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Ummm... Don't forget you need a RWD Conversion as well on our car.
No way in hell I would drive a FWD V-8 Contour... Ugh.
And that's something I would like to see done.
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First off, I'll never be able to afford it, so even if I love the idea, I wouldn't really be a potential customer. That said, IMHO, any V-8, RWD conversion for this car had better at least maintain the present handling characteristics. No stagecoach technology on my "Euro Touring Sedan," TYVM. As for the V-8, I would much rather see a "modern" interpretation, such as a Lincoln or Jag block, than the old 302, venerable and developed as it is. I like the old soldier in many applications, but it is somehow at odds with the aesthetic of this car. In my view, the A1 Rally Sport conversion on the Focus was much more elegant, pushing over 500 hp through the rear wheels, from a 2.0L Cossie powerplant. A similar treatment of this car with, say, a Cossie Sierra V-6, would represent an ideal, but still unaffordable, package. http://www.a1rallysport.co.uk/html/focustechnical.html
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For the 5.0 conversion costs are about 15,000 they say...
Turbo 3L runs about 7,000 in parts. With this package you could have a car that you would keep for the next 15 years. if stock handling were retained, you would have a sleeper, a very fast car with an engine that has basically unlimited mod potential, and beautiful styling...When you add those all up, and think about keeping a car of this caliber for the long run, it's not that bad of a deal.
Just playing devils advocate.
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Originally posted by {Kontofosho}:
For the 5.0 conversion costs are about 15,000 they say...
Turbo 3L runs about 7,000 in parts. With this package you could have a car that you would keep for the next 15 years. if stock handling were retained, you would have a sleeper, a very fast car with an engine that has basically unlimited mod potential, and beautiful styling...When you add those all up, and think about keeping a car of this caliber for the long run, it's not that bad of a deal.
Just playing devils advocate.
That's what I'm thinking.
As far as old-tech vs new-tech debate goes, I don't care how many valves an engine has or how they are actuated. How about good old reliable & driveable horsepower? You can take horsepower per liter (the most over-rated production engine stat ever), I'll take plain old horsepower.
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the whole "old tech vs new tech" arguments are ridiculous and totally inapplicable to, well, anything.
As far as a V8 rwd contour, I say cool, build it, I would love to see it. But to be honest, I don't think you will find a buyer, especially if it is the same price range as that V8 focus. There are many other cars you would spend $50k+ on before going after a setup like that.
Good luck man, and if you build one, please post some pics for us.
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Originally posted by Rara:
the whole "old tech vs new tech" arguments are ridiculous and totally inapplicable to, well, anything.
As far as a V8 rwd contour, I say cool, build it, I would love to see it. But to be honest, I don't think you will find a buyer, especially if it is the same price range as that V8 focus. There are many other cars you would spend $50k+ on before going after a setup like that.
Good luck man, and if you build one, please post some pics for us.
For that price?
Can you say 'almost' BMW M5??? I would be all over a car like that first and in a few years after I owned it I would be dropping even more power to the wheels. Can't say that a V8 contour could compare to it other than as a curiosity. Kind of like Andre the Giant was for his size and strength...one of a kind and fun to watch.
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We need to get some pricing.. not exact just in the ballpark.
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imagine the look on the dealer's face when you go in to get a water pump.
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Originally posted by RogerB:
As for the V-8, I would much rather see a "modern" interpretation, such as a Lincoln or Jag block, than the old 302, venerable and developed as it is. I like the old soldier in many applications, but it is somehow at odds with the aesthetic of this car.
On top of having more mod potential, a pushrod motor is physically smaller than an OHC motor, therefore making a swap much easier.
I have been throwing around this idea for a while. Why would it cost so much in the first place? I think, ideally just to get it off the ground, I'd find a way to graft mustang suspension components (front and rear) to the Contour's Chassis. I'm sure all the parts could be had for well under 6 Grand. Engine, Tranny, Axle from a Mustang. There's definitley going to be a loss in the handling department, but I'd be willing to take that hit for a 4-Door vehicle with comparable performance to a Mustang.
Yeah there'd be hella custom fab work, but I seriously doubt it to be infeasible. Not to mention it would DEFINITLEY be worth it.
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