Can you put a ford contour motor in a ford focus?
Asked by sammijo3639 Nov 06, 2012 at 10:12 AM about the 2003 Ford Focus
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
Need help i have a motor from a 97 ford contour that was recently wrecked motor is still good.. wanted to see if its compatible and would be able to be put in an 03 ford focus.. both motors are 2.0 4 cylinder the only difference is the contour is a dual over head cam and the focus isnt. will it work
5 Answers
The 97 Contour came with a 2.0L Zetech I4...what I came up with is look at your VIN on the Focus and if the 8th (eighth) digit is a 3 or a 5 it will fit in your '03 Focus, source: Edmunds
You know what sammijo, I can't. I got that information by Google-- each of your cars-- and sorting thru until the Edmunds (a reliable source in my opinion) site said that. It was not first-hand information, I was just tying to help as best I could
vin 3 and 5 are both zetec engines on foci from 00-04. Vin 3 is the standard 2.0L with mtx75 transmission and vin 5 is the svt 2.0Lvct with getrag transmission. I've been looking into this same swap since the 98 through 99 contour came with a zetec 2.0Lvct engine somewhat like the svt model.
Guru9YF15B answered 3 years ago
Thru 2000 contour zetec same with mercury mystique and the '98 thru 2002 cougar.
