help me decide!

Heres my situation...

I am an eighteen year old. I have a 2000 svt contour, its supercharged, got about 300hp. Its a really fun car to drive but ive had nothing but problems with it and have decided that im going to sell it.

Since the value has dropped so much on it, im only going to have about 8 or 9 grand to spend on my next car. I plan to get a car that is stock with maybe some nice wheels on it or something. I plan to invest about an extra 5 grand on a turbo for the car and some other mods to make it perform like my contour. Reliability is a big issue. I want a lot of torque on tap and I would like it to be light weight (gas mileage). Ive been thinking maybe a 200sx se-r, integra gs-r, or maybe a civic si. Anybody out there got any ideas or experience with any of these cars? I would appreciate it.

:bs: 300hp?

Got Pics, what SC kit is it (guessing vortech based on the 300 hp claim). If this is truely so I might have a friend that would be could be interested. In respone to your question all 3 of those cars are pretty decent in terms of reliability, and each have fairly large aftermarket support with the exception of the 200sx se-r.

I want a lot of torque on tap


From a 4 cylinder? :lol:


If you want a lot of torque on tap, you need a V8. You'll have a heck of a time getting torque out of small 4 cylinder like a GSR and what not.

and each have fairly large aftermarket support with the exception of the 200sx se-r.

You're kidding me right:wink:?

The 200SX SE-R has the same motor my Sentra has...SR20DE. Not as large an aftermarket as Honda, of course, but it's got PLENTY of support, trust me.

As for the noob, go to the sticky thread at the top of the Street Racing forum.

I know a good deal about the SR20, almost bought an se-r :banghead: . All I was saying is that its easier to find parts for the other two due to their popularity.

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http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/vdetail.jtmpl?car_id=124471147&dealer_id=&car_year=2000&make=FORD&distance=10&max_price=&model=CONTOUR&end_year=2000&advcd_on=n&min_price=&address=93065&search_type=used&advanced=n&start_year=2000&color=&cardist=0


thats the link to my ad on autotrader to anybody who doesnt believe me or might be interested.

Simmer down now, no need to get out of hand. Most of the time people post hp claims that are obviously not true, thus the bs flag. All you needed to do was post some pictures/further information. Lots of time on my hands? no, wish I did though.

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The language is obviously not censored itself, but directing it in that way towards another member is a :nono:.

sorry about the language, i thought that all of that long stuff on r1rider was directed at me. Im sorta a noob. I really would like some suggestions on a torquey, small, 4 cylinder car that i could put a turbo in. Once again, sorry bout that to anybody who was offended.

The 2.5 liter Subaru engine is pretty torquey, about as torquey as a small 4 cylinder gets. It makes the same power as a Civic Si, but it has more torque than hp.

If I had 10 grand to spend, I'd get an early Impreza L for a couple thousand, do an AWD 2.2 or 2.5 swap and turbo it, and use the leftover to buy a small light cheap track car, like a Miata or RWD Corolla or something.

Torquey fours, eh? Well, here's the list.

MG 1800cc four: Stock numbers don't look that impressive, but there's a lot of torque in this engine thanks to oversquare bores and flattop pistons. But don't turbo it. You'll never keep head gaskets on the thing.

Porsche 2.0-3.0 as found in the 944-968 family: Yeah, these have torque in abundance, but they're big as far as fours are concerned. Plus they're expensive.

Chrysler 2.2L four: Here's a monster for you, especially the turbos. Polygon'll back me up on this, as the 2.2L makes its power low in the rev range and has torque steer from hell. Plus it's CHEAP. Turbo Z Daytonas, Shelby Chargers, Omni GLH Turbos and the like are scattered all around and can make serious power.

That's about all I can name off the top of my head. In reality, "torque" and "four cylinder" usually are mutually exclusive words, except in USAC.

go for a vw 1.8t and put it in an older, lighter car.

but hell, if you've got 300hp, without reading the entire thread, why would you want to change that at all?

i've got a friend with an svt with an intake, exhaust and dropped, and it sounds like an indy car... it's awesome and it's fast.

if you're looking to get rid of it because of problems, maybe you should just trouble shoot the entire car, and look at the quality of the work on the car, etc. it may not be the car having the problems, it may be the interaction between the car and the installed components.

i would guess that if you were to have it looked over and tuned by someone who knew what they were doing, you could get it running great and reliable.

keep in mind that adding 100hp to your cars output will greatly decrease the driveability/reliability factor, which is another reason you may be having the gremlins you do...

i vote for the vw 1.8t though, big power from the factory, and it's a chip away from 200 hp.

and if you add an intake and exhaust, you're looking at about 220ish...

think about it... super tuner tv did a turbo upgrade on an a4 with the 1.8t in it. the upgrade was about 2500 bucks, and kicked the output... at the wheels, on a quattro equipped car, from 147 to 260ish.

try adding that kinda power to anything else for 2500 bucks.

and if you put that power through 2 wheels... it's gonna be more like 300 or so...

Its off topic b/c its not a 4 cylinder, but i found an old twin turbo (biturbo) Maserati with a v6 :cwm27: , was thinking of buying it since its asking price is $2,000. Fun stuff. Back to the subject, I too would go for a 1.8l turbo. They have great upgrades availible, and are fun cars to drive. Wish I had one :mad: