Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Dyno and Drag Zetec in the low 14's

Dont get me wrong I like my zetec, but I think you need to check some times, as the se-r only runs a 15.9 on a good day with a perfect driver. However I think the car looks very nice and I'd take one anyuday of the week.
Just a little correction.

se-r spec-v runs mid 14s with a decent driver, my friend has one, definetly a nice car, he always gets asked "where'd u get those se-r badges" and "what kind of seats are those" it's all stock. now when he gets his nitrous hooked up, the car will really be flying.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/reviews/roadtests/pdf/2002_07_furious_data.pdf excuse me, i was off by three tenths... however if you're saying your friend can beat road and tracks drivers....well, umm congrats to him. Once again, the car is nice, but not in the ranks with a wrx and srt 4, try putting it next to the svt focus, 1.8t volskwagon (sp?), and the new v6 tiburon.. thats what every magazine did... why should we do any different. want competition for the wrx and srt-4, try the new mazda speed protege (14.1) or the new evo (my personal choice) doing a 13.7.
19k doesnt buy you 14 second 1/4 times, however 25k does. I aint tryign to be cocky, I just read too many magazines.

sorry, but 19k plus $500 will buy you sub 14s times.

nitrous is 500 bucks and will put alot of [censored] in the 14's , but if you're fu(king stupid enought o put nos on a brand new car, well then, I dunno but sleepers car didnt cost 19k i promise and he hit 14's. bad comparison, what aabout a wrx with a 75 shot or for that matter an srt4. be realistic, nitrous isnt a turbo

Hell, you could get a 3.0 taurus's bloated ass to run 14s with $500 worth of nitrous. I testdrove a SE-r Spec-V and it wasn't any faster than the Focus SVT that I testdrove the same day. And the Focus would hand the SE-r it's ass in any kind of cornering!

They're both high 15 cars if the driver is worth a fuçk.

when did i say nitrous=turbo????? and i can find plenty a used car that will hit sub14s for less than 19k. i can get a 800hp car for less than $25k,,, money is never a valid point when it comes to cars. and do wrx's have turbos? imagine if se-rs had turbos, they would be faster than wrxs and srt-4s then,, but if you save $5k , then you can easily use that to make it faster than the $25k cars. there are ways to hide the use of nitrous anyways if it causes damage.

Originally posted by Kremithefrog:

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there are ways to hide the use of nitrous anyways if it causes damage.

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Um...no. If you've ever seen a leaned out piston, it's pretty obvious.
Good Piston:

Nitrous Accident:

And you better save $4000 of that money to fix your car after you modify it and void the warranty.

you did compare sleepers car to a wrx and srt 4 They have turbos and he has nitrous....ok...see my point now?? Alright second subject "seeing as the new sporty cars ,se-r,srt-4,wrx run similar times" you said these run similar times...not me. on teh same subject of a duratech whooping a zetec a$$ witht the same mods, put the same mods on the differnt cars, and the faster one stock will win obviously.. Kremit please, you are smarter than this, dont waste your hand speed typing you need that for bed tonight. Money is no object, however those cars arent in the same playign field at all, accept it god damn!