Here are some pics of my 2 SVT Contours. I bought a 2000 a little over a year and a half ago with a 3L Ford Escape block and 2.5 Cougar heads. The rust got the best of it, so I decided to pick up another 2000 in the same color and swap all of the good parts over. The first car has been featured in 2 contour.org calendars, got 1st place at All Ford Nats in Carlisle for the SVT Contour class, and 2nd at the Hoffman Ford Car show last summer. It was also in the running for Ride of the Month in ModdedMustangs September memorial ROTM. I'm working on getting the second one to get it looking like the first one.

Here is the first SVTC that I bought.









After getting the "new" SVTC





Engine swap



I blew the 3L motor 2 weeks after dropping it in the new car, so I had to return it to the stock 2.5.

Here is how the new SVT sits now in winter mode.






The 3L motor dyno'd at 195whp and 182wtq unturned with just the 3L swap, optimized TB, AEM short ram intake and MSDS Y pipe. It ran a best of 15.2 @ 89.9mph at Beaver Springs Dragway 3 days after dropping a built trans into it. I couldn't get it into 2nd gear half of the time. Later found the shifter tower had tons of slop and needed swapped out.

With the current rebuild of my 3L, i'm looking to run forged rods, balance the bottom end, 3L valves in the 2.5 heads, custom cams, and a good tune. I also have headers to install. I'm hoping to see somewhere around 250whp N/A

Here is one of my best runs of the day.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoOrp-m5QA0"]Contour SVT vs Plymouth Duster - YouTube[/ame]