Contour/Mondeo Platform has been used in BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) and is a very good race car platform.If you folks think a car's race worthiness is decided buy how well it moves down the 1/4 mile then you don't know what racing is. Though in BTCC the destroked 2.5 to 2Liter is set back into the firewall for better weight distribution and the car is completely gutted, the platform of the car is still intact and was good enough for I think the 99' or 00' season BTCC Championship (Same year Nissan elected to remove the Primeria from competition).
Let's just say, if you plan to ever take a vacation in Hawaii, come to O'ahu and hope that there is a racing event that week so you can see how well a Race Car a street Tour can be on a Closed Road Coarse. You'll be shocked to see what it can do, of course with your's truly behind the wheel
Just for the Untrained Minds, the contour lacks a limited slip diff and doesn't have quite the 60/40 weight balance and lightness of a Drag Car. Install a Quaife, run Drag Radials and the ability to stiffen the rear Struts along with proper shifting and launching Techniques and you'll find a low 13second Tour roaming around, in fact I think World Tour could surpass the 13's if his Past Power Claims we're close to accurate, with addition of the Mods mentioned above.
