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Look, a stock Contour that looks and works good with original equipment is what, $6-7K?
That's all you can expect to get for this without finding a buyer in advance.
Find a buyer in advance and work out a base price for the car that you will sell it at, then allow them the opportunity to dial in the extra goodies while you are in there. If you can't find a buyer,
Don't do anything extra other than put in a working ovalport conversion with a new clutch. Clutch is considered maintenance, everything else is gravy.
If you've got a set of headers available, those may help the sale, but just having a working 3L with a new clutch and good newer tires should be worth around 8K.
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You should PM Blackcoog about the resale value of 3L swapped SVTs since he's done a few of them all ready. I think they're only going for 7-8K at the top end. I'd say if you get $8k out of it, you're doing well and then you've got to look at the fact you've then spent $7k on what you've got left, basically a trashed 2.5 and a half assed turbo kit. Sucks, but that's the way the ball unfortunately bounced on this one.
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Originally posted by tour96se:
Originally posted by fastcougar:
Originally posted by livinsvt:
Should have just swapped in a 2.5 and sold the lemon. Forget all the trans upgrades,leave that to someone else. You will not re-coup it at this point. You could maybe get 8k for this car complete. My .02
I'm above that ... that is the same attitude that the [censored] that sold me this car took except that he left in the dead engine and I was a sucker. I refuse to take that same mentality towards this car.
..yeah i'm not sure you'll recoupe much of anything..iirc sunniels car didnt go for too much more than 10k...and that was with a turbo, 400whp,leather recaro's..etc
I wish the body was in better shape, as that would be a pretty good looking car. The fact that the roof of the car appeared to have a tree fall on it, made me realize why it went for what it did. The front bumper missing 1/2 of it's paint didn't help matters either. The motor though, is 
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Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Originally posted by tour96se:
Originally posted by fastcougar:
Originally posted by livinsvt:
Should have just swapped in a 2.5 and sold the lemon. Forget all the trans upgrades,leave that to someone else. You will not re-coup it at this point. You could maybe get 8k for this car complete. My .02
I'm above that ... that is the same attitude that the [censored] that sold me this car took except that he left in the dead engine and I was a sucker. I refuse to take that same mentality towards this car.
..yeah i'm not sure you'll recoupe much of anything..iirc sunniels car didnt go for too much more than 10k...and that was with a turbo, 400whp,leather recaro's..etc
I wish the body was in better shape, as that would be a pretty good looking car. The fact that the roof of the car appeared to have a tree fall on it, made me realize why it went for what it did. The front bumper missing 1/2 of it's paint didn't help matters either. The motor though, is
Mark
Yeah just because that car went for a steal on ebay...because the buyer set the auction at an odd time should not take the value of ALL contours down to NOTHING! 
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Sinking $900 to prep the 3L motor is INSANE! SHould've just dropped in the oval port with SVT Cams and new rod bearing and called it a day.
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Originally posted by Stazi:
Sinking $900 to prep the 3L motor is INSANE! SHould've just dropped in the oval port with SVT Cams and new rod bearing and called it a day.
Yep. For sure insane. 
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Originally posted by MapOfTaziFoShoâ�??¢:
Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Originally posted by tour96se:
Originally posted by fastcougar:
Originally posted by livinsvt:
Should have just swapped in a 2.5 and sold the lemon. Forget all the trans upgrades,leave that to someone else. You will not re-coup it at this point. You could maybe get 8k for this car complete. My .02
I'm above that ... that is the same attitude that the [censored] that sold me this car took except that he left in the dead engine and I was a sucker. I refuse to take that same mentality towards this car.
..yeah i'm not sure you'll recoupe much of anything..iirc sunniels car didnt go for too much more than 10k...and that was with a turbo, 400whp,leather recaro's..etc
I wish the body was in better shape, as that would be a pretty good looking car. The fact that the roof of the car appeared to have a tree fall on it, made me realize why it went for what it did. The front bumper missing 1/2 of it's paint didn't help matters either. The motor though, is
Mark
Yeah just because that car went for a steal on ebay...because the buyer set the auction at an odd time should not take the value of ALL contours down to NOTHING!
 Actually, the SELLER set the auction to end at an odd time. And I don't know where I said that, that particular auction depicts the selling price of all Contours. I merely stated that it wasn't as much of a steal as most people make it out to be with the body damage that it has.
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Mark I quoted you but I meant to address tour96se...yeah I was very tired when I posted that...the SELLER ended the auction at an odd time.
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How do you figure? Buckshot sells preped 3L engines with less modifications for more money. My shortblock in it's current form cost me $1,500 and includes Clevite77 Mains & Rods. I don't see anyone po-po'ing the asking price for his block work, which BTW, last I checked was ... you guessed it, $1,500 ... go figure. Not to mention, my setup is actually more of a "long block" considering the $932 included a valve job on the heads.
Regardless. I'm at the point with this headache that I'm seriously considering selling EVERYTHING I own in the garage and just hanging up my "mechanical" hat. 
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Originally posted by fastcougar:
How do you figure? Buckshot sells preped 3L engines with less modifications for more money. My shortblock in it's current form cost me $1,500 and includes Clevite77 Mains & Rods. I don't see anyone po-po'ing the asking price for his block work,
Yes we do. We just don't advertise it because Rick is cool. 
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