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This is my 7th car, a 1992 Ford Taurus SHO MTX.
It is white with 16" white aluminum "slicer" wheels and graphite interior. I bought the car on 11/11/07 for $3600 with 128,000 miles on the odo. I was willing to spend that much because it has all the SHO trouble areas taken care of (new timing-belt, valve-lash adjustment, water pump, crank & cam angle sensors, and new upgraded clutch). It also has brand-new brakes, 6 month-old tires, and a 2 year old paint job. Not to mention a fresh full tune up.
The SHO taurus came with a Ford/Yamaha motor, full luxury interior, and very sporty (stiff) suspension. 89-91 (gen 1) SHO's only came one way, 3.0 liter DOHC 220hp, 200lb/ft v6 engine and 5 speed manual trans. In 92-95 (gen 2) ford also added a 3.2 liter 220hp, 215lb/ft v6 4 speed auto to the line-up, although gen 2 autos are SLOWWW.. For the (96-99) gen 3 SHO Ford again only had it one way, but this time it was a 3.4 liter 235hp, 230 lb/ft V8 4 speed auto combo. Gen 3 SHO's are faster than gen 2 auto's but gen 1/2 manuals are the fastest.
1/4 mile times:
stock gen 1 15.2 sec.
stock gen 2 MTX 15.3 sec.
stock gen 2 auto 16.2 sec.
stock gen 3 15.7 sec.
My modded 92 gen 2 MTX 14.7 sec.
0-60mph times:
stock gen 1 6.6 sec.
stock gen 2 MTX 6.7 sec
stock gen 2 auto around 8-8.5 sec.
stock gen 3 7.5 sec.
My modded 92 gen 2 MTX 6.4 sec.
My best guestimates on power are 220-240WHP (280-290 engine hp)@6500rpm, and 190-200lb/ft of torque at the wheels (230-240lb/ft at engine)@5000rpm.
Current mods:
1. Chrome shift knob (hellz yeah!)
2. custom cold-air intake with cone filter and heat-shield
3. custom SHOrt shifter
4. silver painted brake calipers
5. Hypertech power module
6. C&L 73mm maf sensor
7. 180 degree thermostat
8. Royal Purple racing oil and synchromax manual tranny fluid
9. Magnaflow high flow y-pipe and cats
10. Dynomax 2.5" cat-back with Thrush glass-pack mufflers
11. throttle body heater deleted
12. Accel super coils
13. SHOsource.com brake bias plugs
14. reinforced brake lines
15. SHO source Big Bore Butterflies (BBBs)
16. ported intake manifold (hand ported while installing BBBs)
17. Talor 8.2mm thunder-volt plug wires
18. Champion RC12PYP (7071) double platinum plugs
19. front and rear strut tower braces
20. aluminum 23% under drive pulley, anodized red (custom made by SHOsource.com)
21. 225-55-16 Hankook Ventus V4 es UHP all season tires
22. reinforced subframe mounts
23. hp-3001 1qt. K&N oil-filter, (stock is hp-2001 1/2qt)
24. SHOsource urethane rod shifter bushings
This summer I started auto-crossing with the SHO. I raced this year with mods 1-20 on the above list. There was some pretty stiff competition in my mod class SS2, bolt-on mustangs and f-bodies as well as an SVT contour and SVT focus. Well long story short, I won my class with shitty tires and mostly stock suspension. SHO's are made for this and I can't wait till next season and not only win my class, but try to win over-all with my new tires, sway-bars, and eibachs, possibly more!
click these links to watch me race, both races I was running mods 1-20 on the above list. Note the MASSIVE understeer, I was on horrible skinny tires and stock sway bars:
http://video.cardomain.com/Clip.aspx?key=0FEBBE79AE5C6948
http://video.cardomain.com/Clip.aspx?key=281B67ED9C02C991
Next mods:
1. Drilled & slotted brake rotors
2. Hawk hps brake pads
3. 26mm rear and 24mm front sway bars with TPR bushings
4. Eibach 1" lowering performance springs
5. Monroe sensa-trac struts
Future mods:
1. sub-frame connectors
2. Carbon fiber hood and trunk
3. rear lower control arm box-brace
4. SHO NUT stage 3 Tri-flow (variable valve lift) cams
5. South bend stage 1 clutch with cryo-treatment
6. ShoSource 8lb. aluminum flywheel
by the way SHO stands for Super High Output!
