Gotta love the fact that I live in an area where a 1/4-mile in the mid 14's will take
out 3 out of 4 cars on the road. There isn't much tuner traffic in these parts, so
I guess I've come to grips with the fact that anything beyond what I have done to this point is just throwing $$ away. Last summer, I think I only pulled about 8 races (highway) all year. Most of the time, when I came up behind a decent ride, they looked in the rearview and just slid over to the right lane. There just isn't that aggressive a community up here to streetrace, so I sort of envy all the action some of you get to partake in (safely); however...in a way, I'm glad I don't feel "pushed" into getting a supercharger just to compete with the locals. I mean...what would you rather have on Bermuda? A Lamborghini or a really quick Mini Cooper? I guess I'm just trying to say "balance" is the SVT's main attribute and I think adding "too" much horsepower might really ruin the sauce. I'll let Brad chime in on that since he's actually doing the mod. I just can't force myself to cough up $4K when that same amount of money can be used to MAKE $4K. For the rest of you who CAN do it, I say go for it....and let us know how it all turns out. One other note though....unless some SERIOUS modifications are going to be done to the transmission, even bolting a supercharger to an SVT is NOT going to put this car in the mid 5's. The Puff Contour was nowhere near that time and you can once again, blame traction as the reason (or lack of). The 1/4-mile and beyond will be the best barometer of change but the 0-60 dash just isn't the SVT's game.
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[b]222hp, 3072-lb '98 Contour SVT
A few $K worth of modifications; others following.
Current GTech performance averages (no dyno/track in my state)
0-60 6.32
1/4 14.62
HP 222
Top Speed 148-152 (indicated)
0-100 16.89 (current average, based on last eight runs)
