i never said the duratec is a bad engine and i feel i'm allowed to talk about the facts (never did i claim MY zetec is fast or anything remotely like that) ford obviously wasn't trying to get the biggest performance available from any engine with the svt contour, otherwise it would have a turbo,etc. and more than 200hp, so they basically used the duratec because it is already closer to their goal of 200hp than the zetec is (and zetec would have cost more engine wise to get that much power) i also take pride in my ride, but am told by certain members (blackie) that i'm never gonna have money to mod my car and am basically attacked for modding a zetec. and the svt focus has 30 less hp than your car, did you expect it to stomp you?
and in my opinion the zetec is more desireable for modding,, oh and i have reasons, main one being that there are more performance parts available for it and it has made more n/a power than n/a duratecs. and like i said if money does have a place in it, then if i had the money a svt cost and i spent it on a 96 zetec, i could easily run circles around duratecs. i didn't tell anyone they don't know what they're talking about, though they have told me that and some have not modded their contour(s). i'm just a little perturbed that svt owners don't like the fact that i modded a zetec to be faster than a duratec. i have plenty of reasons to prefer a zetec over a duratec (trust me, i've thought this out, i could have a svt if i wasn't going to mod it ((all money would being paying for the svt))). i like having more parts available for my engine, i like having more engine bay room for say, a turbo, and i like that zetecs have made more n/a power than duratecs. now, tell me why i shouldn't mod a zetec???
