Originally posted by Ditka83:

I will probably get one when I graduate in two years. I haven't decided yet though if I want to get any model and do a mondeo conversion on it or buy an SVT. If I get the SVT I would probably go for the 2000 or 2001 model. Anyway, for now I will be driving a '97 Pontiac Grand Prix. Which, while not a contour, is at least not an Old's Achieva.



Well I'll solve one problem for you...you won't have to worry about a 2001 model since they didn't make one. In two years though you should be able to find a 2000 SVT Contour for a great price. In my book the 2000 is the way to go, there is just something about them, though I may be bias . But you may have a hard time finding a 2K SVTC, they only made 2150 of them and there doesn't seem to be very many in the Northwest.

Actually I do have a theory that the 2000 differentials aren't as week as the 98 and 99's. I still have yet to see a 2000 with a blown diff and I haven't heard of any Foci that have blown diffs either (note Focus did not start production until 2000, in the US anyway). Just a theory though, don't take it to heart. I'll stop babbling now.

2004 Focus PZEV 2.3L - KW sport suspension, SP camber plates, Eibach front swaybar, FS intake, FS Stealth exhaust, 3.82 Final, Torsen ATB, Prothane MM insert, E1 CSVT wheels 1/4 mile - 15.201@89.4mph