How is everyone doing? How about the contours?

Hey all! Just wondering how everyone is doing since it has been so quite around here. Hey Qbert! Nice meeting you, sorry didn't get to talk much that day. We deffinetly need a northwest meet. I would really like to see some more contours.

Anyone doing any custom work on there tours? I have been working at changing the door lock and window switches to blue. It's looking pretty good, almost done. Trying to figure a good color for dash and gauges. Thinking either a light blue (doors and windows switches are a dark blue already) or white... ? .. Don�??t know yet. Another thought is Red kinda like a reverse passat/jetta lighting scheme.
Anyways. Bored and thought I would say Hi and see how everyone is doing. Later

Wow, you have an older SVT than I do! Things have been pretty quiet on the Northwest board lately. I'd love to have another northwest meet! The last one I organized flopped and in the end I couldn't even attend! Now my SVT is about to turn 100,000 miles, so I'm waiting to see if it's going to burst into flames or something! I don't plan to do any mods to my vehicle until I pay off the transmission job I just had done. Everything costs lots of money! I'll keep checking this board for new events!

Mike

Hi all,
I've been busy with school, work, and family. Sorry for becoming a hermit on y'all.

As far as the haps with the Tour:
Nothing changed. Got no cash, so got no flash.
My Potenzas are showing their strengths in the rain now. That, coupled with a healthy dose of Rain-X has made the onset of fall a lot easier to deal with.

Sounds like we have gotten a few new members since our summer meet. I'd be interested to see if a rainy-day-run could be organized before Father Christmas take ahold of our social calendars.

I am there as long as you all promise to not stand me up this time!

Wouldn't dream of it.

Well... I got a 1998 trunk lid and am getting it painted tommrow... can't wait to see it on..

Nice!! I am totaly jelous! That's deffinetly what I have planed for the future of my tour. Make it totaly badgless with filled in antenna and trunk lock too. ahh.... One day

Question: How much did you get your decklid for? I was checking out fosters for a pre 98 trunk and it was running about $300 for one in good shape. Please!! PLEASE PLEASE!! Post pic when you get a change

please? hehe. Can't wait to see it. Laterz

Originally posted by Sadeeq:
Wouldn't dream of it.

Glad to hear it.

$75... lol.. but I have to get it painted which will be around.. $200

HI guys, ...with all our rain, I've found my Yoko Paradas
are too hard so I'm going with the softer compound spec 2.
Also looking to get some head work done...I want to get
the bigger valves and the head ported ....probably have
to ship it out to the US for that work. We should get our
act together and meet up during the spring.....when the
days get longer and the rain finally stops.

Happy thanksgiving to all you Americans next week!

Dan in Vancouver

Originally posted by DanCanuck:
Also looking to get some head work done...I want to getthe bigger valves and the head ported ....probably haveto ship it out to the US for that work.
Dan in Vancouver

Dan, there is a shop up in Vancouver, Canada that works on Foci that may be able to help you out. It is the same group that shoe horned a CSVT engine into a ZX3. I'd talk to them about the head work, I'm sure they probably know someone that would be able to do the work you're looking for.

The shop is ZX3 Tuning. I'd get in contact with them and find out what they recommend. That would probably be easier then shipping your heads off to some place here in the US and paying more then you have to for it.

Robert

I wish I had the time to go for a drive today. It is beautiful outside.

Dan-Kershaw Performance in Langley has a flow bench and across the the street from Kershaw is Thunderbolt Engines.Thundebolt built a Ford 302 derivative for me this year for a street car that dyno'd at 424hp[at 6000 rpm] and 406 lbs torque[at 3600 rpm].Kershaw flowed the heads for this application. Thunderbolt has built or machined four motors for me over the last 11 years.It was good to see you at the Brown Bros. open track day in September. Alex

here it is..

The paint job ended up costing $300.. OUCH

But they matched it perfectly and I'm happy with the end result.

Anyone want to buy my old trunk?...

That looks really good Shaun! Any reason you didn't get the lower mesh part painted too?

I was busy the other night driving this beauty around:

MMMM, I do have a feeling one of my next cars will be a BMW. I've rode in a couple 325is' before, but the M3 is a totaly different beast. You can definitely tell they designed a race car, then made it driveable on the street. It is pretty raw, made the Contour feel like a luxury boat.

uhh cause I'm not very smart. It never occurred to me.

I drove a friends 1998 M3... all I can say is wow!
But I like the earlier body style better. Looks like fun and man, can those old BMWs be fast!

Wow Shaun! That looks great! There is no doubt in my mind that I will be doing that as well. I love the badgless look! Gotta love it! Damn!

Beautiful tour! BTW, mind if I ask what shop did the paint job? Thanks! Laterz

thanks for the leads Alex & Qbert. I will make some calls
about the head work!

I keep forgetting the check the NW forum so everyone have
a good thanksgiving and a great Christmas holiday

dan

Hey guys,

If anyone needs some excellent rust free steel rims for their tour, SVT too, let me know...I'm still in Bremerton, WA. ... edorfox@attbi.com

...Ed

Well i ahve been out on trianing exercises with my ship that is why i haven't been able to respond to anyones post.

i just got back this sunday. I am fine and so is the contour. i am sad to say though do sparatic planing on the navys part my wife and my contour will be heading off to Oceanside,CA for about a year. she will be finishing her school while i go on my 6 month deployment and all the others we are being sent to do to this war on terroism. i will try to make all our meets if i am not gone but iwill be rolling in in my 72 skylark.

That's probably for the best for your wife though since you guys have family down there right?

Glad to hear you are doing well.

=) Christy

Leo:
I guess this is one of those "Hi" and "Bye" posts.
I'm really sorry that you have to move. It was a pleasure meeting you and your family. Take care of yourselves!

sweet!!

.... how does an out-of-work programmer have so much money to spend on his rolling toybox?

I'm an out of work network admin/help tech..not a programmer..lol

Lets just say that when I had a job I saved up some money..

well sadeeq i amnot exactly leaving i will be in Wa till 2005 or 2006 its just the contour and family will be in CA. Although my ship is going in out of port constantly.

Oh.
Sounds even worse!

Sorry to hear that.