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2000 SVT-C (Contour)

So apparently this is really common. And apparently the people that owned the car before me missed the boat on the temporary recall. So i bought the kit, and basically there is no way i can, nor want to, install it myself. So I asked Ford for an estimate. I figures, hey, how much can it be...

I just hope it doesn't say "Eleanor" on it.

Actually, the LS2 is CHEAPER to produce than the LS1. That is one of the reasons the Corvette has gone down in price for 05. All they need is a platform to put it in. And even the Hemi 5.7 makes more power. Certainly the upcoming charger will be in the mustangs price point.

It's still 50 less HP than it's predecessors competition (LS1) and 100 < than it's future competition (LS2,Hemi 6.1). A lot less low end torque too. I agree, it's not enough. Guys who say "this thing will hang with LS1's" are not only wrong, but living in the past. Bottom line, the 4.6 is...

If you pay MSRP you are a sucker. For any car. Car salesman are sleaze, and you need to treat them that way. Problem is, people are either in too much of a hurry, or think the sales guy is "doing his best" and don't want to be mean. You gotta forget all that. It's YOUR money, and it is a...

AU is also the symbol for gold.

No, but his point stands. You guys with this Eleanor thing are ridiculous. IT WAS A GIRLS NAME USED IN A MOVIE to personify a car that NEVER ACTUALLY EXISTED. It would be like F-body guys wanting to make their cars look like KITT. And crying to GM when they didn't offer a Knight Rider...

Uh...read that article again, and use your good eyes this time. It says Ford is considering building a replacement for the Panther platform BASED ON the new AU Falcon platform. It says NOTHING about bringing over the current Falcon.

Well i know when i first saw the interior of the Mazda 6 i was loving all the aluminum, and then i sat in it and realized it was all fake. It was very dissapointing. My friend's GTI has real aluminum in it and it is quite tight.

That is gonna be interesting in the summer though, the SVT Focus has a real aluminum shift knob and people have complained about burning themselves on it in the summer.

Is the "Aluminum Trim" actually made of aluminum? Or is it just painted Plaz-Tek. Also, are those the same seats from the Mazda 6? I guess that would make sense. The leather looks very similar.

They make an SRT-6 Crossfire that has the SLK32AMG blown V6 in it.

The stripes, The 18 inch wheels, The engine cover, The "short" shifter, The mythical handling package...Usually Ford waits until a car is actually out, before they start cutting corners and decontenting things. You may buy the "SVT wanted them story", but I sure don't. I think Ford bit WAY...

I was on the team at Lehigh. We were sponsored out the ACE. Ford, GM, Penske (suspension), Honda (engine). It was crazy how much it cost to put one of those little things together. And even crazier how fast they go, (without the restrictor of course).

Yeah, we all noticed, about 5 posts up...read much?

Ford has to cut costs where they can, so by showing 2 concepts in 1 picture, they save on ink.

Anyone else wish that was accurate?

If they have released multiple new versions since the initial draft, why not correct a simple typo? Have you ever used adobe acrobat? Its pretty simple. I'm not perfect, but i also dont have an entire staff of professional tech writers to write my memos for me either.

Look, it's simple. There are 2 different HP/TQ@RPMs listed for both motors. Ford simply wouldn't have that kind of discrepency in an official document. Add to that the vague allusions to this handling package, and you get one of 2 things being the case: 1) it's simply a hoax, and they duped...