My Supercharged Taurus SHO

[yamahaSHO]

Since I posted my Civic in the other section, I thought I'd post my Taurus too

I bought this car back in '02 nearly stock. Since then I've been modifying it myself. I originally stayed NA and a near-stock appearance. when stock, it put down 185whp. After I modified it NA with a horrile tune, I pulled out 215whp. Last year, I added a Vortech T-trim at 9 PSI and put down 381whp. This year I have built a fully forged motor without overlooking anything. I'm shooting for 450-500whp now! I have videos of me racing another SC SHO and of me on road course at http://members.cardomain.com/yamahasho

Anyway, here are the specs on the car....

ENGINE & INTAKE/FUEL/EXHAUST/MANAGEMENT

- Wiseco Forged 3.2L Pistons (9.5:1) w/ wrist pins and rings
- Australian Made Valve Springs
- Oversized valves
- Bronze valve guides
- Connecting Rods Flash ground, Shot Peened, Resized, and Fresh Wrist Pin Bushing
- Balanced Internals
- Big Bore Butterflies
- Extrude Hone Intake Runners
- Gasket Matched Heads
- Silicone Manifold Hose Kit
- Stage 1 Camshafts
- High Flow Y-Pipe w/Cats
- Flex Pipe
- Custom 3" exhaust
- Underdrive Pulleys
- 255lph Fuel Pump
- SHO Nut EXTREME Reinforced Motor Mounts
- TwEECer RT
- PLX Devices M-300 Wide Band O2 Sensor
- Coolingmist 2-stage water injection w/ accumulator
- Vortech T-trim Supercharger
- Accel 44lbs fuel injectors
- SHO Nut fuel pressure regulator
- 2000 Ford Lightning 80mm MAF
- Fluidyne Therm-HX Oil cooler

SUSPENSION & BRAKES

- Intrax Progressive Rate Lowering Springs
- Koni Adjustable Shocks
- Front & Rear Strut Tower Braces
- TWR Full Body Sub Frame Connectors
- Rear Tubular Adjustable Control Arms
- TWR Aluminum H-Brace
- 22mm Front & 26mm Rear Sway Bars
- TPR and Greasable Poly bushings
- Cup Style Aluminum Sub Frame Bushings
- Police Front & Rear Strut Mounts
- Windstar Front Endlinks
- 17" Kazera KZ-U Rims
- Nitto Extreme NT555 High Performance Tires (235/45/ZR17)
- PBR/Cobra 13" Brakes
- Baer Eradispeed Plus 2-piece rotors
- SHO Nut 11.6" rear brakes
- Earls Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines
- Brake Cooling Ducts

DRIVETRAIN

- Quaife Torque Biasing Differential
- Clutch Masters Hi Revs Jr. Clutch Kit
- Red Line D4 ATF
- Installed Drain Plug
- Shot peened internals
- Shimmed shafts
- Drilled and tapped for cooler

INTERIOR & AUDIO

- Kenwood MP3 Player
- Kenwood 6x8" 2-way speakers
- JBL GTO635 6.5" 3-Way Speakers
- Optima Red Top Battery
- Cincy SHO Trunk & Floor Mats(SHO Logo'ed)
- S/R Motorsports White Faced "Indiglow" Gauges
- AutoMeter Lunar Electric Water Temperature, Voltmeter Gauges, & Air/Fuel(wide band)
- AutoMeter Lunar Mechanical Oil Pressure & Boost/Vacuum Gauges
- Lo-tek 3 Gauge Pod
- PLX Devices Wide Band Controller
- Corbeau CR1 Seat in Black Microsuede

MISC. AND COSMETICS

- Yamaha Badged
- Shaved Trunk Lid
- Clear Corners
- Hood Strut Relocation kit



Sorry, there are going to be A LOT of pictures, but it helps explain the story better and shows all the steps on this build.


Here are some pics from last year before I spun a rod bearing....

Finding and fixing the damage...

I built a forged motor for more boost and it goes in tomorrow!!

 

[Revolver]

Major props for the Taurus.

 

[NOFX]

Wow, that's actually really clean. Not the same can be said for most Tauruses.

 

[Road Pirate]

very cool. never seen someone do this to their taurus

 

[postal21]

Clean Taurus, that engine looks brand f**king new! Nice s**t dude.

Worked with a guy with a SHO a few years ago, cars are pretty rare around here.

 

[j_fukin_t]

mmmm.... yamaha power, MUCH better than them gay ass 3.4l v8's they tried, i love them cars, and its the only car that i know of that the auto tranny is better than the manual, clean ass car bro

 

[Jezek]

That thing has GOT TO rip

 

[yamahaSHO]

very cool. never seen someone do this to their taurus

I see you're from Colorado Springs. There is a guy up there that used to be an engineer for Ford that has a supercharged SHO with a motor built up just as much as mine, if not better (not running as much boost though). Here in Denver, we have 4 SC SHO's (one putting down 520whp - track car) and a remote-mount turbo SHO (my roommates).

I'm sure you'll hear more about them in the future considering CO is a great place to own a SHO!

 

[NOFX]

Your sig's too big. Don't be surprised if it ends up disappearing.

 

[Slept-n]

don't ever sell that car, it is gorgeous.

great job, where is the s/c? i don't know too much about sho's do they all come s/c'd?


i wanna see more exterior shots!

 

[Mr. Lin]

I'd rock the old school SHO like nobody's business.

 

[Maiku]

I love SHO's (the old school one's atleast).

Very nice car man.

 

[yamahaSHO]

don't ever sell that car, it is gorgeous.

great job, where is the s/c? i don't know too much about sho's do they all come s/c'd?


i wanna see more exterior shots!

No SHO's ever cam supercharged. I added the Vortech T-trim myself. You can see a picture of it here...

Here are a few shots on the track.

Easy Target...

And some random shots...

Stock motor + 9 PSI

Mine and my dad's toy

Some pics from a few years ago.

 

[Maiku]

I just remembered they made a SHO wagon, I've never once seen one though ...

 

[yamahaSHO]

I think Ford made like three of them, but they never were actual production models. I have a buddy in Texas making one right now. I believe someone else has also made one.

 

[Slept-n]

looks kick ass man! great job!

last pic in the 2nd set is FTW!

 

[Destroy]

Not the coolest looking cars in the world but Ive always kinda liked SHO's.

 

[Jeegz]

Cleanest SHO ive ever seen. its pretty sick. props!

 

[#1FG]

Cleanest SHO ive ever seen. its pretty sick. props!

+2. Well done

 

[madhopz88]

kick ass car man