Yeah i know. I don't give a **** either, but wtf, i was walking out of downtown parking lot and i saw a new(ish) taurus with v8 badge on the side. You heard me, V8. I was like wtf?! Since when ford started putting v8's into taurus'?

 

I'm not sure when they stopping making them, but the Taurus SHO had a V8. How new was it?

*don't forget that just cuz they have a badge doesn't make it true....ie: ever seen someone with a civic type r badge, or a mustang with a cobra on it that wasn't really a cobra...*

 

LOL... Like the Civic with a GTR badge i seen today!!

 

I think the SHOs were V6s.

 

They were until 1996.

The Ford Taurus
SHO Page
First Generation SHO Tips & FAQ
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The Last Generation SHO:

1999 Ford Taurus SHO Specs
STICKER PRICE $29,000
POWERTRAIN Transverse front-engine/front-wheel drive
ENGINE 3.4 liter DOHC V8
Horsepower: 235 hp @ 6100 RPM
Torque: 230 lb-ft @ 4800 RPM
Redline: 6800 RPM
Compression ratio 10:1
DRIVE TRAIN Four-speed automatic
WHEELS & TIRES Rim width: 6.5 inches
Tires: P225/55ZRx16
BRAKES Front: 11.6" ventilated discs
Rear: 10.1" solid discs
ABS
DIMENSIONS & CAPACITIES Curb weight 3440 lbs.
Wheelbase 108 in.
Length 198 in.
Fuel tank 16 gals.
Oil 6.5 qts with filter
FUEL EPA 16 city / 25 highway
91 Octane
PERFORMANCE From a Motor Tred review of a '97:
0-60 in 7.5 secs
1/4 mile in 15.7 seconds

Taken from: http://home.pon.net/hunnicutt/SHOpage.htm

 

that 0-60 isnt that great, i thought it would be a lot better

but still, i think they look kind of nice ? lol

 

I think the newer SHOs would have been a lot meaner if they were manuals.

 

that was the 3.4 yamaha V8. Last summer I had one rev next to me at a traffic light. His custom aftermarket exhaust sounded like a mustang GT

I'll always give props to the Taurus (because my first car ever was an 88hp 2.5 liter FOUR cylinder Taurus L)

 

I have a personal grudge against the SHO.. But your right, they were available the first few years with a Yamaha V8.. They have potential but I haven't seen one that was all that quick around here. The later ones were V6..

There's some rumors about 2005 seeing the return of a rear drive platform for Ford (Probably the Taurus) Which may be pretty cool if they offer a SVT package..

 

As far as I understand, Ford is dropping the Taurus after 2004, and bringing in the Ford Five-Hundred as a replacement.

 

Ahh.. thats what I was grasping for.. the replacement platform..

 

Actually MalibuJack, the early ones had the V6, later they went to the V8 but they were both Yamaha Engines. One of my good friends in high school had one of the early SHO's with the standard tranny and it was the ultimate sleeper. It was pretty quick for the time. When they said that they were going to the V8 witht he newer model expectations were high but it never lived up to its billing.

 

yuck....a taurus

 

Yeah there are a ton of posers out there, I never knew that SHOs had v8 badges!? the other day I saw a poser mustang, he had the cobra rims, bodykit and cobra "graphics" all over his car, but he must have forgot to cover the MUSTANG GT rear bumper LOL

 

I saw an impala witha GTR badge. All i can say is ......wtf?