Of the big three US us automakers, Ford seems to be doing the best. They didn’t have to take government loans, they didn’t get taken over, and they have some great models coming out (among them the Ford Escape Hybrid, which gets fantastic gas mileage). The F-150 continues to be the best selling truck in the country.

With great success comes huge numbers of sales, and with huge numbers of sales comes huge numbers of “freak incidents,” leading to folks needing replacement Ford engines. We just wanted to take a brief moment to make you aware of the differing Ford engines that we have available. This is the first in a multi-part series on Ford engines.

We do have good availability of Ford Contour engines. The Contour was powered by the 2.0L Zetec engine and the 2.5L Duratec engine. The 2.0L Zetech engine was also used in the Mercury Cougar and the Mercury Mystique, and has a bore of 84.8mm and a stroke of 88mm. The Zetech is not a bad engine, but it is a lower end motor. Care must be taken to change the timing belt at appropriate intervals. We recommend that when the timing belt is replaced that the customer also install a Gates timing componant kit and a new water pump. The 2.5L Duratech engine has an 89mm bore and a 100mm stroke. The 2.5L is a solid engine, and is also available in and SVT model that squeezes out more horsepower.

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