Originally posted by 99fordsvt:
Fired it up late last night and drove it to work today!!

2002 Sable sourced 3L with 17K mile block (49.0 cc stock)
2.5L heads, ported and polished, with 3L valves (47.1 cc)
MSDS headers and modified Y-pipe (per earlier thread)
SVT stock Cat back
Coated intake, port matched
Fidenza aluminum flywheel/ new stock SVT clutch
DMD
Energy Suspension mount insert
Eibach's
BAT struts
Quaife
New shift Forks, MTL redline fluid

Everything all at once. 3 months with a bunch of diapers slowing me down.

Runs strong, no CEL's, perfect idle, I'm ecstatic. Actually it doesn't rip pavement like I'd hoped (too much is never enough), but it is smooth and fast. Grab a few gears, look down and see 70 mph when you expect 50 mph.

Rev wise, it just pulls and pulls up to 7K so far. With the 17K mile block, not much break-in to do. The usual 2.5L torque spike around 3700 RPM, is unnoticeable, just good big torque all the way up.

I was a bit worried about off the line launch in traffic with the possibly too light Fidenza, but it is just fine. Quaife nice and quiet, and even torque steer not too bad at all. Shift feel with Redline and new forks is WAY better.





bring it to sears point tomarow and see what it will do

98 svt sil/blu 3.0 oval heads full P&P, msds headers,bat kit,2,1/2exhaust 30 inch glasspack and 2 spintech mufflers 14.78@94mph with my mechanical arm i can shift gears in less then a twentieth of a second for sale $7000