooner. But its the price you pay if you wanna go faster.

I just think to each his own. Everytime i down the road i see cars that can smoke me but i know theres a million of them. ex. Mustang Gt's Z28's

But i know that if where on a auto X corse or a really windy road then there not gonna be able to touch me.

You want a Drag car for cheap Buy a Foxbody Stang.

I wanted a rare fast car
and i know So did Phatsvt and he accomplished that. Imagine the look on a Cobra drivers face when he is barely keeping up with a Svt contour

thats all i got to say

03 Cobra is a different story that thing is just insane