Neal, good news and bad news. At an autocross last year I drove the Audi A6 2.7 liter twin turbo and a Galant VR4 at the same event thanks to the respective owners. The good news is the VR4 was just 3 seconds slower than the Audi.  The bad news is my SVT was 2 seconds faster than the VR4 and the VR4 had Kuhmo 712 tires and a Japanese-spec engine.  Dude, your losing some speed. The steering is awfully unassisted at low speed. It accelerates well and is pretty balanced but has low overall grip on an autocross course. Good luck with 4 of everything...its biggest strength.
Fastest Contour at SZ 2002 Auto-X. 10th in PAX out of 125. CEO of FOGEY(Fast Old Guys Emasculating Young-uns), Inc. Terry Haines, Chairman, Senior V.P.s: (alphabetical)JavaContour, Jet Mech, MFE, SeicoRacing, SVTSTS, Vern Kilburn. If your not a member, yet, wait a few years. I'm not just the CEO, but I'm a member, too. Working with the rank and file to get the job done right!
Historical:
63 TVR (1K in 74), 75 TR-7 (paid cash new), 79 RX-7 (zoom,zoom), 81 RX-7GSL (autobahn-driven),82 Mustang GT (autobahn-driven), 85 Mustang GT (SE Division F Stock Solo II Champ), 86 MR-2 (3rd SE Division D Stock), 88 Civic DX (had 1st born and still owned MR2) 92 Sentra SE-R (all go and no show), 98 EO SVT Contour (FTD SZ 2002). 02 Altima 3.5SE 5 spd!!!
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