1999 Ford Contour SVT

[DevilOnWheelz]

Took almost the whole summer to put the car together. Although it could have been done faster, I rather do things slowly taking my time and without cutting corners.

The car is a 1999 Ford Contour SVT. 1 of 2760 built in 1999 (total 11,445)

There are a lot of FWD haters out there, but once they watch some touring car racing, they might change their minds'. (this car is far away from being a touring car, a properly setup fwd car will be a lot of fun on a roadcourse)

It'll be no pig in a straight line either... Not that it matters that much, but hopefuly it'll be around the 12.9x - 13.1x mark.

Mod list as follows (as much as I can remember)

Drivetrain:
- 3L Duratec 24v DOHC engine (same engine found in Ford Escape's and also Noble M12's, Noble's are Forced inducted)
- Mondeo ST220 Upper Intake Manifold, Ceramic Coated
- Mondeo ST220 Lower Intake Manifold
- Custom Intake
- 65mm Ford Mustang Throttle Body
- Contour SVT Cams
- Clevite 77 Performance Bearings
- MSDS Headers
- Custom 2" Stainless Steel True Dual Exhaust w/2 Magnaflow Mufflers and High Flow Cat per bank
- 26lb Ford Mustang Injectors
- Custom Return Fuel Rail
- Quaife LSD
- Capaldi Racing Straight Cut Final Drive
- Spec Stage 3+ Clutch
- Spec Lightweight Aluminum Flywheel
- Forged and Cyrogenicaly Treated Axles from axlesforless.com
- ARP Wheel studs
- Moroso Racing Oil Accumulator w/Electronic Valve Unit
- Misc OEM Ford parts and Mods to get the SVT Cams to work with this engine (ie timing chains, tensioners etc...)
- SCT Xcal 2 for Tuning

Suspension, Chassis and Brakes
- Koni Yellow Struts
- Ground Control Coil Overs
- Custom 6pt rollbar
- Custom Subframe Connectors
- Willwood Four Piston Forged Billet SuperLight Calipers (front)
- Two piece 13" Coleman Rotors (front)
- Two piece 11.75" Coleman Rotors (rear)
- Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines

Interior & Misc
- Battery Relocated to the trunk (Optima Red Top Sealed)
- Corbeau Forza Seats
- Corbeau 3" 5 point Harness Belts
- Sparco 333 Black Suede Steering Wheel
- Sparco Tecno Shift Knob
- Blox Racing Lightweight Aluminum Lug Nuts

Wheels
- 17"x7" OZ Racing Superleggera wrapped with 225/45-17 Falken Azenis RT215 (street)
- 17"x7.5" Kosei K1-R wrapped with 225/45-17 Avon Tech-R Slicks (track)

Here are some pictures

The Heart



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Engine finaly in the car. Valve covers are taped up not to damage the bling bling 3 stage metalic powder coating



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The car sees daylight after 2 months



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Meeting it's older brother for the first time


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OMG!!! where is my face?



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Interior is almost back together



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Front end back on



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Sun is shining



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Exhausted!



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Baseline Tuning starts!



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It is finaly idling on its own, plated, insured, and trying to break in the engine/clutch etc...



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Before it gets sent to Steeda Canada to get fine tuned, the weather turned for the worst, and it is stored for winter until spring 2010



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Hope you liked seeing something different (:

[Tim]

Saw this on MR. Impressive.

[scottxkillyou]

i loves it

[mattbrunet]

nice to see something different!

[da9integra]

Very niceee! ... for a ford!

[deep1ca]

same car ?
http://www.youtube.com/user/deep1ca?feature=mhw4#p/f/24/hAUDq286gKU

[ArbitraryHer0]

Jeez dude you just built it...

[scottxkillyou]

same car ?
http://www.youtube.com/user/deep1ca?feature=mhw4#p/f/24/hAUDq286gKU

i dont think thats the same car. there was another silver one for sale with the escape swap a while back.

[LuckyDuck]

Mmmm mondeo

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/3765754987_a4fed1e168.jpg


What type of brakepads do you have?

and by curiousity, what are the spring rates?




There are a lot of FWD haters out there, but once they watch some touring car racing, they might change their minds'.

Terror 1nc's god:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPCGnkApnDU

[DevilOnWheelz]

same car ?
http://www.youtube.com/user/deep1ca?feature=mhw4#p/f/24/hAUDq286gKU

Nope, not the same car. That used to be the kids car who bought my other black svt and than somebody from Ottawa ended up buying that silver one from him.

[DevilOnWheelz]

What type of brakepads do you have?

and by curiousity, what are the spring rates?


If I remember the spring rates are 600/400. As for brake pads I am running Hawk HPS pads for the street with coleman rotors for the street and HP+ for the track with a set of coleman rotors for these pads.

[LuckyDuck]

If I remember the spring rates are 600/400. As for brake pads I am running Hawk HPS pads for the street with coleman rotors for the street and HP+ for the track with a set of coleman rotors for these pads.

Nice! can't wait to get out and play with this new toy!

You should consider HP Blue for the track, Xav had severe brake fade with the HP+ when they were hot :ugh:

[III76]

i looooooooooooooooooooove it!

v6 ftw!

needs boost!

[leg0man]

Cool car. I remember the black one, saw you on Walkley with it several years back when I had my white GTI with turbo setup.

[DevilOnWheelz]

You should consider HP Blue for the track, Xav had severe brake fade with the HP+ when they were hot :ugh:

We'll see what happens, but remember I have almost twice the size of Xav's rotors, so the heat capacity is much larger.

[DevilOnWheelz]

Cool car. I remember the black one, saw you on Walkley with it several years back when I had my white GTI with turbo setup.

Thanks. Must have been the one that is not an SVT. My black one didn't get to drive around on the street that much.

[EF9Si]

hey are you from rockland? i'm pretty sure i've seen like 20 contours parked in your driveway like last summer!

[DevilOnWheelz]

hey are you from rockland? i'm pretty sure i've seen like 20 contours parked in your driveway like last summer!

21, count again.

[EF9Si]

21, count again.

oh fml sorry it was like a year ago lol

[hatchbackryan]

same car ?
http://www.youtube.com/user/deep1ca?feature=mhw4#p/f/24/hAUDq286gKU


No , i know the kid in Orleans who owns this , hes the same kid who use to own purposebuilts boosted d series honda.

[MotleyDrew]

Nice work ! Different and done well.

[Terror_1nc]

We'll see what happens, but remember I have almost twice the size of Xav's rotors, so the heat capacity is much larger.

Yeah but I wouldn't be surprised that you'd get a good 50% or more power and mass on me...

And 400lbs of spring rate seems low for R-comps... Are you able to keep the heat up?

when will that thing see the track for the fist time?

[DevilOnWheelz]

Yeah but I wouldn't be surprised that you'd get a good 50% or more power and mass on me...

And 400lbs of spring rate seems low for R-comps... Are you able to keep the heat up?

when will that thing see the track for the fist time?

What does your car weight?

Maxime was supposed to help with the tune, but it seems that he has a lot on his plate these days, so it seems like the car is going to Steeda after all like it was originaly planned in the next two weeks.

I might be missing out the MCO CMP day because AVB on April 1st. But we'll see, summer hasn't even started yet, lots of track days to come.

If the solo2 turns out to be calm like it used to be, I will be doing solo2 with this car with every chance I get as well.

[t-royMP3]

nice car!

[Stroked-Z]

Looks good Mani. Put something above the exhaust where it crosses under the gas tank.
Very clean!

[DevilOnWheelz]

Looks good Mani. Put something above the exhaust where it crosses under the gas tank.
Very clean!

Thanks Carm.

Woudl aluminum foil do? hahaha:tounge:

[curtis.ebear]

Love this car. The attention to detail is impeccable as is with all of his cars! [past/present] :p

[DevilOnWheelz]

Love this car. The attention to detail is impeccable as is with all of his cars! [past/present] :p

Thanks Mike! :victory:

[The Grey Area]

Cool car. I remember the black one, saw you on Walkley with it several years back when I had my white GTI with turbo setup.

Cool build on ala contour. I remember seeing you in said gti. 8v turbo rockin dishies?

[Grabber]

Looks good.

[T5shortblock]

Yeah but I wouldn't be surprised that you'd get a good 50% or more power and mass on me...

And 400lbs of spring rate seems low for R-comps... Are you able to keep the heat up?

when will that thing see the track for the fist time?

a stock SVT weighs 3068lbs, and this one is gutted, +caged so probably right around that mark...

http://www.stuff.to/svtspecs.php

thats not 50% more mass than a jolf, but deff close to 50% more POWARR :rice:

[PDP]

Bump for Mani back on RL!

[DevilOnWheelz]

a stock SVT weighs 3068lbs, and this one is gutted, +caged so probably right around that mark...

http://www.stuff.to/svtspecs.php

thats not 50% more mass than a jolf, but deff close to 50% more POWARR :rice:

Not exactly gutted, only missing the rear seats. Everything else is in place (well no spare and jack either)

[DevilOnWheelz]

Bump for Mani back on RL!

HAI!:5shots:

[PDP]

bolt in cage? or roll bar rather ?

[DevilOnWheelz]

Bump for Mani back on RL!


bolt in cage? or roll bar rather ?

No bolt ins for me :P haha and bolt in anything for a Contour?

It's a 6 pt rollbar fabbed up by Tag Racecraft in Oakville. You Honda boys should know that shop.

These are some of the stuff they've built in the past.

http://www.gtcars.ca/images/cscs-aug11-2007/cscs-b-aug11-2007-00031.jpg

http://tagracecraft.com/gallery/TAG201.jpg

http://www.gtcars.ca/images/Fiat-600-by-Tag/feb21-2008-031.jpg

[PDP]

solid work

did you post a price on this sled mani??

i may no someone

[Terror_1nc]

a stock SVT weighs 3068lbs, and this one is gutted, +caged so probably right around that mark...

http://www.stuff.to/svtspecs.php

thats not 50% more mass than a jolf, but deff close to 50% more POWARR :rice:

not gutted at all plus cage, bigger block, oil accumulator and such I would put it at 3200lbs. 2700for a stock 4dr golf you can shave about a 100lbs in interior trim and in the engine compartment (no more ac components, rad fan etc...) brings me at 2600ish I wasn't that far... considering I eyeballed it :)

Anyways, I was just putting it out there so that he wouldn't look like a fool like you did :rice:

[T5shortblock]

so that he wouldn't look like a fool like you did :rice:

Let's see

2 broken axles, 1300$ in towing fees on 2 seperate occasions
stranded in the middle of last years first track day
stoping the entire session to tow your POS out of the way
loosing everyones time
overheating brakes
half assed front end conversion
momo wheels

nop, you sir, take the cake in the fool department. :rice:

[Terror_1nc]

but at the end of the day I could fix it all myself and you couldn't do a simple brake job... who's the fool now?

[Centrino]

Your both losers for posting on Redliners.
Now shake hands.

[T5shortblock]

loll

he smells funny

[97Dc4]

eoverheating brakes :rice:

Says the guy who was throwing sparks and was black flagged out of the track! :D

[DevilOnWheelz]

I thoguht you were all friends? What happened to French Connection?

[T5shortblock]

Says the guy who was throwing sparks and was black flagged out of the track! :D

rear pads were toast, didnt affect braking one bit.

says the guy who was watching the hole event. :frog:




I thoguht you were all friends? What happened to French Connection?

lol there is no friends on the internets.:anim-nhl_crac:

[97Dc4]

YEah! I was watching... Id rather spend my money on hookers and cocaine.

[T5shortblock]

YEah! I was watching... Id rather spend my money on hookers and cocaine.

wow, I love you.

I need to spread the wealth before i can rep you for that.

Patience my child.

:5shots::inlove:



P.S.: Mnay the project is ruhtarted, can't wait to go for a cruise! :)

[Tweaked]

Very niceee! ... for a ford!

Oh fuck off honda nation

[truckah_DC2R]

niice car .. glws mani

[LuckyDuck]

^^^ whut?

[97Dc4]

^^^Im with stoopid

[Edison]

goood luck with sale = glws ahha

[LuckyDuck]

I know Don, that's why I'm saying whut whut?

shiat ain't fo sale f00!

[Defleshed]

Love the autocross videos. Nice ride!

[RobertGoulet]

Is this car ready and out? I ask because a similar looking one was revving beside me while traveling down Merivale last night, trying to get me to race. My car is a stock econobox.

More than likely it wasn't you. I like the idea its great. I am at a slight loss (maybe I am missing something) how a 3klb car with a 3.0L V6 is going to run 12.9.

[PDP]

^^ you were on merivale and not prepared to race that was your first mistake