Mine is the same looks ratty as anything now, Dan is right the USA Cougars did not have the "insulation blanket" over the engine, as I see it there can only be two reasons for this. Firstly it is used to reduce engine noise and secondly because the car has been "europeonised" may be as some sore of insulation, but in the end who knows???
It's funny but in the few weeks when it is cold in Sydney I get crap fuel economy which seems to negate the whole "cold air" theory.
Mine seems to run better in warmer weather.
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Owning a Cougar is like owning a Super Model
Good to own but "High Maintenance" 
2000 Model Eibach Cougar (Auto) - Now dead & buried 
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