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
Lightning 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
Tires/rims:
19" Axis Mod 7
225/35/19
Cosmetics:
Aerogear Fiberglass predator hood
X-1 Fiberglass fenders
V-Tec painted tail light covers
Removed all badges
Chromed front grills
2002 Gauge Cluster
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 Boost 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
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:
Update: 5/12/09:
I recently created a bracket to hold the distribution box, coolant tank, and a oil catch can. I removed the secondaries in the lower intake manifold and blocked off the left over holes. The IMRC box that controlled the secondaries was removed from the front vavle cover and one of the supports on the cover was removed to make it look cleaner. I plan on removing the other two supports on the front valve cover and polishing the cover up a bit. The EGR was also removed to clean up the engine bay a bit more.
I've gone through a few supercharger tensioner updates and added an additional support underneath. These improvments prevent belt movement (left to right) and degrease bracket sagging under load. Once I have time to mess with the tune and finally fix the pegged MAF issue I will get some new dyno numbers. I routed the intake down into the fender so I could install a larger K&N filter and ditch the mushroom filter. Here are some updated pictures:
