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Originally posted by 18psi2300:
I'll have to agree with Kermit here
FIRST TIME EVER!!!! 
Turbo Tom sells a 20% stronger block, that alone is enough reason to use the zetec over the duratec if you want huge power on a sort of limited ($25k  ) budget.
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91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
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someone told me it would be absolutely impossible to run an 11 sec with a tour, and i was jsut wonderin if it could happen. i guess so. maybe ill do that tomarrow. 
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Impossible ? I think not. The ATX Zetec's run 11's all day long..... We're talking about the 0-60 march, right ? Oooo, pwned! Tim
'01 GTP: 3.3" pulley, Headers, 3" Exhaust, Straight Pipe, Intense Air to Water Intercooler. Pictures
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dont you all remember the guy who does complete Cossie drive train swaps into mondeos? well a close to stock Escort Cossie will run about a 12.5 in the 1/4. you ca have cossie motors up to about 500hp reasonably. so ship your car to england and back pluss the transformation would be about 15K and then the power upgrade another 3K and you would have a car that would prob go tens.
think about it- a 500 hp. AWD turbo Cossie Contour. Life doesnt get much better than that!
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the JATO pack is the best idea posted yet, and probably the cheapest. you could probably find one of those for kinda cheap from military surplus, then use the rest of the money for an ejection seat. IIRC there was ONCE a guy who strapped one of these to his car and ended up smashed on a cliff, high above the ground. . . making ejection most definitly a must if you want to live to tell about your fastest contour ever, and it would be the fastest contour ever. . . . . wwweeeeeeee!!!! 
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Originally posted by SlowNfurious:
trade in the contour+15,000 for a camaro SS, spend the rest on mods for camaro.....and you have a 11 sec or faster car
Screw the SS. Get an 03 Cobra for cheaper. Can easily find a brand new 03 Cobra for under $30K. Then for under $3K, you will have a 450+ RWHP car.
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Originally posted by Kingpin:
IIRC there was ONCE a guy who strapped one of these to his car and ended up smashed on a cliff, high above the ground. . . making ejection most definitly a must . . . . . wwweeeeeeee!!!!
There was never any proof of that story ever happening, it's said to be completely fiction. And the version I heard, the guy was suicidal anyways and had planned on dying because the militray was going to tortue him and then kill him. Also, just an FYI, cars can't fly.
However, if you do try the JATO pack, let us all know, we'd like to be there to witness it, I'll bring the popcorn and beer!!!!
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Originally posted by 18psi2300:
Then again, no one in their right mind would spend this kind of money on a contour  .
i guess im one sick puppy then...well, im not at $25G but i probably will be when i call it quits on my car.
Jim Hahn
1996 T-Red Contour SE Reborn 4/6/04
3.0L swap and Arizona Dyno Chip Turbo Kit
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I wouldnt doubt for a second that my SVT wouldnt lift of the ground if I lighted off a JATO strapped to the roof. Well, even if it didnt or cant happen, it would still be the fasted contour ever, and it would be even better that it stayed on the ground. . . . cars are much safer on the ground. . . Still, it would be fast as he!!.
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JATO?? 
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