1999 3L Mercury Cougar

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My current engine mods are:
2000 3.0L Duratec engine
3.0 Oval port heads ported to match SVT UIM/LIM
Vortech Supercharger (10psi currently)
Apexi blow off valve
Canton Aluminum Coolant tank
Cleavite rod bearings
Stainless Steel Headers with high temp coating and header wrap
MSDS y pipe attached to stock gutted cat section
Custom 3" Exhaust with Magnaflow muffler and Borla resonators
42lb injectors
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
SVT Cams
SVT oil cooler
SVT radiator
SVT Mass Air Flow sensor
SVT Engine Control Unit
SVT upper/lower intake manifolds
Ported and polished SVT upper intake manifold
Ported and polished SVT throttle body

Transmission mods:
2000 SVT Contour transmission
SVT Spec Stage 3+ Clutch
Updated Focus transmission tower
Updated Focus shift forks
Fidanza Ultra Lite Billet Aluminum Flywheel (11.5lbs)
Quaife Limited Slip Differential

Suspension/Brakes:
Koni adjustable struts
Koni lowering springs
Braided brake hoses
Neuspeed Front strut brace
Polyurethan filled front and rear engine mount
Baer 13inch Front Claw brake system
ST200 Rear strut brace

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Tires/rims:
Falken Ziex ZE 512 225/40/18
18" ADR Reactions

Cosmetics:
Aerogear Fiberglass predator hood
X-1 Fiberglass fenders
V-Tec painted tail light covers
Removed all badges
Chromed front grills
Bnoon white faced gauges
Pillar pod
Wheel skins black leather shift boot

Tuning/Misc:
SCT Pro Racer Tuning Software with Xcal 2
Apexi air/fuel controller installed into ash tray location (S-AFC)
Innovate XD-1 Standalone Windeband UEGO kit installed into power outlet
Ultralite Autometer Volt and Oil pressure gauges
Cutoff switch for drag strip
0-gauge wiring to Optima battery in trunk

The supercharger shown on my car is a custom designed kit that is available through my website. For more info or to purchase this kit for your Contour, Cougar with 2.5L or 3L see my website: http://www.3LDuratec.com

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The car was dynoed and pegged the MAF at about 5700 rpms. I recently added a lightning MAF and will need to tune the new MAF and dyno the car again to see what the gains are. I'd expect to see another 20-30whp over the dyno below:

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