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For me...its not that its not believeable, becasue i believe you Zetec guys can, but its just hard to believe that you guys can beat a Z24....IM sure you guys undersatnd that...I mean the numbers from Car and Driver are not in your favor.
Im NOT saying it can;t be done...believe me cause i prove everyone wrong in my last car. And Im not trying to discredit any one. I just wanted to pint out the facts...and how the facts say the oppisite of what you guys do. Then again I ALSO know that whats on paper never ref;ects real world situations.
I do apologize to the Zetec owners here, no insult from me was inteded...besides...were all in one group we need to focus on the real problems...like rice.
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OMG... you guys are arguing over who has the fastest 17-second econocar. 
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Originally posted by Frank:
OMG... you guys are arguing over who has the fastest 17-second econocar.
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Originally posted by D Davis:
Originally posted by Frank:
OMG... you guys are arguing over who has the fastest 17-second econocar.
word... 
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Originally posted by svt_contour_r203:
Originally posted by D Davis:
Originally posted by Frank:
OMG... you guys are arguing over who has the fastest 17-second econocar.
word...
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Couldn't have said it better myself.
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Demon, I cant believe this post has gone soo long! My goodness. I geuss we have to have a KC group meet ehh? That way we can take some video's of this! Did I mention, I wasted a good portion of my life reading uninformed posts. Good luck Demon 
The best I can offer is to take video of a run in her car. I feel 16 flat is doable at our local POS track.
Either that or you can find lots of video and slips on the j-body site already. It's not as if my wife's car is magically faster then the rest of them. (Heck it's almost stock - just a K&N drop-in and 2.3L pulley)
I have old slips for her LS (2.4L ATX) from the one time I took that to the track. Like I said 15.8x at 87.x mph. That had about 10HP more worth of mods to it and slightly smaller rims & tires. (205/60HR15 vs 205/55ZR16)
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Originally posted by svt_contour_r203:
I launched wrong. I know I did, that's probably why I was beaten. But does your Zetec have an MTX? Maybe that's why your faster. Oh, and my mom's car is rarely driven past 3000 rpm, if that may mean anything...Maybe there is something wrong with the power and I just refuse to believe it? Hell, I've got my own Duratec SE Sport, so I'm in no worries of losing to any Suburbans. 
i have ATX. i know that first time i took my car up to high speed, i got that bad sulfur smell (and it lingered). so maybe i blew some buildup out, so maybe your mom's car needs that. but if it's an ATX, what is there to launching? i know you can "power brake" but that's not gonna decide a race. i know our little zetecs are slow off the line, just due to weight/hp ratio, but once moving, that's when you can suprise other cars.
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
i have ATX. i know that first time i took my car up to high speed, i got that bad sulfur smell (and it lingered). so maybe i blew some buildup out, so maybe your mom's car needs that. but if it's an ATX, what is there to launching? i know you can "power brake" but that's not gonna decide a race. i know our little zetecs are slow off the line, just due to weight/hp ratio, but once moving, that's when you can suprise other cars.
I dropped from neutral at 2500. Succeeding in leaving behind neatly painted tire stripes on the ground.  No sulfur smell though, but the transmission shifts extremely softly. From 2nd to 3rd takes roughly 5 or 6 seconds before the electronics realise it's time to shift. I've been told I need a Superchip, but does the slow downshift mean there's something wrong? Other than that, it's fine when the tach lives around 5-6 grand!
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We just might beat the evolutionism Vs. creationism post. Keep arguing guys...this is great... 
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Damn..now I am really pumped about the idea of an ATX 4-pot Contour squaring off against an ATX 4 pot Cav.....
This could be a big media event sandwiched between a repeat broadcast of the Mike Jackson special and midget wrestling.
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