Cougar 101 --

[Tygerr]

Originally Posted by Moraki

There is and was zero chance of Ford producing any 2 door sport car with enough power to come even slightly close to the mustang. Thats why the Probe and the Cougar were both underpowered.

The cold hard truth. The probe was actually very successful at first and won two car of the year awards (car & driver). However, it was still underpowered and they killed it to bring back the mustang from the rut it was in. What were they thinking?

[halibut]

Originally Posted by seven

The Duratec engine has been used in it's 2.5L fashion for Horsepower reaching 250HP.

Just a question, I am not a mechanic nor have I owned a '99 Cougar for long but I am loving it already. With the thought in mind as you said, what minor enhancements would you all recommend to get this engine to achieve more?

[seaneyo99]

I/E/H for starters

[halibut]

Again me showing my ignorance. I /E/ H?

[LostRacer]

Intake/Exhaust/Headers

[Drewmanfu0]

First performance mods to be done.

[PREDATOR]

Here's a link to some really good reading on the Mercury Cougar "In General" from timelines of the car to specs...

LINK

[azbobbybooshay10]

I keep seeing someone edit the 99-02 section and adding false info, I have changed it back MULTIPLE times and someone keeps going back and redoing it. Really starting to get on my nerves. Its this little bit right here.

"Sport Package" models with the V6 featured 4-wheel vented disc brakes (from the Contour SVT), 16" alloy wheels, and a higher speed governor installed. Contrary to popular belief, the speed governor was not removed, but simply raised as a result of high speed rated tires with the 16" wheels. The top speed of the manual transmission car was 153mph in top gear at redline. While this was considered attainable given enough road, the automatic transmission version could not reach this speed without significant engine modification. With the sport package, the speed governor was raised to just higher than 153mph so, essentially, it was never seen. Without the sport package, the speed governor was set at 115 mph.

This is FALSE! The speed limiter was REMOVED, not just "moved higher"! I'd really like to know who keeps changing it, and ask them where they've gotten their info.

[TopCat1336]

Greetings my fellow cougarratts!
Just bought my 1999 cougar 2.5L V6 from aman that just basically didnt want it any more. Has a lot of Mildew in the interior and the rear bumper cover is damaged! I bought it for one dollar and plan to keep it forever! It really hauls a--! Any tips, comments or suggestions?