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Originally posted by beyondloadedSE:
does the mazda 6 have the dual extrude honed UIM?
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Originally posted by Big Jim:
I have been lead to believe that the ST200 uses the Contour SVT cams, but I don't really know for sure.
Yes the ST200 has the exact same engine as an 2.5L SVT.
However the ST220 has a 3L Duratec engine.
No VVT, no head changes (like the Mazda or Jag versions), just good old fashioned 3L Duratec power.  
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Originally posted by 2000GreenTour:
The newer Duratecs are far more advanced and updated than the Taurus 3.0
Taurus can be ordered with either the old "Vulcan" V-6 or the better Duratec V-6, both 3.0L.
Just a plain jane '96 LX V-6 here...
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All of the European modern gasoline fueled engines are designed for 95 octane gas. However they can use any higer octane gas (as Shell Optimax in UK) without problems. If you want to go lower (91 octane) there is a plugg in the engine compartment that one must, well unplugg and use the lower octane gas only for a short while.
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Originally posted by MarkO:
Originally posted by MotorCity:
What sort of gas does it run on? That is if you can compare the European equivalent.
In Europe or at least the UK & Ireland, they use the RON method of calculating octane, here in the US it's the (R/M)*2 method IIRC. R and M are RON and MON respectively. No, I don't know what it all means ....
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R stands for research, and is the benchmark for an engine at idle
M is for either motor or machine, and has the engine go through an RPM range
The US standard is actually (R+M)/2, or an average of the two, and the number isn't actually the amount of octane (there's actually little or no pure octane in this mix of hydrocarbons), rather it's the percentage of how much this particular fraction of gasoline distillation behaves like octane.
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Originally posted by airman1:
All of the European modern gasoline fueled engines are designed for 95 octane gas. However they can use any higer octane gas (as Shell Optimax in UK) without problems. If you want to go lower (91 octane) there is a plugg in the engine compartment that one must, well unplugg and use the lower octane gas only for a short while.
But they ONLY use the higher RON rating. Here is the US we use an average rating of both MON & RON.
Their 95 is like our 90-91 octane fuel.
Their "rare premium" 100 would be like our ~94 octane.
Also not ALL their cars are programmed for 95 RON. They have lower grade available and the majority of the cars are programmed for it (Just like the US - Economy engines prevail)
Also the "octane plug" is a thing of the past (or at least for any company smart enough to just use PCM code anyway)
It's all controlled by code in the PCM now.
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The Octane plug went away when OBD II was introduced. In the US the 95 Contiques have octane plugs and the 96 and newer do not.
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Originally posted by Kasey Chang:
Originally posted by 2000GreenTour:
The newer Duratecs are far more advanced and updated than the Taurus 3.0
Taurus can be ordered with either the old "Vulcan" V-6 or the better Duratec V-6, both 3.0L.
The Duratec being a 'better' motor remains to be seen...the Vulcan has been around MANY more years than the Duratec.
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Better might mean 200 HP instead of 170.
Until 2003, all our leased cars (Taurus/Sable) had the Duratec. Now we are getting the Vulcan. Vulcan is a lot slower than the D'Tec (at least in a Taurus). We haven't had a lot of issues with the 3.0 duratec either. 1200 cars are a good test sample. I can tell you about all the failures we had when we had the Chrysler products though. We keep our leased cars about 80,000 miles and the D'Tec is treating us well. (The vulcan isn't doing bad either, just less powerful). Now if Ford would make a reliable automatic, that would be something.
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BEFORE: '99 Contour SE Sport
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FWIW, the Vulcan is still only up to 155 hp; a 5 hp gain since its inception back in 1986 in the first Tauri. I believe 186 ft-lbs of torque though, at a nice low 3900 RPM. Gotta love those engines that produce more torque than HP.
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