Then there was the contour...

[altimaracer]

I never thought i would ever buy american and or drive n e thing made in america because of the horrible stories and situations that occured from my friends...untill my gf came home with a 95 ford contour..I..a nissan man..was at a loss of words...So i went down to check it out...down the stairs i went to stand before me this american machine..thinking to myself...god, i hope they didn't build this on a friday...So i asked her for the keys and went for a test drive, to my anticipation, this car had no pickup at alllllll...i pulled out in front traffic thinkin it would just..well take off a little. Nope, not at all..to my surprise it was a slow crawl, may i remind you there was no sputtering nothing that seemed wrong or n e noises..it was just barely moving no power...then it slowly provides the acceleration to get me up to 45mph...this is where my blunder is...(Well, first a little about my self ive been driving for about 8 years and been through engine and transmission swaps and put on or made my own performance parts so im not at all new to the car/performance scene,cars i have owned..nissan altima..Infiniti qx4..and for 1 day a honda civic(blew it up,apperently the guy who sold it too me filled the problem with gear oil), ne way back to the contourI. I looked under the hood and into the intake manifold to find an ugly and most inefficiant way to get air into a vehicle, i looked into the manifold pit to find some old and very dirty oil that has just been sittin there for ages and a piece of plastic from god only knowes where...so heres the question...What do i do about this extremely no torqe acceleration this car has. I will take n e ideas...Oh on the lighter side the car drives perfect especially after installing new plugs and wires..it just has the worst start off ever...opcorn:

[beyondloadedSE]

Contour/Mystique came with two engines: 2.0L I4 or 2.5L V6. Which one does it have?

What wires did you install? OEM?
What plugs? Did you gap them?

[jsweeter]

sounds like bad band in the transmission. May need an overhaul.

[beyondloadedSE]

Originally Posted by jsweeter

sounds like bad band in the transmission. May need an overhaul.

Assuming he has the CD4E ATX trans, instead of the MTX-75. But I'm guessing, since it's for his gf, it probably is the ATX.

Still waiting for more info on this.....

[beyondloadedSE]

Is this another thread that goes unanswered by the original poster? Why do I even bother posting?

[altimaracer]

sorry guys about not reposting...completely forgot and am also at work alot..Damn recession (well almost)... ne way its a 2.0 zetec,automatic (i already know it has nothing to do with vtec and is just a name on the motor, from my assumption to make it sound like its worth a damn..)n e way from reading the post, the transmission theory sounds the best, so having been through 7 transmissions in the nissan altima all my fault, damn i miss the street racing scene, those were the good days (charlotte,nc)..i know what to expect for price but how much longer will this last and is it a big problem...basically if my gf pulls out in front of traffic, which is already slow as is, could it just break and leave her sittin in the middle of traffic...

[beyondloadedSE]

Originally Posted by altimaracer

sorry guys about not reposting...completely forgot and am also at work alot..Damn recession (well almost)... ne way its a 2.0 zetec,automatic (i already know it has nothing to do with vtec and is just a name on the motor, from my assumption to make it sound like its worth a damn..)n e way from reading the post, the transmission theory sounds the best, so having been through 7 transmissions in the nissan altima all my fault, damn i miss the street racing scene, those were the good days (charlotte,nc)..i know what to expect for price but how much longer will this last and is it a big problem...basically if my gf pulls out in front of traffic, which is already slow as is, could it just break and leave her sittin in the middle of traffic...

7 trannys?! It isn't by chance the same MTX they used in the 95-99? If its not, might be a worth while swap. My friends 95 turbo maxima stock trans was pretty much bulletproof (minus 3rd gear stripping). I think it was making about 603 foot pounds of torque to the wheels before he sold it. Never had a problem at the track either on slicks and 5K clutch dumps.

Anyways, back on topic. The trans could very well be the culprit. The CD4E is an absolute piece.

Other things that come to mind are timing belt, fuel filter, and fuel pump sock in the fuel tank (I've seen some NASTY ones come out of some early model contours).

[altimaracer]

ha, yeah 7, it was the 95, me and my friends thought the transmissions were made of plastic,lol i mostly had problems with the sync,that would go out then i would slowly lose the rest of the gears, then the all to infamous clunking sound after i broke it the rest of the times, the last time it happen it ran out of trans oil but i knew it was leaking because the week before i had snapped the ring inside the transmission that holds the cv axle in.....plus it was like 20 degrees outside and i didn't wanna fill it back up sooo as destiny has it, it broke again....i still miss the damn car oh yeah and the whole story with me knockin out the oil drainage plug cause the car was tooo low, and the many of times i had to take my sock off AND plug that hole so the other 2 quarts wouldn't leak out.lol.....but back to the CONTOUR um the other stuff u mentioned i will have too check that out..it sounds pretty nasty overall its just to get me back and forth cause right now im haven some problems from the qx4..apparently a little problem like some control arms that hold the rear end in can put a whole lot of stress on ur transmission when they are bad but i sort of knew that and just put it off....its barely drivable i drive it once a week too where me and the crew chills at..then back home...n e way.. yeah..i think i have realized i talk about everything else on here but the Contour...LOL..