Couldnt have said it better. The only thing good about the late model SHO is their exhuast sound, otherwise nottasaleen09 said:In response to your above smugness towards the other SHO owners :
1. You had NO gas in your car. Nothing like starving the fuel pump under acceleration....
2. You may have a V-8 but 8 out of 10 people will tell you the earlier SHO's look much better than the newer SHO's...
3. Horsepower difference with you greater displacement and 2 extra cylinders? Like 35? Not to much to brag about considering your car is SIGNIFICANTLY heavier
Otherwise, decent sounding SHO....
You may have a V-8 but 8 out of 10 people will tell you the earlier SHO's look much better than the newer SHO's...
Slushi said:But to be honest I really don't think a taurus is worthy of the V6 SHO, it should have gone into the Thunderbird or Cougar or something more performance oriented where it could really be appreciated by a larger group of people. It's not the Taurus itself is lame or stupid, but look at the approach of all the other companies when making a performance sedan, ford was the only one that used a totally custom and original engine. Dodge and Chevy both used F/I vehicles, i think a 2.2L Turbo or 2.3L turbo or heck even a 3.8L Supercharged would have been a better choice, and then put that SHO in the GT-40 (twin turbo'd of course!)
Your bashing the SHOs heritage bro,
The SHO was the first performance sedan made, made over 15 years ago and it can still hang with many of the performance cars/sedans today.
the cool thing about it is that no one knows what it is esp. when you blow them out of the water. lot of people think its a taurus that has a body package, but its alot more
saleen09 said:In response to your above smugness towards the other SHO owners :
1. You had NO gas in your car. Nothing like starving the fuel pump under acceleration....
2. You may have a V-8 but 8 out of 10 people will tell you the earlier SHO's look much better than the newer SHO's...
3. Horsepower difference with you greater displacement and 2 extra cylinders? Like 35? Not to much to brag about considering your car is SIGNIFICANTLY heavier
Otherwise, decent sounding SHO....
Ford/NASCAR ran out of options for bodies to use as the TBird was killed in 97. Since Chevy was running the Monte Carlo / Lumina, Ford decided the Gen III Taurus would give them an advatage in aerodynamics. I don't think it had anything to do with the SHO.wheelhopper said:I personally prefer the the last generation SHO body style, and so did Ford in NASCAR. I don't think the first generation Taurus body style was ever used.
As far as not much to brag about. Check with any shop that works on the SHO and they'll tell you that the brakes, body structure, and handling were also better.
RTStabler51 said:Ford/NASCAR ran out of options for bodies to use as the TBird was killed in 97. Since Chevy was running the Monte Carlo / Lumina, Ford decided the Gen III Taurus would give them an advatage in aerodynamics. I don't think it had anything to do with the SHO.
I hope any shop, or anyone that knows anything about the Taurus platform says the Gen III Taurus had better brakes, etc...since it was a new platform. If you take a step backwards that's just stupid.