Anyone do a D30 in SVTC

Has anyone put the larger 3.0L V6 into a SVT Contour before? Looks like the Basic 3.0L can have about 240HP! I'd imagine that with the 3.0 shortblock and the bg ports of the SVTC the engine would have even more? No?

did you mean to ask this in the contour forum?

Yes I did.

edit *** Doh, I thought he meant focus. My bad ***

SVT built a V6 Focus concept car.
http://www.svt.ford.com/conceptLabFocusV6.asp

This guy built his own.
http://www.focussalvage.com/v6focus.htm

I think I have seen this on Focus Fanatics... Pretty cool!

I wonder what the SVTC would feel like with a SVTf engine in it.....

Prob pretty good! I wonder if the D25 is heavier than the Zetec? The D is all aluminum whereas the Zetec has an iron block....


I've seen that SVTF! haha do you still have the contour?

Yep it is still there. Not mine, but... I drive it a lot.

Mine has been updated a bunch since you saw it last...






Well if the D30 would fit in the Contour enginebay.... wouldn't it fit in the Focus?

I wonder if the D30 has a higher deck height or differen bore spacings? If not I'd imagine that it would fit...

Looks like it is just bored out....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Duratec_engine#Duratec_30


Duratec 30

The 3.0 L Duratec 30 or Mazda AJ was introduced in 1996 as a replacement for the 232 in³ (3.8 L) Essex V6 in the Taurus/Sable. It has 2967 cc of displacement and produces between 200 and 240 hp (150 and 180 kW). The same basic engine is used in the Jaguar S-Type, Lincoln LS, Mazda MPV, Mazda6, Mondeo ST220 and many other Ford vehicles. It is essentially a bored-out (to 88.9 mm) Duratec 25 and is built in Ford Motor Company's Cleveland, OH #2 plant. A slightly modified version for the Ford Five Hundred entered production at the Cleveland, OH #1 plant in 2004.

There are two key versions of the Duratec 30:

* DAMB - The Lincoln LS and Jaguar AJ30 versions have direct-acting mechanical bucket (DAMB) tappets. Output is 232 hp (173 kW) at 6750 RPM with 220 ft·lbf (298 N·m) of torque at 4500 rpm.
* RFF - The Taurus/Sable/Escape version uses roller finger followers (RFF) instead and produces 201 hp (150 kW) at 5900 RPM with 207 ft·lbf (281 N·m) of torque at 4400 rpm.

The 2006 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln Zephyr feature a version of the Duratec 30 utilizing variable valve timing. The engine has an output of 221 hp (165 kW) at 6250 rpm, and 205 ft·lbf (278 N·m) of torque at 4800 rpm.

Mazda's MZI version adds variable valve timing, as does Jaguar's AJ30. Note that the MZI name is also used in Europe on Mazda's version of the Ford Sigma I4. The 3.0 L, 226 hp V6 used in the Mondeo ST220 is called Duratec ST. The 3.0 L, 204 hp V6 in the Mondeo Titanium is called Duratec SE.

Yeah I read that too. Check out the 3L forums on www.contour.org. There is alot of good info there....