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Member ID: its_sho_time

Location: Waunahkee, WI

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Vehicle Info

1996 Ford Taurus

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile15 sec @ 93 mph
  • 0-607sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP275
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

  • K&N Intake 
  • Custom Exhaust 
  • Cobra Engine Electronics 
  • APR Brakes 

Interior

  • OBX Gauges 
  • APC Pedals 

Exterior Styling

Car Audio & Video

  • JBL Subwoofers 
  • JBL Amplifier 

Ratings

    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.

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Engine and mods

Yamaha designed 32 value dohc V8 engine with stock horsepower of 235. I read somewhere that yamaha orginally designed the engine to have 300 horsepower, but ford didnt like that because they didnt what a taurus that could beat a mustang. So ford made the intake very small and also clogged up the exhaust making it very restrictive to get the power down. So by kinda undoing what ford did to decrease power, you can get some good power gains.

its_sho_time's 1996 Ford Taurus its_sho_time's 1996 Ford Taurus

-K&N cone air filter (adds about 10 hp)
-Removed 3rd cat and put in place a bypass pipe from SHOSHOP (adds about 10 hp and improves sound)
-Removed resinator and put in place a straight pipe (adds about 5-10 hp and improves sound even more)
-Z1 Zero Gravity programed performance chip (adds about 15-20 hp)
-the cams are also welded to prevent cam failure

Interior:
OBX Gauges
its_sho_time's 1996 Ford Taurus its_sho_time's 1996 Ford Taurus
The switch for the gauges, they can either light up blue or green.
its_sho_time's 1996 Ford Taurus

APC Pedals
The crome footrest pad on is actually a billet battery tie down that I saw and thought it would look cool as a footrest, I took these pics right after putting the pedal pads and footrest on, I think it really adds to the interior.
its_sho_time's 1996 Ford Taurus its_sho_time's 1996 Ford Taurus

The switches
its_sho_time's 1996 Ford Taurus
The first switch is for the fog lights, this switch lights up blue.
its_sho_time's 1996 Ford Taurus
The middle switch is for the underglow, this switch lights up green.
its_sho_time's 1996 Ford Taurus
The last switch is for the strobes in the headlights, this switch lights up red.
its_sho_time's 1996 Ford Taurus

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fobrob02  

Posted by: fobrob02

01/01/2006 04:16PM

hey man, remember me, a long time ago you bought the SHO from me, haha. Just checking up to see how's she's been doing. I am at school up at UW MIlwaukee, we should meet up some time, take it easy

97BlackBird97  

Posted by: 97BlackBird97

11/05/2005 02:19PM

If you are interested in a pair of custom headlights for 96-99 Taurus email me at donron2005@bellsouth.net for pictures.

Slicktaurus  

Posted by: Slicktaurus

10/23/2005 01:54AM

i like it come check mine out tell what you think

littjaymo  

Posted by: littjaymo

08/29/2005 03:19PM

nice SHO, i LOVE SHOs... question... where did you get those three buttons that are behind your shift knob? ive been looking for some round buttons just like that. contact me at jpduval[at]gmail.com if you get the chance... thanks man, and again beautiful v8!

Black99tour  

Posted by: Black99tour

07/12/2005 05:43PM

janesville underground car show on july 30th, any questions leave message in my guest book

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: its_sho_time

Location: Waunahkee, WI