Who here drives contours?
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Who here drives contours?
Myself, I drive a 95 Contour SE V6 5 Speed, leather, sunroof, remote entry. It is such a good, fun, practacle, dependable, decent power, great handling, car. I really want an SVT version of it....anyone out there have one of those? 0-60 in 6.8 seconds stock, not too shabby. 
What are your thoughs on the car?
What are your thoughs on the car?
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No room to work on the engine......that does kind of suck. Does he have the V6 or the inline 4? Some later SE's came with a 4 banger......sigh. If you want a good place for info on the car go to www.contour.org
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He has the V6 and manual transmission. It seems like to do anything on that engine you have to R&R the intake manifold.
Ford wants big $$ to do anything even simple things on the car so I do most of the work. Their time books for different operations are way far off.
Ford wants big $$ to do anything even simple things on the car so I do most of the work. Their time books for different operations are way far off.
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BIG difference between the '95 and '98 SEs. The '95 was the top-of-the-line, sports-GT model. Wonderful little car; you're lucky to have one (don't ya just LOVE the sound of that motor?). By '98 the SE was just a step up from the base LX, not much difference between the two. Take care of that '95- I had only one for a demo (I usually wound up with an LX) for about a week. What a car!
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I would love to have a 95/96 V6 5-speed. My uncle used to have a 96 with an ATX...and it was fun on its own, let alone to have a manual to rip gears with. Would have been great. Don't find too many on car lots though...
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You can find them on ebay normally for a very reasonable price. But who wants to buy a car off of ebay. The 5 speed does take about 1.5 seconds off the 0-60 though. Gets it down to 7.7 stock. It is a good sleeper....everyone thinks that it is a little grandmas car and then you go flying by them. And for about $100 you can get another 15ish horsepower out of them with an intake and doing a cheap mod to the exhaust (on the y pipe). The reviewers back in 95 loved the cars....saying it was VERY BMW like in performance and handling.
And for about $100 you can get another 15ish horsepower out of them with an intake and doing a cheap mod to the exhaust (on the y pipe). The reviewers back in 95 loved the cars....saying it was VERY BMW like in performance and handling.
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I had a 95 SE 5 speed from 1995 to 1998. Very throaty with lots of lo-end torque. It was the precurser to the svt for sure. I remember telling the sales guy I wanted a manual tranny, nothing that handled mushy, comfort, power, and reasonable fuel economy, when he pointed to the Contour I thought he was crazy --till I drove it.
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