I've heard that after 1998, the SE stood for Surplus Equipment. That's why some SEs got crappy, pukey, sh!tty, poopy, yucky, Zetecs in them. Mine has a V-6 and I love it!
But before you go flamin' me, I also own a Ztec engine wrapped in a beautiful ZX-2 body that my daughter drives to college.
You can't get me!