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What would I need to do to get my car to high 15's-low 16's. It's a (non SVT) '99 Contour 2.5 ATX with 95K on the clock. I've raced it a few times at a lousy track with high temps and high humidity (07/05)and the best it did was a 17.3.I know low-16's/high 15's isnt fast to many of you, but for me it is after having another even slower car for 5 years.I'm looking for easy bolt ons. My car is totally stock. thanks.

Originally posted by lunatic:
What would I need to do to get my car to high 15's-low 16's. It's a (non SVT) '99 Contour 2.5 ATX with 95K on the clock. I've raced it a few times at a lousy track with high temps and high humidity (07/05)and the best it did was a 17.3.I know low-16's/high 15's isnt fast to many of you, but for me it is after having another even slower car for 5 years.I'm looking for easy bolt ons. My car is totally stock. thanks.

are you sure you want to work on an ATX car? its not really worth it because the more power you pu through the CD4E the better chance you have of blowing it up.

If you want to mod:
SVT UIM, LIM, TB
Headers, Y-pipe, Catback
Intake

That should get you there.

And you can get SVT cams if you want too, that'll bump you up to about mid 15's

Originally posted by Tourige:

Originally posted by lunatic:
What would I need to do to get my car to high 15's-low 16's. It's a (non SVT) '99 Contour 2.5 ATX with 95K on the clock. I've raced it a few times at a lousy track with high temps and high humidity (07/05)and the best it did was a 17.3.I know low-16's/high 15's isnt fast to many of you, but for me it is after having another even slower car for 5 years.I'm looking for easy bolt ons. My car is totally stock. thanks.

are you sure you want to work on an ATX car? its not really worth it because the more power you pu through the CD4E the better chance you have of blowing it up.

If you want to mod:
SVT UIM, LIM, TB
Headers, Y-pipe, Catback
Intake

That should get you there.

And you can get SVT cams if you want too, that'll bump you up to about mid 15's

yeah i got the samething,
its not worth it thats why im saving up for a mtx
only thing i have is an svt exhuast and an intake

Originally posted by imurdaddytoo sport:

Originally posted by Tourige:

Originally posted by lunatic:
What would I need to do to get my car to high 15's-low 16's. It's a (non SVT) '99 Contour 2.5 ATX with 95K on the clock. I've raced it a few times at a lousy track with high temps and high humidity (07/05)and the best it did was a 17.3.I know low-16's/high 15's isnt fast to many of you, but for me it is after having another even slower car for 5 years.I'm looking for easy bolt ons. My car is totally stock. thanks.

are you sure you want to work on an ATX car? its not really worth it because the more power you pu through the CD4E the better chance you have of blowing it up.

If you want to mod:
SVT UIM, LIM, TB
Headers, Y-pipe, Catback
Intake

That should get you there.

And you can get SVT cams if you want too, that'll bump you up to about mid 15's

yeah i got the samething,
its not worth it thats why im saving up for a mtx
only thing i have is an svt exhuast and an intake

It all depends on what you want, do you want a straight line drag car thats a blast to drive on the road and all the people look at you? or do you want a car that can handle the corners with ease and is friggen fun to drive?

Basically if you want to drag the car then dont mod the contour, all the money is better spent towards saving for a Fox body, New edge mustang, or a F-Body

If you want to do the corners, save up, buy an SVT and mod that.

Hi, I don't want a straight drag car. I love the way my car drives and handles and it's comfortable. I just want it to have a little more pep in it so it can beat some rice and other cars. (Cavaliers, Z24's, Focuses, etc) Its almost paid off too, so I don't want to get "another car" thanks.

Originally posted by lunatic:
Hi, I don't want a straight drag car. I love the way my car drives and handles and it's comfortable. I just want it to have a little more pep in it so it can beat some rice and other cars. Its almost paid off too, so I don't want to get "another car" thanks.

Then go to the Duratec Performance section below and read the FAQ..it has answers for all the common bolt-ons for HP

hey just cuz its an atx doesnt mean dont mod it. just make sure you take care of your tranny. and do what you want with it cuz you have to drive it.

Originally posted by lizard:
hey just cuz its an atx doesnt mean dont mod it. just make sure you take care of your tranny. and do what you want with it cuz you have to drive it.

I didnt say that, im just saying its better to mod an ATX. Actually wait, it is kinda stupid modding the CD4E

Originally posted by Tourige:

Originally posted by lizard:
hey just cuz its an atx doesnt mean dont mod it. just make sure you take care of your tranny. and do what you want with it cuz you have to drive it.

I didnt say that, im just saying its better to mod an ATX. Actually wait, it is kinda stupid modding the CD4E

Why is that?

My car ran a 16.4 @85mph stock. I've got a K&N intake/maf adaptor and heatshield now, along with an optimized TB. I also have an SCT chip that was custom tuned by a friend of mine who is an SCT dealer. This tune is A LOT more aggressive than any chip you will get from just a generic chip. If you can get a dyno tune and have the chip tuned for firmer/quicker shifts you can gain a lot from that alone.

I will have an optimized y-pipe done by spring, have the y-pipe just need to weld it up and am hoping this gets me close to 15's. If not, I think that with a good cat-back I will be there. Then, its time to save up for an MTX swap.

Also, the CD4E, as you may know, isn't the greatest tranny, so make sure you keep up on fluid flushes and definitely consider a tranny cooler if the car gets driven hard.

That 16.4 is what I would like to get maybe. Did you shift your car (it's an automatic but did u shift it like a stick) How do you launch? What was the weather like on that pass?

Leave it in Drive, manually shifting this car only slows things down. Turn off O/D, I beleive it locks up the torque converter at a higher RPM meaning you gain a little towards then end of the run. The weather was almost perfect, about 65 degrees, low humidity.

As for launch, you'll hafta play around with that. Always use the brake torquing method. I try to launch from around 2k, just before the brakes start to give... You'll want to nail the gas while you're letting off the brakes.

Well I'm no C4DE expert so take this at face value. Although I have worked on em....

I don't know if it's a clutch failure or a hard parts failure but if it were me I'd put it in manual low and shift like a standard trans. When you put it in manual 1 or 2 it RAISES main lin pressure hence longer clutch life.

Mike

Had the original trans in mine with the addition of a trans cooler.

Drove it like hell everyday.....manually shifted when racing.

Had 140k when I sold it with NO problems.

i used to manually drive my 95, tell the tranny died and it costed me 3 grand to get a new one.. didnt ever do that again.