"FoRdRuLe" 2000 3.0L MERCURY COUGAR

updated : 27 JUN 2009

update: 03 Mar 2009

update: 29 Jan 2009

Home from this past deployment and the unfortunately is not complete. i am uploading some new pics of the progress. its pretty slow due to the weather

update: 27july2008
currently I have been deployed since jul07 and not going to be home till oct08....yes 15mon deployment. well onto the cougar. spoke to the body shop, rear qt is installed and in primer, driver side inner fender straightened, new door installed, CF fenders test fitted, TOPSHOP has wrapped in CF and mailing the Wings West grill to the house and the 01/02 Ausi headlights are at the house just awaiting to be opened up and painted and the HIDS and angeleyes transplanted from my old lights.I am hoping this to be done by OCT 08 when i get home. if not i'll just be driving my truck around....stay tuned

WELCOME to my page of my 2000 Mercury Cougar
My name is Joseph "FoRdRuLe" Sites. I am in the US Army and extremely enjoy working on cars, espically my cougar. I have owned my cougar since Nov 2002.

PAGE INDEX
1. Current Mod list of the Cougar
2. Cosmetics/exterior mods
3. Performance Build page
4. Suspension & Brakes Build page
5. Wheels
6. Photographic pics of my car

STOCK:
-2.5L V6 Duratec motor
-5spd transmission
-Conveniece package
-All wheel Disc brakes(sports package, larger front brakes 278mm front rotors)
-sunroof
-Leather interior

Current mods of 12/21/06

Exterior:
-2000 Cougar, Stock Laser Red
-Stock headlights painted laser red to match stock color
-Audi RS6 HIDS retrofitted into the stock lights
-Custom Angel eyes with hyper white LEDS around the hi and low beams
-All Bulbs replaced to LEDS
-Carbon fiber Cougar OEM hood
-Carbon fiber Cougar OEM fenders--to be installed
-Wingswest grill..custom mesh
-Roush front lip
-Roush side skirts
-Roush Rear lip
-Roush Rear wing
-Custom mesh grills for bumper
-functional hood pins
-Silverstar fogs/highs beam bulbs
-White LED turn signals
-Shortie antenna
-Professionally tinted tail lights
-V-Tech Tail light covers painted body color
-Eclipse CF wrapped fuel door
-TOPSHOP CF mirror caps

Interior:
-01 gauge cluster
-01 dash bezel and shroud
-stock system for now
-2 guage pod A-pillar
-Autometer C2 Oil pressure guage
-Autometer C2 Air-Fuel meter
-Interior switches led changed from green to blue

Engine:
-3.0L V6 2002 Mercury Sable Duratec motor
-Oval port heads split port matched to accept the CSVT LIM
-Heads gasket matched intake and exhaust
-Heads 3 angle valve job
-ST200 Valve Springs
-Exhaust port Port and Polished
-All new fel-pro gaskets
-new updated Ford oil pan
-AEM intake
-GMK High Performance Carbon Fiber wrapped Cold Air Intake extension
-MAF relocated to the fender wall to the interior of the engine bay
-Weapon-R headers
-Weapon-R y-pipe
-Magnaflow hi-flo cat
-Magnaflow custom dual exit exhaust
-STEEDA oil-air PCV seperator
-2.5" Exhaust to dual magnaflow tips
-00 Contour SVT(CSVT) cams
-00 CSVT Upper Intake Manifold (UIM)
-00 CSVT Lower Intake Manifold (LIM)
-00 CSVT 63MM Throttle Body
-00 CSVT 19lb Injectors
-Ford Performance Red sparkplug wires
-Optima Red top relocated to the trunk
-SCT X-CAL 2 tuner -Pro Racer Package for the XCAL-2,full control of the tuner
-remove secondaries from the CSVT LIM , and use the XCAL-2 to properly tune the cougar

Transmission:
HMS Prepped transmission
-Quaife LSD
-HMS Slick Shift Forks
-Focus shift Tower
-Updated syncros and blockers
-RoyalPurple syncromesh transmission fluid
-B&M Shifter
-Updated shift cables
-Poly-uerathane filled front and rear roll resistors

Suspension/Brakes:
-Ground Control Coilover installed on stock struts
-ST200 Rear Tower Strut Bar
-OMP Front Tower Strut Bar
-Roush 21MM rear sway Bar
-Energy Suspension Front Sway bar bushings
-BAT 21MM sway Bar bushings
-Energy Suspension Rear control arm bushings
-CSVT larger front brakes 278mm calipers
-Front calipers painted red

Rims: 3 sets , yep 3 sets
-18" Centerline Excel in Black Pearl (show/and then...)
-tires 225/48/18 Fuzion FR1
-17" Roush Ver. 2 Rims (winterized/show)
-16" stockies (Stockies)

Things for the future:
-65MM Mustang Throttle Body knife edge and optimized (in garage)
-24lb injectors (in garage)
-01/02 headlights painted black..swap my old hids and angel eyes to the new headlights
-wings west grill wrapped in carbon fiber
-Paint interior trim to match Laser Red interior
-CARputer
-Full system
-Carbon fiber inserts in the front door panels and rear panels
-Racing seats
-remove rear seats and construct rear false floor
-far future single turbo with FMIC
-Big brake kit
-Koni struts