Re: What the Hell is in that Taurus!

["Jason" <jason87vw@nac.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>I hit an SHO page, to find out more about it. It said that Ford toned down
the engine cause they didn't want a car that was faster than their fag (I
mean Flag) car the Mustang 5.0. Origionally they had 300 HP! Then Ford
dropped it down to 220. After the first generation, they must have said "hey
let's really screw this up!" Hence the Ford V8....And the rest was Ford
history. GOD I wish I had a GTI VR6 5-speed! Sigh!

----- Original Message -----
From: Aaron Ness <aaron@makuta.com>
To: 'Scirocco' <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 8:19 AM
Subject: RE: What the Hell is in that Taurus!


Yeay, that's what happens when Ford decides they can build an engine as good
as the Japanese can.  They go from a kick-ass Yamaha V6 to a dog AKA an
American V8.  It may have been a marketing thing to try and sell it to the
wannabe ex-gearheads who think you have to have 8 cylinders to have an
engine or something.  I don't have any experience related to the earlier
ones, but I had a roommate in college who had a '92 SHO, and although nobody
likes Ford less than me, if I were to buy a Ford, that would probably be the
one.  It was just a nice, comfortable, fast car.

It just escapes me why Ford would want to start using their own engines
after such success with the earlier SHO.

Aaron
'84 Scirocco - Woo-hoo!
'70 Bug - hibernating
'87 Nissan truck - Soon to be for sale


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Mike VanAmburgh
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 1:05 AM
> To: Scirocco
> Subject: Re: What the Hell is in that Taurus!
>
>
> http://web.missouri.edu/~apcb20/times.html is a good resource to
> familiarize yourself with the 'competition'.  SHOs are quick cars,
> especially the first gen ones...around 88 or so.  I barely beat an 88
> with my GTI VR6 that I had.  They got slower as time went on.
>  The newer
> style V8 SHO is fun to pick on.  They aren't all that fast.
>
> -Mike
>
> > Jason wrote:
> >
> > I came across a SHO today coming home from work, I wasn't too
> > impressed, I have a16V VW Scirocco, Stock, which I love,
> and although
> > it's not a quarter mile car, I could push 120 ,while reading a road
> > map and drinking a cup of coffee. That being said, The SHO
> was at the
> > light in front of me (I just pulled out of work) there was heavy
> > traffic, the light turned red, so I got behind the SHO 'cause I just
> > had that feeling, you know when you know, hey this guy wants to go!
> > The light turned green, and he was off.Gone, and I mean
> gone. Usually,
> > I wait a second or so to get down, BIG mistake, I should have opened
> > up right away. He slowed for an exit (MY EXIT) and I knew
> by looking,
> > I'm sure you will admit, My Rocco snuck up on his SHO REAL quick. He
> > could not have lost me there (I just wished it was two lanes). He
> > turned on his dome light and smiled at me in the rear view. I like a
> > guy who doesn't get pissed when you present a challenge. Then, open
> > road for about 100 feet. This time I wasn't taking any chances. I
> > romped on it hard, real hard, and as I started passing him,
> he cut in
> > front of me and slammed on the brakes! Cheap move, but hey,
> it was his
> > turn to be surprised. Then traffic again, I cut over again (not
> > slowing down, but accelerating) I didn't have to pause or
> think twice,
> > this is where fine German engineering took over. I swerved
> around him
> > like he was a dead deer. I passed him (only cause he was stuck and
> > traffic). We both smiled and he gave me the thumbs up. I'm
> glad he was
> > cool, and didn't have the attitude of a rice burner. As I
> left him in
> > traffic, I felt kind of sad though. I thought I actually
> had to work a
> > little with him. I am sure in a quarter mile, he would have
> smoked me.
> > But I would really like to meet him when there is no
> traffic, and lots
> > of nice curves. I think it would be very very interesting
> (spoken like
> > a true German). Anyway, I hopped on the net and said, I am going to
> > find out about this SHO thing that tried smacking me. I want to be
> > prepared in the future. Thought you'd like to hear the story. BTW -
> > there 220 HP stock. DOH! 24v 6.
>
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