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99 and up had 5 more hp than the rest, speed on all of them were the same I think, like 7.2 sec 0-60 and 1/4 mile at 15.2 in Car and Driver Magazine for the 98 (my wife owns one thats how I know lol)
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it's still a great car! sporty suspension ect. looks great...just not as peppy as the Maximas are... are the stats your telling me with auto or 5spd?Redline5th37868.9813310185
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At the time my options were Contour SVT or V6 Mustang. Being a thinking man, I knew that if I got a V6 Mustang then, I would have no shot at another one later, regardless of engine size, due to tight interior. I also knew that getting the SVT would have put us in a bit of a money crunch as well as losing much of the better performance sell with my wife. So we got a Taurus.
Now she has a Wrangler and I have a GT that cost less than the Taurus did at the time. 0% financing and they paid off Taurus plus gave 4K on sticker price. Can't complain.
Moral is... sometimes the shortest distance between two points is NOT a straight line.
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I own a 98 Contour GL with a zetec I4 engine and auto trans. The suspension need to be better, (dropped 1.5 - 2 inches by use of coil overs) but the 0 - 60 is real respectable with it at 6.5. The engine and trans (both auto and 5speed) were designed by Porche. www.contour.org for more info!!
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SVT Contours come equipt with the same engine standard. To top that off, they are lighter. So any SHO that could beat an SVT would have to be modified.
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DJ605389 sorry but you are dead wrong. A SHO and contour use completly differnt motors. The SHO uses a Yamaha 3.0 V6 DOHC 24 valve 220 horsepower 200 lb-ft torque. 0-60 6.6 sec 1/4 mile 15.1 VS svt countours 2.5 v6 which is the SHOs baby sister engine , 1/4 mile 16's which uses all duratec engineering. The SVT would need some upgrades to beat a SHO. SHOSHOP.com is where I buy my SHO parts, they also have parts for SVT contours check it out. I wish SVT contours were as fast as SHOs i'd buy one.
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[QUOTE=DJ605389]SVT Contours come equipt with the same engine standard. To top that off, they are lighter. So any SHO that could beat an SVT would have to be modified.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=DJ605389]I own a 98 Contour GL with a zetec I4 engine and auto trans. The suspension need to be better, (dropped 1.5 - 2 inches by use of coil overs) but the 0 - 60 is real respectable with it at 6.5. The engine and trans (both auto and 5speed) were designed by Porche. www.contour.org for more info!![/QUOTE]
with an auto??? 6.5??? 98??? I didn't think they made an auto....that's what someone said on the first page...
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