Originally posted by PA 3L SVT:
The 5 hp increase (to 200) was quoted for 99 IIRC, before the CR was upped to 10.25:1 for 2000. I was always kind of surprised that the 2000MY SVT wasn't advertised at even more hp with the increase in compression. Or was it?
The additional compression on the 2000 was to compensate for the slight decrease in displacement. The displacement dropped from close to 2.55 L to just slightly under 2.5 L. Ford said that the change was in keeping with European laws having to do with taxation.
