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Originally posted by weargle:
Have you officially rethought your position on this matter?
Yep. After reading the latest tech, I see that in some engines a DMD can acually result in gains because of less bearing friction. In fact, I now would not reccommend the lighter pulley to anyone (for a Contour). There may or may not be (more) gains to be had from the lighter pulley, but there may be more rod bearing stress too: something I do NOT want on this motor!
Thanks for setting me straight, guys. After all my reading I want a DMD now!
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Well Auto Cross was awsome 4 a first timer like me. I DNF'ed the first 3 races and made a comfortable 55 seconds on my last race with 1 cone down worth +2 seconds. I was supposed to be placed in the stock class but some how ended up in street prep'ed lol.... guess they know i have a SVT? The BF-Goodrich tires hooked like no other and i made sure to cut up the track. I had a lot of people in Grand Forks ND scratching there heads... wanting to know what kinda of car i drove. I had some friends take some pic's and vid's of me and them racing ill c if i cant post them soon here.  I still cant wipe the grin off my face i love this sport........... Till next time ill keep you posted
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If you're SVT is stock, you still run a stock class I believe.
98.5 SVT
91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
FS: SVT rear sway bar
WTB: Very cheap beater
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yup.. stock Contour SVT's are still G-Stock.
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The only things i have done to it is, 18x7.5 rims with 215-40-18 tires. I took the carpet and stuff out of the trunk and relocated my battery inside. I asked the chairman of auto-x what class i would be in and he said stock but we had some newbees using the equipment... they might have messed up ill make sure to ask them next time i race. 
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Originally posted by Aspenmeteor:
The only things i have done to it is, 18x7.5 rims with
215-40-18 tires.
that puts you in STS, not stock.
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I took the carpet and stuff out of the trunk
This is kind of a technicality. Assuming you left the carpet on the sides of the trunk, you can run stock with the floor gone, although it's technically protestable.
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and relocated my battery inside.
Inside where? If it's in the trunk it's okay for STS, if it's not behind the rear seats, I have no idea.
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Originally posted by Auto-X Fil:
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I took the carpet and stuff out of the trunk
This is kind of a technicality. Assuming you left the carpet on the sides of the trunk, you can run stock with the floor gone, although it's technically protestable.
See rule 13.2.K . It's allowed.
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But the carboard piece that holds the tire in is retained by the wheel holder. There was a big discussion about this on sccaforums a while ago. I would say that the carpet can go: it's like a floormat, since it's not attached. The board, however, has to stay to be legal in the strictest sense.
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I'm not sure what year SVT he has, but my spare cover is a one piece cover (carpet glued on cardboard) and the spare tie down is below the cover -- doesn't go through it.
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