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I'm having the same problems with the payment instructions.

Not only am I not sure if I signed up correctly for the group buy, i.e. couldn't select a "number" as per instructions and the e-mail was coming back as "unknown host," but one can't even order the exhaust system from MPP.com because of problems with the shopping cart and a corrupt digital certificate? ATL-SVT, please fix this, or pm me with some answers.

I could have sworn I already typed a reply on this one? Oh well, all of you should have recieved and email from Bruce, the CEO of Mad Performance Products, explaining the small website issue they've been having. You should be recieving a call from either Bruce or Matt to place your order. Very sorry for the mixup on this guys. Everything will still go as planned, just had to make a few quick adjustments is all.

IMPORTANT: The in stock exhausts are now all spoken for. HOWEVER Mad Performance, being the good guys that they are, have decided to honor all orders placed during this group buy, at group buy pricing. They will have to be ordered from the distributor and this generally takes about 2 weeks, but then will be drop shipped from there in an effort to make time in transit as short as possible. Lastly, if you pay by credit card, your card WILL NOT be charged until your exhaust ships to you. Thanks again.


Tim

Hot damn!! Got the PM, made the call, spent the dollars, got me a Borla!! Thanks ATL-SVT and Bruce, I'll soon be a happy man.

PS. Bruce and I talked for almost an hour. Seems like a straight up guy who really knows his business.

Same here!! Thanks Tim and Bruce! Soon my SVT will be purring!!!

Sweet! Glad you guys are happy so far! This is nothing, wait til you get it on the tour, then you'll really be happy!

found this interesting article about the exhaust

"SVT Contour Exhaust Modification: Is it worth it?
by, Thanos Pantazis

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One of the great small sports sedans in the past years was the SVT Contour. For a reasonable price, you got a good looking, well-mannered, quick car. As is the case with any performance car, you always want more power. So, how are you going to get more power? Traditionally auto performance enthusiasts begin with exhaust and air intake modifications, and then move to more subtle modifications (or they arenâ??t so subtle, throwing in a turbo!). This article will compare two after market cat-back exhaust systems, Bassani and Borla, on the SVT Contour to determine if you are really getting the power for the price. We began by running a dyno on the SVT Contour stock, without any modifications, then we added each exhaust and ran another test. Remember, we are looking at the performance aspect here, the sound and look of a system may change your mind, but thatâ??s for you to decide.

Bassani Quite Thunder Cat-Back Exhaust
For this particular car we had an average gain of about 2.3% in horsepower (FWHP) and 2.4% in Torque (FWTQ). Now, to be fair, percentages are dependent on total beginning horsepower. If you started out with 400 FWHP then a 2% gain will give you 8 FWHP. Before we tested this particular Contour the car was measuring 160 rear wheel FWHP. Therefore, a 2% increase only yielded 3.2 FWHP. Is this the kind of gain that you are going to feel at the "seat-of-your-pants"? No, I doubt it. Usually, you get different gains at different levels of your RPM range. This system has a virtually flat response except for the last 1000 RPMs that have closer to a 4% increase in FWTQ and this strange blip at about 4700 RPM???

Borla Cat-Back Stainless Steel Exhaust
The Borla system gives you much more on the low end but is very erratic. On average there was a gain of 3.4% in FWHP and 3.5% in FWTQ. However, as you can see from the graph, there is a major increase within the first 4000 RPMs, about 5.6%, and then a fast drop off to lower levels (1.8%) than the Bassani (2.4%) for the remainder of the range. Usually quick dips (like the one at 3100 and 4400 RPM) are a result of timing issues when a sensor gives a bad reading and the computer compensates by reducing the timing. It normally takes an increase of 10 FWHP before you notice a big difference in "seat-of-the-pants" performance so we are getting close with this system. You will especially feel the difference in accelerating from a stop, but not when moving at highway speeds.

Both Borla and Bassani have been around for quite some time and have been making excellent products for years. I have seen cars in the past that have picked up 15+ FWHP from just a cat-back Borla system. So, seeing data like this tells me that the stock SVT Contour exhaust system is pretty good. Now, provided that you are not going to make any other mods to your car, I would say itâ??s not worth putting any of these systems in your car. Both of these systems go for about $590, so in terms of performance only, you are spending a lot of money for five HP. The stock system looks and sounds great and has only slightly degraded numbers. However, if you are going to do additional mods like an air intake system, then you should reconsider. The better your air intake system, the better flowing you want your exhaust. This is simply because you are getting a bigger explosion with increased air intake and you need a more efficient path for the gases to escape. I would be very interested to see a comparison between an air intake system and air intake + exhaust for this car. My bottom line is if this is the only modification you are going to do, the power is not worth the price. If you add more goodies, then it will be worth the money. Of course, if you are going for sound and look then at least you know youâ??re not losing anything!

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good price though saving almost 200 bucks from what borla charges

Product Description
T-304 STAINLESS STEEL
CAT-BACK (Complete Exhaust System from catalytic converter back)

14868 T-304 STAINLESS STEEL

Year: 1997-99
Make: FORD
Vehicle: CONTOUR
Model: SVT+2.5L+V6+4DR
$785.99 $785.99
Shopping Cart Subtotal: $785.99

Still waiting for my PM!! Hope Im in the inital shipment!!