Ya'll SLEPT ON THIS CAR! Ford Contour SVT AKA The KING of Starter Cars!
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- when it comes to cheap affordable performance oriented starter cars...the ford contour svt is easily on the top 3!
cheaper than a miata and faster than a 240sx this car has been kept on the down low for years...until today!
I had a 99 SVT and loved it!!! Autocrossed, road coursed, and ran it pretty hard. Ended up giving it to my son in "05, who drove it 5 more years. 200,000 miles before he sold it. I put a Roush suspension upgrade,Shawn Highland headers, and true dual exhaust. I loved the sound at 6,500 RPM!!!!
Gonna need pics of the Shawn Highland motorsports headers or ban
stop posting these bro,its literally making them not dirt cheap anymore
I totally agree
Lol, real talk!
😂😂😂
For real tho!💯
Agreed
As a owner of 2 of these, I can attest they are wonderful cars to drive, a little temperamental to upkeep though. Definitely a great car to have fun with.
I love the Contour SVT. I’ve always had a soft spot for them.
Same. Had the “low caffeine “ version, the regular 2.5l V6, ‘99 vintage. Wife like the SVT, but didn’t want to learn to row your own. Only real issue I had with it was the doggone Ford fuel pump was crap. First one crapped out at 12k miles. Ford refused to issue a recall or TB for it, even though it was a known issue with other Ford/Mercury makes with the Duratec 2.5. After the 3rd replacement from Ford dealer, I had independent garage replace it...lasted 5 years till I traded car in. Had it 12 years, 190k miles.
My dad had the contour sport for a few years, it handled awesome. Contours as a whole are pretty rare these days. I have a feeling my Fiesta ST will end up like the contour.
Honestly, SVT was going crazy back in its days, if you ask me. The SVT Focus almost has the same amount of power as a stock Fiesta ST today. And I’m almost sure it weighs rather similarly. Rather impressive for so long ago.
“Has a tendency to cut occupants legs off” yeah that can be forgiven 😂
If you hit something hard enough to cause the "loose the legs thing" then you hit something hard enough to kill you. The result is your next of kin can save on your funeral costs by using a shorter casket. LOL!
I own the european counterpart of it, the Ford Mondeo ST200, and it's an amazing car.
I absolutely love it and unless you need any special part for it, you're good to go.
Mine just stands in my garage the last 7 years, since I actually needed all those years to find a replacement engine for mine.
I brought a 99 contour svt back in 2001! Car was very quick and I beat a lot of cars back then! Definitely had fun!
All SVT vehicles were bad ass!!! Its no secret.
Yea the SVT Focus is a real BADASS.
^^^ beat me to it 😂
@@ryanjamieson8779 my pops got one that had the engine bored out by the dealership, sounded amazing and always threw me back lol
The Contours and Focuses weren’t reliable. The SVT Focus has very expensive parts.
@@atx-cvpi_99 what do you expect from experimental vehicles
Totally legit car, I own a SVT and a Contour SE / Mystique hybrid. The engine maintenance is indeed a total bummer, AC compressor or alternator replacement is often over a grand unless you DIY. Pre 1998 wiring harnesses tend to disintegrate. Very comfortable to drive even for a big guy, great seats. No other car around this price range handles like my old 951. Bulletproof engine unless you track it and then it needs something to keep oil pressure up. Its so cheap that people throw them away and buy another instead of replacing parts and thats a shame. 2.5L Duratec is plentiful in yards put 3.0L found in other Ford products is an easy swap.
It's stupid tho. I can change the alternator in 2 hours. Book time is 6. They're not that bad to work on if you know what to do. And personal opinion the 3L swap ain't worth it.
It's called a Mondeo ST200 everywhere else.
Had one and almost traded it in for a wrx until the test drive ...I kept my s.v.t..it felt faster to me. Totaled it a month later. Nice car.
Oh and the synchronizers suck in the gear box still fun
do you still have your legs?
One thing I will say about the 2.5.. They fly! Unfortunately when they go though, they go badly. Great car with the right mechanical knowledge
I had a 2000 contour svt years ago. It was definitely a nice ride. I was in a hurry to get back to work from a cut short vacation. Was cruising along at about 100 mph and a ford windstar blew by me lol.. he must have had that van matted to the firewall. So I got behind him and we held about 120 mph to 130 mph on the free way for about an hour straight. It was always incredibly smooth on the highway. Had a nice sound for a V6. Wasn't too fast out of the hole. But it was definitely great at highway speeds
And the contour actually looks better than the Taurus of the same year
Nice!! Al take it this was the US version of the UK Ford mondeo st200..., came with a very tuneable 2.5 v6 with over 200hp on tap
You’re right, the number next to ST n the name was the amount of horsepower it put out, like the Focus ST170 which was the Focus SVT in the states
friend of mine had one and he loved it - said it out handled anything and was sneaky fast. Now you're making me want to get one!
Its a gun autox car...do it.
Reminds me of my 92' SHO only slower. But still cool.. Damn I miss that car!
I'm miss my 92 SHO too😥
I miss my 91 & 93 SHO's
That contour will give your sho a good run
@@mikelarry4571 BS PUT DOWN THE PIPE contours are a rolling POS not on the same planet as a SHO TAURUS
@@sabrehawk-427 well.................you’re not wrong. For what they are/were, tho, wasn’t bad either. Just greatly disappointed they deviated from the SHO power formula with the latest version. All previous SHOs had equal or greater hp as the 5.0s. Then this 3.5l tt V6....only 365 to the 5.0s 400/440+ hp. 😫 Why Ford....whhhyyyyyy😭😭
Dammit like the list of random cars I want wasn't long enough
really though,every time this guy posts a video i swear
I'm still taking the Civic because of the availability of aftermarket parts I can get 600+hp from the Civic
T Ellison that’s why no one will remember your name.
@@JonnyBabyaka 😆
any ford has a vast number of aftermarket part so what pont getting at ?
@@mieshiajordan5171 you can get parts for them, but it's difficult to find stuff in stock, I have a 98 version.
Why not both? They’re so freaking cheap
Literally my first car..... Hate Fords but this one holds a special place in my ❤️...
In 1999, I was 19 at the time, and I bought my first car. It was a 1998 Ford Contour SVT! I absolutely loved everything about that car and I still miss it to this day in 2023, hence my watching this video! Leather interior, heated seats which were amazing during the winter, electronic everything, I had a six disc cd changer in it, roof top, and let’s not forget to mention that Special Vehicle Teams motor!!!! That thing would move and everyone was always telling me, I love your car! Missing those days!
Hey so you telling me my grandma was rolling with 200 horse power lmao 😂
She was night racer too.. trust her when shes telling you a storyes.
I had one when I was 18-19 back in 04-05. One of my most favorite cars. After a while it always needed a ton of repairs.
Plus the V6 is know for oiling issues/ oil starvation
Mine has been kind to me. It’s the 98 red one and it’s got 280k miles on it original engine. Hard to work on though
89 Ford Thunderbird Supercoupe owner here! Sleeper and whoops ass.
I have an ‘02 & ‘04 focus svt. My wife daily drives the ‘04 and the ‘02 is a project/donor. Very peppy and fun to drive and I’ve had 11 mustangs over the years. Not as fast as most mustangs but power/weight was fun as hell and they have six speeds. 170hp stock @ 2700 lbs.
I just fucking totalled my big turbo 2016 Focus ST. I bought a Lexus IS350 F Sport, but I'm still sick to death about losing that Focus....
I had one of these for my 2nd car when I was 17 years old. Learned to drive stick in it. Had it painted a BMW blue, also had an intake/tune and a Borla catback exhaust. I loved that thing. Those 2.5l V6 can sound really good with the right exhaust.
I can vouch for how fast this car really is at least the SE version real fast takeoff great sustaining speed
I had a 99 stick that I bought for $2200 with 40k miles from an old lady schoolteacher friend of my stepmother (also a teacher) back in 2004.
All I did was throw on cat backs, black rims, lowered it 1.5”, tinted the windows and de-badged it. People would chase me down to find out what it was.
Straight up Civic/Intergra/Prelude killer. Very under appreciated car.
Great upload L. Honestly I don’t remember these vehicles.
Yeah my panther platform has a highway tendency of cutting one’s head off if flipped 13 times and stuffed under a guardrail at 120 mph !! Dangnamit!!! ✌️
I was in HS when these came out. Kids thought they were a big deal..like a baby SHO. You can put the 3.0 duratec block in these with the 2.5 heads & manifolds for a few extra ponies.
How much hp??
I used to be part of the ceg contour enthusiast group when I had one.
A real popular modification was......
It came with a 2.5l by making around 200hp ish
People discovered you could take the 3.0l heads off the 24 valve v6 Taurus.
And put them on the 2.5l block from the contour and make a little extra power that way
reverse that, 3L block with 2.5 heads. Or straight 3L.
ForgottenSVT basically the same exact engine as my jaguar x type lol. 2.5 liter duratec engine. Planning on low compression pistons and boosting.
wow new found respect for the svt contour
Buddy of mine had one, I loved that car handled like a dream. Fun to throw around around corners after double clutching down a couple.
Raced those back in the day with my 99 si with stock 160 hp. I was faster on the highway speeds, but from a dead stop the ford was faster. The 2 door civic wieght was 2,800 and had a 8,200 red line from the b16a2
Yup. I had a 99 SVT and took down many Si, Integra and Preludes unless they had been turbocharged.
I remember going to the dealership when I was young with no credit and no cosigner. I had hopes of driving away in a brand new Contour SVT. Instead I drove away in a goddamn Chevy Corsica. 😒
Ouch!!😭
Lol
Lmao why what happened.. my cousin owned a corsica
My stupid friend alhad a corsica.. he beat a lot of stock civics and others but it was a POS imo9
@@serratoanthony yeah we would race my cousins blue corsica one time we blew a tire out going 75mph almost died... oh and I remember Reverse went out and we would make sure we parked at a slope so we can roll backwards.. or we would push it when we couldn't lol
I had a 2000 SVT Contour and it was a really fun car with handling and top end speed surprisingly, (it wasn’t a quarter mile car) but the only downside to the car was maintenance which was very high due to the layout of the frame and engine positioning.
In 99 I was 14, My parents were new car shopping I and begged them to get this. But ultimately they settled on a 99 Plymouth Breeze 2.4L. :(
Please talk about the absolute sleeper that is the camry se v6
froopty big ass facts
After a short time these cars fall apart unless you stay on top of them. The Ford Escort 2 door from same era could handle great also, both older and the refresh versions.
Mannnnn! I had the chance at getting 1 before, but I messed up and settled for a 79 Lincoln instead!!! Yeah! Kicked myself in the 🐎4 dat😂😂😂😂😁had some good ole times in da Lincoln town car, it was home once!🤗
Put 150k miles on my second hand 85 Townie! Fuel injected 5.0 Baby!!!
@@sulliemaelittle5924 nah, that was a long time ago. Traded it for a BMW in February 1996.
I still have my 99 black /cream interior 99 contour svt. She's at a 195,000 miles but still smooth and quick. I just changed the starter, battery, oil, and the alternator. The starter was a pain but every thing else was straight forward. The mechanical key is research ,research, and research before doing any job
Back in my high school days one of the great rivalries. Contour SVT Vs GTI VR6.
I love these cars, no one knows what they are, not many people have had one, im not getting rid of mine. Hidden gems indeed!
I loved these cars. Very underrated. Handled extremely well.
I can’t find one to save my life. My mom had a brand new contour lx back when they first came out around 95/96
Very first year had a pretty neat teal color.
I drove a 98 Contour SE lol 😂 stick shift 2.0 4 Cyl. It was ugly puke green but it got me everywhere I needed to go, the ac and radio worked and it was free.... One time I was in a bad driveway and tore open the flex pipe and it was loud af basically open header lol sounded like a race car 🏎 I sold it for 450$ lol 😂
Had a 24v v6 se side skirts, spo8ler, fog lights,....it was just one s5ep from svt, and I loved it. 170hp I think
Slept on? This doesn't exist in my out here (literally) lmao no one here knew...how do I know? I checked car registration by make, model/trim and year and there isn't a entry at all XD
This is my first time seeing this car thanks to this video!
I didn't sleep on it, I had 1. My brother had one. My friend had one. And now I have a 2014 Regal GS AWD that reminds me a lot of it...I wish I could find another good Contour SVT just for fun...also it only bumped it from 195hp to 200hp...either way this was a very fun car, I got rid of mine when my wife saw it on our first date and said it didnt' look like any special and I got upset
Most unreliable car I’ve ever owned.
Pull the engine to fix anything on it, definition of a beater you drive it till it doesn't hold oil anymore
I didnt have the SVT version, I had the standard 2.5 V6 Mondeo (same car) in NZ. Worst car Ive owned. try replacing the alternator without taking the engine out, try replacing the auto that will s**t the bed with out removing the engine, try replacing the known faulty head gasket that will fail. oh yeah, that y join that connects the 2 exhaust manifolds is so restrictive Im amazed exhaust gets out, they just crush the pipes and stuff them in.
@@BrickNewton but you live in a different side of the world
@@bigdaddymemegod2093 same car different name. My car was actually made in belgium, they are exactly the same car with different names, and the steering wheel on the otherside.
They area actually quite easy to work on if you know your way around the car. Alternators, which everyone dreads, can be done in about 30 minutes if approached the right way.
My father owns a 1998 svt and he is now passing it down to me.
My buddy and i did a svt contour swap into his mercury cougar. It made like 20 horse more than the v6 cougar motor
The CSVT was a beautiful piece of machinery. I always wanted one.
We had the ST200 v6 Mondeo in the uk they go for between £2000 to £5000+ 😧
These and the SVTFocus cars are awesome!
True.
@Derek Gardin I had both Contour SVT bought new in '00 (its last yr) & Focus SVT (precursor to Focus ST) bought 1yr old. Had no problems w/either! They had good power for their respective sizes. Both were ton of fun. Ford has a nack for making affordable high tech performance vehicles. Now own 19 Ranger XLT FX4 crew cab w/2.3L RS rally race car motor. Lots plans for new truck👍
@Derek Gardin Shit idk, I've ran my 03 Focus SVT as my daily driver for 2 years now going on three. It's been a great car. Love it in every way. Keep MAF clean, correct plugs, 93 octane, good oil and she purs man! It was well taken care of before I bought it too. Maybe the problem is is that so many of them were owned by young kids that beat the living hell out of them and didn't buy good parts for maintenance.
@Derek Gardin The best Focus is a 2.5 four cylinder swap.
@@atx-cvpi_99 nah...go big or go home! There are/were 2-3 companies that were selling, and/or installed, Complete 5.0/5.4sc kits that included rwd conversion. Was more so for the SVT Focus, but would also work for non SVT Focii as well. Blow them ricers minds when you boilin the rear rubber!
I wish I still owned my old 98 CSVT fun lil car minus the engine harness nightmare... So I'll stick to the CroRauder... Good video Mr. Random
Grrr that harness.
I have 99 contour looking sell it not my thing lol
Just bought another 98 t-red harness under fuse box melted the rest of harness has been changed I'll sell her for a $1,000 with another motor and trans
@@Dragracer843 I hate this contour
I had the regular v6 5speed and never had issues.
I had a stock Contour and was very impressed with the engine
I had a 98 contour se and 2000 svt. Both manual. Loved both.
Go get a Acura cl type s. Comes in manual or automatic. Can be found for 2500 with a 260hp v6 VTEC engine. Nobody ever talks about this car so they’re cheap.
Great to see a survivor, just get a 10 and up SHO AWD.There giving these away.
My older cousin had one of these back in 1998 (I was 13 he was 21), he used to whip the Honda/Acura kids asses all the time in our area. He had it brand new black on black, all murdered out, tinted everything. Then after a few years he got some weird booger dark green confetti looking shit put on it, it was horrible after that. He was going to sell it, and I was 16 at this point I had just had my dream car sold out from under me (87 Fiero GT) a couple days before, and he asked if I wanted to buy his car he knew how much I liked his car, and I told him "You mean that Fuglyass booger?! Only if you knock off that nasty green paint, or else reduce the price so I can afford to get it painted back to black, otherwise I don't want it.". In hindsight I should of just bought it. 😢
I loved this car because ford force fed it a v6 and in today's age that's like Nissan putting a v6 in the sentra or a Toyota corolla v6 its awesome sauce!!
Ford still did that recently with the Fusion Sport. Twin turbo 2.7 v6 and AWD, slightly slower than a SHO.
The Fusion is way bigger than this car.
@@halohunter5217 And it's garbage.
Instantly took this off my list as soon as you mentioned I may have severed limbs in a crash lol.
Actually just picked one up 98 253k on the odometer little to no rust up in Iowa and man it runs great and I knew nothing about it 30mpg Is a plus too
My cousin had the 98. And had his rebuilt and totally redone. 740hrp. 720ibs. AWD
I bought mine in may for only $1500 :)
Ive never seen one of these in person(that I noticed) but they look cool and 200 hp rwd can be fun.
Dalton McNealy it’s fwd...
my sister had an SE version man that thing was fast what saw 2 the end of it she ran the car totally empty of gas she didn't want it to fix it so she traded it for a Mazda 6 2 6 not a bad trade though being that the 6 2 6 was Manuel but I still missed that get up and go of the Contour
I wish i never sold mine.
They sound so tuff with the magna flow cat back exhaust💥
i had the 99 sport v6 automatic as my first car in 08 and i regret selling it, i needed something bigger for work
i didnt know anything about cars and i remember people would be surprised that it was a v6
Yeah they are pretty small to have a v8 and its a good one with variable valve timing
This is my first time hearing of this car. I’d actually would buy this vehicle
You would actually would?
I thought my 1995 Contour 2.0/ATX was the last one still running. WAS running! Last week it started jerking violently on the road and then refused to crank (uh-uh-uh) although the lights come on and the fuel pump runs. Any ideas besides junking it?
my neighbor had a red one, i absolutely fell in love with it at a young age. Knew right away i was looking at a unicorn
Basically a US version of the European Mondeo ST200? Decent enough cars. Not class leaders but still quick and good handling. They still make very good money over here
I had a 97 that had all the svt paperwork lol that thing booked it
sounds like a nightmare if it were to ever come to fixing anything in regards to the suspension.
Suspension isnt bad, not as complicated as it sounds since just mechanical.
The suspension was the best part. The hole emissions system and wiring harness plus the interior with the dash that warped so bad it will break the windshield are the problem.
@@michaelmoroney1427 yeah id rather get a honda, assuming they're both worth the same, hondas are less troublesome
Chicago Kid sounds like a nightmare if you were to ever get into a head-on collision.
@@aaronrodgers5852 you underestimate my driving capabilities
I loved the t-red’s, but I was happy with my black 98 CSVT. I miss that car…
I'm a proud owner of a 194000 miles black & gold 99 svt contour. I've replaced a few batteries,oil changes,spark plugs ,filters, & tires.I still enjoy driving the crap out of it
These are mondeo st24 in uk i owned 1 12 years ago the imrc unit used to fail on most of them apart from that found it to be a decent car
Fuck YES!!!!!!! Ford Contour. The Front wheel drive monster that I would lose the cops in the mountains with on ice covered roads. Love it.
Who needs legs Lt Dan lmao
The trick is finding one that hasn't been TRASHED. I really dug these cars back in the day.
I had one in Europe station wagon great car very every reliable ,fast not so cheap back then
All ur gonna end up doing is swapping motors anyways to something new once u realize u can’t find parts for those turds
I have a 2000. Had it for 7 years, love it
These were the years of high school for me...alot of street racing and cars were so similar in power was super fun...I had one of the faster cars in high school was tuned up 78 Pontiac Phoenix coupe everyone confused it for a nova but slightly pointed front end and Pontiac badges my bro had if not fastest car definitely in the top 3...his turbo Porsche 944 was eating fox bodies 5.0s for lunch....most kids had hondas few neons and miatas,turbo eagle talon some sunfires...only 4 muscle cars mine a old 76 camaro a 70s mustang and my friends c10 with a 454...lots of fun street racing going on
I've owned dozens of Contours, they don't have issues during accidents. These things are crazy safe, you'll total other cars before totaling a Contour - rolling these over doesn't even prevent them from running like new! The only thing that can kill Contours is owner-abuse and rust.....
Back in the day I smoked this car it was (stock) with my stock ford taurus S.H.O. that was (stock) an 🔥 burned it off the line and in the long run by 6 car lengths for 3 miles strait to the next light. TODAY beefed up with some good shit added to that S.V.T that thing would be king for sure .. Fast ass car for a fact
not really a fan of ford cars but coming from a honda guy i will say this thing looks kinda mean i like it.
Mine had electrical issues and Everytime I got it into the power band it felt like it was gonna fall apart, and it still would run after you shut it off until you turned the lights off, but man was it a fun cheap car.
I had a 98 Svt, silver, bluish leather and it was a GIANT pos. Clutch, thermostat etc
Buuuut it was AWESOME
Could also get a mercury cougar same engine just get hold of a intake manifold ecu etc same chassis too so everything is compatible
I love the under dog cars. U should do a video on the 92 mazda mx6 gt i had one few years back it was a fun lil turbo car
4:46 *_slowly close the AutoTrader browser tab_*
Mr Random? You think you can do a Before You Buy on the Lincoln Towncar?
Actually all 2.5 - 3.0 Duratec engines were originally a Porsche design. Ford purchased the block/crank design from Porsche when they realized they were way behind on aluminum block design. Porsche was happy to sell it because it was a extremely difficult engine to build by hand as all Porsche engines are. Ford of course made it a little cheaper, and a lot more reliable. And with the automation on their assembly lines doing things exactly the same they could make it work. What made this motor special was a higher compression ratio (domed pistons) and more aggressive cams with and a factory more aggressive tune-. Also the lower intakes were polished as opposed to just a regular piece of cast aluminum.
The base model se with the 2.0 wasnt much of a slouch either. Makes me want to slap some later model ford 2.0 turbo stuff at it
Had one for a couple years. Got it for the auction for next to nothing and it was a great car while I had it. I'd buy another one.
It may have been co developed with Porsche but its not a Porsche engine by a long shot!! Its actually a mazda engine with ford parts and Porsche recommendations on how to get more power out of it.
You had me sold until the cutting off of my legs thing.