The idea of a nimble sedan that performs like a sports car has held great appeal for enthusiasts for many decades. Relatively trim and compact, with plenty of room for passengers and luggage, a sports sedan should be capable of threading the needle in performance driving situations, and covering many miles at a quick pace. Over the past four decades, small sedans from Italy and Germany have defined the genre.

Now it is time for the Ford SVT Contour.
Dave's 1998.5
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286HP/247ft tq!!!!
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As of 4/21/2001 the 3L engine is installed and has dynoed at 239hp/215tq at the wheels (Street Config). It currently has a top speed of 162mph (redline limited) and can run the 1/4 mile in 14.09@98.9mph. The stock injectors are being maxed out, the MSDS Y-pipe isn't optimized for my setup and I think the 2.25" Borla exhaust is too restrictive for the 3L engine. The dyno's were ran on 17" wheels and the temp was around 90 at sea level. I think with a little more tuning 245-250hp is very possible. Here is a small video of me starting the 3L for the first time! Please click me!

Peak out put 247hp@219Tq, no exhaust and a "secret mod" just for dyno purposes, but the dyno plot was all over the place so I'm not really counting that as a run.
Gas mileage around town is around 17-21mpg and freeway around 25mpg
6/26 - The car is running great, it loves 100+ octane. I did an experiment and tried to use 87 octane. It ran but ran like total crap, I did get some pinging so I wouldn't run on anything less tan 92 octane. I've been messing with the IMRC and it seems that the optimal setting would be for the secondarys to slam open at 3k rpm, no less no more. I ran without them and right at 3200 it falls flat on its face. I ran with them open at it didn't want to run until it hit about 2500 rpm. I think my next project is to somehow get them to work with a high speed servo or maybe have them actuated via solenoid. With the current setup, I think the IMRC is too slow for any good. I also reconmending smoothing out the screws that hold the butterflies to the shaft...